Totemism (derived from the root -oode- in the Ojibwe language, which referred to something kinship-related, c.f. odoodem, "his totem") is a religious belief that is frequently associated with shamanis ...
Main article: HailagThe word "sacred" descends from the Latin sacrum, which referred to the gods or anything in their power, and to sacerdos and sanctum, set apart. It was generally conceived spatiall ...
The term animism appears to have been first developed as Animismus by German scientist Georg Ernst Stahl, circa 1720, to refer to the "doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial soul." The ...
Main article: Rainbow SerpentAustralian Carpet Python, being one of the forms the 'Rainbow Serpent' character may take in 'Rainbow Serpent' mythsIn 1926 a British anthropologist specialising in Austra ...
An Australian linguist, R. M. W. Dixon, recording Aboriginal myths in their original languages, encountered coincidences between some of the landscape details being told about within various myths, an ...
Pet cremation is practiced internationally. For example, in Japan, more than 465 companion animal temples are in operation and they hold funerals and rituals for their lost pets. Although in current-d ...
Cremation might be preferable for environmental reasons. Burial is a known source of certain environmental contaminants, with the coffin itself being the major contaminant, however in some countries e ...
The box containing the body is placed in the retort and incinerated at a temperature of 760 to 1150 °C (1400 to 2100 °F). During the cremation process, the greater portion of the body (especially th ...
In the United States federal law does not dictate any container requirements for cremation. Certain states however may require an opaque or non-transparent container of all cremations. This can be a s ...
Further information: Secondary cremationBronze container of ancient cremated human remains, complete with votive offeringCremation dates to at least 20,000 years ago in the archaeological record with ...
LM1 was discovered in 1969 in the Willandra Lakes Region by Jim Bowler with the University of Melbourne. LM1 has been 14C dated at 24,700 to 19,030 years ago. A date of 26,250 ±1120 BP was achieved w ...
The Toba eruption or Toba event occurred at the present location of Lake Toba about 73000±4000 years Before Present (BP). This eruption was the last and largest of four eruptions of Toba during the Q ...
Scott Cane is an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist. He has lived long periods of time with the desert people of Australia, including some of the last hunter-gatherers. He is the author of Pi ...
Tasmania's main air carriers are Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia; Qantas, QantasLink and Regional Express Airlines have services from Tasmania. These airlines fly direct routes to Brisbane, Canbe ...
Traditionally, Tasmania's main industries have been mining (including copper, zinc, tin, and iron), agriculture, forestry, and tourism. In the 1940s and 1950s, a hydro-industrialisation initiative was ...
