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urnfield

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urnfield (plural urnfields)

Ground used as a cemetery in Bronze Age Europe, in which the ashs of cremations were buried in cinerary urns.

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It is considered equally difficult to maintain that the origin of the Peninsular Celts can be linked to the preceding Urnfield culture. Source: Internet

This type first appears in c. the 13th century BC in Northern Italy (or a general Urnfield background), and survives well into the Iron Age, with a life-span of about seven centuries. Source: Internet

First the Urnfield culture arrived (for example, tumuli are found at Ravels and Hamont-Achel in the Campine ). Source: Internet

The spread of iron-working led to the development of the Hallstatt culture directly from the Urnfield ( c. 700 to 500 BC). Source: Internet

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