These fifteen papers form the Acts of the International Symposium Préhistoire des Pratiques Mortuaires held in Leuven in 1999. The contributors look at various European and Mediterranean sites in terms of the choice of burial location, funerary architecture, grave goods, proxemics, social aspects and funerary rites. Case studies include sites in Neolithic Siciliy, long barrows in Sweden, Neolithic central-western France, Mesolithic Poland, Palaeolithic Italy and megalithic tombs and funerary caves in the central Mediterranean. The papers are in French and English and include many illustrations.