单词 | urnfield |
释义 | urnfield/ˈəːnfiːld![]() Archaeology noun A prehistoric cemetery of the European late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, in which cremated remains were placed in pottery vessels (cinerary urns) and buried.The appearance of urnfields marks a major transition in burial rites from the previous predominance of inhumations, often under round barrows, to a predominance of cremations....
adjective (often Urnfield) Relating to or denoting a people or culture characterized by burial in an urnfield. The Urnfield complex is equated with the Hallstatt culture and is dated to circa 1200–800 bc.The Urnfield cultures were a group of central European Bronze Age cultures associated with the Celts....
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