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cinerary urn field [1 record]

Record 1 2015-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A cemetery of individual cremation graves with remains in pottery urns, [especially] as used by North European peoples from c1200 b.c. onwards ...

Key term(s)
  • cinerary urnfield
  • urn field

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

[...] nécropole plate [...] ou légèrement tumuliforme, qui ne renferme plus la vaste chambre structurée destinée à recevoir les défunts, mais plusieurs dizaines, voire plusieurs centaines, de vases cinéraires, chacun d’eux contenant les cendres de corps incinérés.

Spanish

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