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Surveys and field work were carried out in 85 separate towns throughout the provinces of Alava, Biscay, Guipiizcoa, Navarre, Basse-Navarre, Labourd and Soule. The criteria used in selecting towns included the regional diversity of the territory being researched, and of the rural, urban and costal areas where the survey was conducted. The ethnographical questionnaire that was used can be found in the ''Guia Para una encuesta etnografica ''(Guide for an Ethnographical Survey, Chapter II, Household Group Uses), and specifically, use is made of questions that relate to funeral rites (Questions I1.238 to 11.272).
Varios capítulos se dedican a describir las sepulturas simbólicas ubicadas en las iglesias y las ofrendas de luces, panes y dinero que tenían lugar en ellas así como la evolución de los modos de enterramiento. Se estudian también los ritos que acompañaban el regreso del duelo a la casa mortuoria, los ágapes funerarios, el periodo de luto guardado por la familia y los días dedicados a conmemorar a los muertos.
