Player Totems

When a player dies a "totem" will spawn at their deathpoint this totem will have a texture affected by the block below it. If another player breaks said totem the player who died will be revitalized, however if the totem is not broken before a set amount of time by default 5 minutes (configured via the number gamerule "Totem Decay Time" in increments of minutes) then the totem will Decay an be replaced by a decayed totem... Decayed totems can not bring back dead players. Each totem is player specific and only bring back the player that died in that location.
Whenever a totem is spawned or decayed it will be announced it chat.

You can disable Decay Via the gamerule "Totems Decay." By default  it is set to true.

Golden Totems Can be Crafted and placed by a player. Once placed by a player if a golden totem is broken the player who placed it will by teleported back to the totem; If the player is dead it can be broken like any other totem to revive them.