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- 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
Five - The Changing Bronze Age Body
Introduction of Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2022
- 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
The case studies selected were aimed at a broad overview of the transitional period in a wide region stretching from central to northern Europe. They included individual graves and cemeteries, in which the change from inhumation to cremation and associated ideas of appropriate burial practices could be most directly observed (such as Pitten and Vollmarshausen), but also regional studies. The case studies provided us with the opportunity to analyse a number of specific places from different parts of Europe in depth (Fig. 5.1). They acted as our ‘thinking-pieces’, although other examples were also drawn on, when useful.
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- Death and the Body in Bronze Age EuropeFrom Inhumation to Cremation, pp. 86 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023