entity · arch_iberia1_northeast_cremation_horizon
Northeast Iberian cremation horizon
Also known as: Urnfield horizon in northeast Iberia, Campos de Urnas
Modern archaeological label for expanding cremation practices and associated material traditions in northeast Iberia.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · critiques interpretation
Paradigms in Crisis: The Cova de Marcó (Tivissa, Catalonia) and the coexistence of incineration and inhumation in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Bronze Age — Josep Maria Vergès, Samuel Sardà, Jordi Diloli (2023)Demonstrates coexistence that complicates replacement models.
Locator: pp. 549–559 - informs · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides wider Mediterranean context.
Locator: pp. 371–445, funerary and mobility comparisons
Research description
Cremation does not by itself establish a migrating “Urnfield people”; inhumation and cremation can overlap chronologically and regionally.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not an ethnonym
A modern archaeological grouping that is not an ancient people-name.
Why does this record have this property?
Mortuary and ceramic distributions cannot alone establish migration or ethnicity.
Mortuary variability
Coexisting or changing burial practices that resist a single replacement model.
Why does this record have this property?
Cremation expanded without erasing all inhumation at one date.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)Provides wider Mediterranean context.
Locator: pp. 371–445, funerary and mobility comparisons - supports · critiques interpretation
Paradigms in Crisis: The Cova de Marcó (Tivissa, Catalonia) and the coexistence of incineration and inhumation in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Bronze Age — Josep Maria Vergès, Samuel Sardà, Jordi Diloli (2023)Demonstrates coexistence that complicates replacement models.
Locator: pp. 549–559