Cadaverous Decomposition as a Representation of the Soul’s Journey. Anthropological Evidence of a Funerary Ritual
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Licata, M.; Borgo, M.; Badino, P.; Iorio, S. Cadaverous Decomposition as a Representation of the Soul’s Journey. Anthropological Evidence of a Funerary Ritual. Religions 2018, 9, 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9090272
Licata M, Borgo M, Badino P, Iorio S. Cadaverous Decomposition as a Representation of the Soul’s Journey. Anthropological Evidence of a Funerary Ritual. Religions. 2018; 9(9):272. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9090272
Chicago/Turabian StyleLicata, Marta, Melania Borgo, Paola Badino, and Silvia Iorio. 2018. "Cadaverous Decomposition as a Representation of the Soul’s Journey. Anthropological Evidence of a Funerary Ritual" Religions 9, no. 9: 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9090272