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Observations on Estonian Iron Age Cremations
Volume 19 (2013): Societies of the Past: Approaches to Landscape, Burial Customs and Grave Goods, pp. 31–47
Raili Allmäe  

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https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v19i0.272
Pub. online: 30 September 2013      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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30 November 2012
Revised
6 May 2013
Accepted
26 August 2013
Published
30 September 2013

Abstract

Several Estonian burial places with cremations were investigated in the period 1997 to 2011. During the research, various descriptive and metric data on cremated bone materials was observed. The present paper is an attempt to systematise and interpret the data collected, in order to provide some generalisations on Estonian cremations. A comparative study of graves on the basis of the minimum number of buried individuals and the number of determined bone finds in graves, as well as bone fragmentation, is presented. Radiocarbon dating (AMS method) of burnt human bones from six investigated graves was conducted in order to specify the usage time of the graves. Some conclusions on possible temporal changes and cultural differences in burial practices are made on the basis of these characteristics.

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Keywords
cremation Iron Age bone fragment size radiocarbon dates cremated bone Estonia

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