n.
[Cf. F. inhumation.]
1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
3. (Med.) Arenation.
inhumation
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The name given to the burial custom by which the body was laid unburned in a grave (compare cremation). Inhumation is common in the archaeological record of many periods and many areas, and is often taken as a key cultural trait that is ideologically based.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Synonyms: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture
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- primary burial (in archaeology)
- secondary burial (in archaeology)
- hypogeum (in archaeology)
- humation
- interment
- inhume
- cist (in archaeology)
- Yorkshire vase food vessel (in archaeology)
- satellite burials (in archaeology)
- specchia (in archaeology)
- Irish bowl (in archaeology)
- simple passage grave (in archaeology)
- Rössen Culture (in archaeology)
- Apennine Culture (in archaeology)
