Dogs were commonly buried individually upon death but sometimes jointly interred with people. The oldest known example of the latter, from Bonn-Oberkassel in Germany, serves as a window for viewing this phenomenon. The common practice of regarding dogs as much like people underlies these occurrences. Joint dog-human interment took place in many regions over thousands of years. This widespread practice prompts the evaluation of specific examples. Recent information from Bonn-Oberkassel allows for a more comprehensive assessment of what took place there, though the circumstances surrounding the deaths at issue remain elusive. Collectively, this widespread practice illustrates how people not only incorporated dogs into their lives but into their own deaths as well.

狗通常在死后单独埋葬，但有时与人一起埋葬。后者已知最古老的例子，来自德国的波恩-奥伯卡塞尔，是观察这种现象的窗口。将狗视为人的普遍做法是这些事件的基础。数千年来，许多地区都发生了人狗联合葬礼。这种广泛的实践促使对具体例子的评估。来自波恩-奥伯卡塞尔 (Bonn-Oberkassel) 的最新信息允许对那里发生的事情进行更全面的评估，尽管有关死亡事件的情况仍然难以捉摸。总的来说，这种广泛的做法说明了人们如何不仅将狗融入他们的生活，而且也融入他们自己的死亡。