Claudine Cassar 
It was not laid flat but placed on the neck in such a way that if the deceased had tried to get up, most likely the head would have been cut off or injured. As for the padlock on the big toe, this symbolizes the closing of a stage and the impossibility of returning.
Alliance theory is a social anthropological model that proposes that alliances between groups are formed and maintained based on the benefits that can be gained from them.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, industrialisation in the Western world led to a shift from an agrarian to a “job” based economy, creating employment opportunities that resulted in a tectonic shift in the mechanics of influence within kinship systems in these societies and the associated family formation processes.
Anthropologists study organized crime in a number of ways, including ethnographic research, participant observation and interviews.
Whatever your beliefs about vampires may be, there is no doubt that they have played a significant role in European folklore for many years.
