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Death and the regeneration of life: a new interpretation of house urns in Northern Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Bradley
Richard Bradley*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA, England
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Ceramic models of buildings are found at later prehistoric sites in Northern Europe. Their most likely prototype is the granary. They are associated with cremation burials and the vessels may have taken this form to emphasize the relationship between death and the continuity of human life.

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house urnscemeteriesfertilitygranariesagriculturestorage pits
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 292 , June 2002 , pp. 372 - 377
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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