C-14 dates and spatial statistics: modeling intrasite spatial dynamics of urnfield cemeteries in Belgium using case study of Destelbergen cemetery

The possibility of radiocarbon dating on cremated bones stimulated a systematic C-14 dating project investigating the chronology of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age urnfield cemeteries in Belgium. The growing amount of C-14 dates on these cremated remains led to new insights into the chronology, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Reu, Jeroen, De Mulder, Guy, Van Strydonck, Mark, Boudin, Mathieu, Bourgeois, Jean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
History and Archaeology
STANDARD DEVIATIONAL ELLIPSE
CREMATED BONES
RADIOCARBON AGE
SE ICELAND
BRONZE-AGE
EMPLACEMENT
CHRONOLOGY
DISPERSION
GEOMETRY
PATTERN
Iceland
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3074703
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3074703
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3074703/file/6782314
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Summary:The possibility of radiocarbon dating on cremated bones stimulated a systematic C-14 dating project investigating the chronology of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age urnfield cemeteries in Belgium. The growing amount of C-14 dates on these cremated remains led to new insights into the chronology, development, and disappearance of the urnfield phenomenon. Consequently, ideas about cultural and historical processes need to be modified. Also, the internal chronology of the cemeteries is much more complex than previously thought, stimulating the need for techniques to analyze and visualize the internal development of an individual burial site. The application of centrographic methods like the mean center, standard distance circle, and standard deviational ellipse illustrates the possibilities for analyzing the internal chronology of the cemeteries based on the available C-14 dates.

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