event · evt_france_1_cremation_expansion
Expansion and diversification of cremation and urn burial
Cremation and urn burial became increasingly prominent in several regions, with local variation in cemetery form, rite and chronology.
What is the evidence?
observation
Cremation and urn burial became increasingly prominent in several regions, with local variation in cemetery form, rite and chronology.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.
1350 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: broad range
moderatePreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
La civilisation des Champs d'Urnes: Étude critique dans le Bassin parisien — Patrice Brun (1986)Documents and critically interprets the changing rite.
Locator: Mortuary chapters and synthetic critique - supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides wider regional comparison.
Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
Changing funerary practice is treated as social and ritual reorganization that may involve multiple mechanisms. It is not direct proof of an invading Urnfield people.
Event context
Classification
Event type: mortuary practice change
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Cremation with urn burial, Paris Basin Late Bronze Age sequence, Rhine-Swiss-eastern France archaeological grouping
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly addresses required burial change and Urnfield terminology within northern and eastern France.
Alternative interpretations
- Population movement could have contributed in some local cases, but cannot be inferred from rite alone. (low confidence)
Research notes
- Documents and critically interprets the changing rite. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Mortuary chapters and synthetic critique.
- Provides wider regional comparison. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
La civilisation des Champs d'Urnes: Étude critique dans le Bassin parisien — Patrice Brun (1986)Documents and critically interprets the changing rite.
Locator: Mortuary chapters and synthetic critique - supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides wider regional comparison.
Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary synthesis