D-PLACE - Variable Secondary Bone/Body Treatment: Original Scale [SCCS1850]

Secondary Bone/Body Treatment: Original Scale [SCCS1850]

Description: Schroeder, S. (2001). Secondary disposal of the dead: cross-cultural codes. World Cultures, 12(1), 77-93.

Code #	Code
1	secondary contact with the body or bones of the deceased does not occur.
3	secondary contact with the body or bones of the deceased is accorded only to individuals who are members of the society, but are not resident with their group of orientation at the time of death (e.g., an adult member has married and resides with his/her spouse at some distance from the group of orientation; or death occurs while the individual is on a trip away from the group of orientation). The body must be returned to the group of orientation for proper burial. Incidental to the returning process, the body decomposes and secondary disposal results.
4	secondary contact with the body or bones is practiced, with circumstances of death (e.g., struck by lightening, time of year) being the only determinant of whether or not it is accorded to an individual.
5	secondary contact with the body or bones is the preferred means of disposal for a proportion of the population, with status, age-grade, kin, or sodality associations determining if it is accorded to an individual.
6	secondary contact with the body or bones is the preferred means of disposal for all or nearly all adult members of the society.
7	other form of secondary disposal.

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Dataset:

Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'

Variable:

Secondary Bone/Body Treatment: Original Scale [SCCS1850]

Description:

Schroeder, S. (2001). Secondary disposal of the dead: cross-cultural codes. World Cultures, 12(1), 77-93.

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