Nicotero's head was the only thing to revive in the film.

You may remember Logan being shot in the freezer doorway. His corpse lay refrigerated and possibly frozen thus delaying or stopping the transition to the undead.

Most likely.
I see Land more as a "reboot" than a sequel to the first three.
Meh, I am pretty sure I have heard die hard Romero fans state Land is part of the same universe as the original trilogy and that he was attempting to start a reboot from Diary forward. The timelines in the film seem to support this since Land clearly takes place a few years after the initial outbreak and Diary is right at the very start of the outbreak.
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Most likely.
I see Land more as a "reboot" than a sequel to the first three.

The script shows that the reanimation has passed by the end of the movie, where a dead character stays dead. Maybe it's a pointer to that and the hope that it's almost over.
So did they abandon this concept in
Land of the Dead
because they are reviving in that film.
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The script shows that the reanimation has passed by the end of the movie, where a dead character stays dead. Maybe it's a pointer to that and the hope that it's almost over.