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The genesis of urnfields: economic crisis or ideological change?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Harry Fokkens
Harry Fokkens*
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Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: H.Fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl
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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.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 272 , June 1997 , pp. 360 - 373
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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