Why is it important to study the burial rituals of hunting and gathering communities of the paleolithic age?

To understand their beliefs about life and death

Explanation:

The study of ancient man is always a learning process. Trough these studies we can understand their way of life, and then see the evolutionary process which will make us comprehend our path until this moment. In the case of the burial rituals, it's not only important to understand their belief about life and death, but also an interesting activity to make a comparison between their ideas and our modern thinking.