16th February 2009, 10:54 AM
Just a rather leftfield thought...
If we follow the path of reburial for excavated skeletons, down to the actual possible burial rites and rituals... should we be reburning cremated individuals? Furthermore, should we be recreating the burial vessel and the goods that went with them? Everything is geared towards the reburial of intact people... what about poor old cremmed people?
i.e. does a handful of ash represent a human being?
If we follow the path of reburial for excavated skeletons, down to the actual possible burial rites and rituals... should we be reburning cremated individuals? Furthermore, should we be recreating the burial vessel and the goods that went with them? Everything is geared towards the reburial of intact people... what about poor old cremmed people?
i.e. does a handful of ash represent a human being?