ANTH 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Vlad The Impaler, Rigor Mortis, Brain Death

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 180
• Professor: H Silverman

Document Summary

Teeth hair and nails grow after death. Appeared to be imbued with a life force-need to drink blood to stay alive. Used to explain cause of the black death. Today"s understanding of the biology of death. Disposal of the body is different among cultures. There was a historical origin for the dracula legend. Prince known as vlad iii dracul had his father killed and wanted revenge, so he impaled his victims. Nosferatu-movie based on the book of dracula. Dracula in the context of great depression.