ABSTRACT
Single burials and the arrangement of the graves in neat rows are the only characteristics common to all cemeteries analysed. Indeed, the data seems to emphasize that each cemetery otherwise followed its own independent course. Nevertheless, if we were to try to group the cemeteries into categories, it would be misleading to consider all aspects analysed as equally relevant. As observed throughout the foregoing chapters, dierent aspects are associated with dierent social and institutional levels. It is thus understandable why, upon considering phenomena relevant mostly to the communal or interpersonal levels, the pattern produced would be one of stupefying variability. It is therefore necessary to begin with the higher and more inclusive levels.
