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"Suzanne M. Gurenlian" <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:53:33 -0400
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check in Medieval England where suicides were not only buried in unconcecrated
ground, but had their heads lopped off and buried at distance from the rest of
their remains. I'm amazed you found one in tact at all.
-- 
It is within the boundaries of love that you discover life. Enjoy it!


Quoting Richard Wright <[log in to unmask]>:

> I have a question relating to the digging up of suicides and the depositing
> of their skeletal remains in museums.
>
> A particular case is in Australia in 1842, but I am looking for historical
> background in the English speaking protestant world.
>
> Is there any decent history on the idea of sacred ground and suicides?
>
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