What is a hocker burial? 
I found it in a manuscript I am translating from English but can't
find it in my usual reference material.

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Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 16 Dec 2002 07:14 PST

Could you please give me the sentence/s where the phrase is used?

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 16 Dec 2002 08:14 PST

carmi604,

Are you sure the reference you are attempting to translate is not to a
burial for someone with the last name of "Hocker"?

Regards,

aceresearcher

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Clarification of Question by carmi604-ga on 16 Dec 2002 08:42 PST

The context is ancient (Mesop.?) burial customs.

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Clarification of Question by carmi604-ga on 16 Dec 2002 08:44 PST

The context is ancient (Mesop?) burial rites. Definitely not a person called Hocker.

Dear carmi604-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

The phrase you are asking about pertains to an ancient form of burial
wherein the deceased is buried sitting upright with the knees tucked
up against the chest and the feet parallel with the floor as if seated
on it’s posterior. This is referred to as the “hocker position”.

The links below make several references to this position as used in
ancient burial practices. I have carefully defined my search strategy
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Tutuzdad-ga


INFORMATION SOURCES

“Bronze Age History of Turkey”
http://www.turizm.net/turkey/history/bronzeage.html

“Thracology Page”
http://thracology.dir.bg/english/varna_en.html

“Clay idols of Jettböle”
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Dear Tutuzdad-ga,
Your answer does indeed exceed my expectation.  I tried many reference
sources in vain.  Thank you so much. I hope the search itself , sort
of intellectual sleuthing, gave you some satisfaction, too.
carmi604-ga

A few other links with information on the subject.

http://www.chez.com/canew/hauptmanndeb.htm

http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/eotleppa/Pennala.htm

http://thracology.dir.bg/english/varna_en.html

http://www.aland-museum.aland.fi/eng/jettb.html

http://www.cappadociaonline.com/history.html