Crypt Burials from the Cloister Church of Riesa (Germany) – Changes of Funerary Customs, Body Treatment, and Attitudes to Death

The cloister church of Riesa (Saxony, Germany) contains two burial crypts which were used from the 17th to 19th century AD by local noble families, namely the barons von Felgenhauer, Hanisch/von Odeleben and von Welck. The crypt beneath the altar originally contained 50 inhumations of which about 30...

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Main Authors: Amelie Alterauge, Cornelia Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9492