What group believed in their afterlife as the "elysian fields"
Greeks
The Romans believed that the "soul was the vital principle" of every human being. This
contributed to their ____ view of death.
Animistic
Who in the course of their studies, dissected over 50 cadavers and made over 750
illustrations?
Leonardo da vinci
In which embalming method were the organs removed and placed in jars
Most expensive
Greek- Trapazze were the
square-cut tombs
What group or culture believed that their wealthy should have animals, servants, and food
for their afterlife?
Egyptians
In order to have someone to provide for him in his afterlife, it was important for a Hebrew
to have a/an
Son
In the late 17th century and early 18th century England, if undertakers made a sideline of
furnishing upholstery, then area drapers:
Began to furnish funerary goods
D'Argellata (a professor of anatomny) was the first to mention the use of ____to retard
decomposition in cadavers
low temperatures
"Reducers" was another term for___
Bloodletting
Coffined burial during the middle ages was:
was reserved for the wealthy and important
Who embalmed the body of the wife of Martin Van Butchell?
John Hunter
The Greek stelae, are also called a ___ tomb
Shaft
anthropmorphic or anthropodal refers to the shape of some early Egyptian coffins. They
were in the shape of a ____
Man
What type of disposition did the early Germans and Scandinavians favor for their dead?
Cremation
These were established during the middle ages to help defray the enormous expense
involved in funeral services: Participants paid a "quarterage" or a premium
Burial clubs
, The early Christians were forced to go underground and perform their worship in tombs.
What were these underground tombs called?
Catacombs
Naidia were the___Greek structures for burial
Temple-like
This person could be given some money, bread, and a bowl of beer to assume the sins of
their deceased
sin eater
During the Middle ages, linen was becoming rare and laws were created to limit its use as a
burial material. This was mainly because linen was needed for
paper
What was the last name of the person that researched how the English were born, lived and
dies? His research let to some social reform and change.
Chadwick
The vogue of black was given a powerful boost in 1498, when black was substituted for
white by ___, the widow of Charles VII of France.
Anne
Who was in complete charge in the Egyptian embalming chamber?
Kher-Heb
Which Egyptian embalming method consisted of puring the intestines and soaking the
body for a period of seventy days?
Least-expensive
Although embalming was rare in biblical times, which of these persons was embalmed
Joseph
How popular were sermons during New England funeral services?
very unpopular at the funeral
Which of these funerary gifts were not common during early New England funeral
services?
Fountain Pens
Who actually carried the coffin in early New England funeral services?
Underbearers
Was a tradesman Undertaker and a furnishing undertaker the same person?
No, they're not the same
An interesting advantage that a sexton had over his competitors when practicing
undertaking was:
He had the monopoly over his church's cemetery
in early America, the lesser quality or less expensive coffins were made from
Pine
The practice of American burial in coffins/caskets is derived mainly from:
British folkways
What person translated Gannal's "History of Embalming" text and provided instructions
on how to embalm
Dr. Richard Harkan
During colonial times, the funeral service was both a/an___ and a public event
social function
There were many records that embalming was practiced by the Native Americans
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