Book contents
- Death and the Body in Bronze Age Europe
- Death and the Body in Bronze Age Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two A Brief History of Urns, Urnfields, and Burial in the Urnfield Culture
- Three Theoretical Framework
- Four The Bronze Age
- Five The Changing Bronze Age Body
- Six The Treatment of the Body
- Seven The Construction of Graves
- Eight After the Burial
- Nine Conclusions
- References
- Index
Nine - Conclusions
On the Nature of Change in Burial Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2022
Book contents
- Death and the Body in Bronze Age Europe
- Death and the Body in Bronze Age Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two A Brief History of Urns, Urnfields, and Burial in the Urnfield Culture
- Three Theoretical Framework
- Four The Bronze Age
- Five The Changing Bronze Age Body
- Six The Treatment of the Body
- Seven The Construction of Graves
- Eight After the Burial
- Nine Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
In the previous chapters, we aimed to provide detailed scrutiny of the change from inhumations to cremations by focussing on what we initially proposed as a transition period, as a time during which core elements of burial practices were gradually transformed or changed and new normative practices developed.
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- Death and the Body in Bronze Age EuropeFrom Inhumation to Cremation, pp. 191 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023