#burial practices

Traces of Aztec Dwelling Unearthed in Mexico City - Archaeology Magazine

“When the structure was built, it was situated in a residential and agricultural area on the border of two neighborhoods in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire…They also found remains of channels and a jetty where farmers would have been able to load and unload goods from artificial crop lands constructed in shallow lake beds.”

Mysterious giant stone jars found in India

“Similar jars, some of which span up to three metres high and two metres wide, have previously been uncovered in Laos and Indonesia.”

Smithsonian Magazine. “Researchers Find Potential Evidence of Oldest-Known Mummification”

““These practices would…underscore the significance of the burial places and the importance of bringing the dead to these locations in a manner that contained and protected the body, following principles that were culturally regulated,””

*CW: Depictions of skeletal and mummification of human remains.

Sican Culture surgeon found in funerary bundle

“…the bundle was finally excavated in late 2021, revealing an individual from the Middle Sican period around AD 900-1050. Based on the type of good associated within the bundle, the researchers suggest that the individual likely served as a surgeon.”