Urnfield culture
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Cymraeg: Diwylliant y Meysydd Wrnau · Dansk: Urnemarkskulturen · Deutsch: Urnenfelderkultur · English: Urnfield culture · Español: Cultura de los Campos de Urnas · Français : Civilisation des champs d'urnes · Íslenska : Grafkerjamenningin · Italiano: Cultura dei campi di urne · Nederlands: Urnenveldencultuur · Norsk (bokmål): Urnemarkskulturen · Polski: Kultury pól popielnicowych · Suomi: Uurnakenttäkulttuuri · Svenska: Urnefältskulturen · |
English: The Urnfield culture (c. 1300 BC - 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of central Europe. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and placing their ashes in urns which were then buried in fields.