Circles, Cycles and Ancestral Connotations. The Long-term History and Perception of Late Prehistoric Barrows and Urnfields in Flanders (Belgium)
R. van Beek|Guy De Mulder
The perception of and interaction with ancient relics in past societies has been intensively debated the archaeology north-western Europe. This paper aims to make a contribution this debate by reconstructing long-term history late prehistoric barrows urnfields Flanders (Belgium). period between Late Bronze Age High Middle Ages ( c . 1100 cal bc – ad 1300) is centred on. Contrary Germany, Scandinavia especially Britain, data from Low Countries (Belgium Netherlands) have so far barely played role wider international theoretical discussions on past. Previous studies reuse practices mainly focused Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region southern Netherlands north-eastern Belgium, which partly overlaps Flanders. These are combined summarised. Their main outcomes tested means detailed inventory reused cemeteries study differs methodologically most others that it both offers an evidence-based overview regional diachronic trends (documented at 62 barrow 13 urnfields) discusses developments six sites yielding high resolution data. observed site biographies appear be remarkably dynamic more diverse than previously suggested.
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