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Zuurdeeg, Xandra (2011)

Secondary burials of the Early Iron Age in the southern Netherlands. A re-appraisal

Master thesis | Archaeology (MA/MSc)

The contemporary view on the so-called secondary burials in the Early Iron Age (800 BC– 500 BC) is that it is a very common phenomenon that started in the Middle Bronze Age A. This custom has its peak in the Early Iron Age. When looking at the facts this phenomenon appeared to be more nuanced than is assumed in the literature. It is a rare phenomenon, at which a distinction can be made between reuse of a contemporary barrow and re-use of an older barrow. Most secondary burials appeared to be placed in a contemporary barrow, but in the transition period from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age the re-use take place in an older, not contemporary barrow. It is argued that these different forms of re-use have a different meaning.

Author

Zuurdeeg, Xandra

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Supervisors

Fokkens, H.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en