The genesis of urnfields: economic crisis or ideological change?

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|71|272|360-373

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.71, Iss.272, 1997-06, pp. : 360-373

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Abstract

CC intro: The genesis of urnfield cemeteries and of Late Bronze Age culture change is often related to an economic and environmental crisis. In the Lower Rhine Basin, changes in burial rites, settlement structure and hoarding practices show a transformation of ideology, consistent with the dissolution of a society into smaller, more autonomous social units.