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Unraveling the Occupation History of the Cremation Cemetery at Wijnegem/Blikstraat (Belgium)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Guy De Mulder ,
Mark Van Strydonck ,
Mathieu Boudin  and
Ignace Bourgeois
Guy De Mulder*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Mark Van Strydonck
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Mathieu Boudin
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Ignace Bourgeois
Affiliation:
Department for Culture, Province of Antwerp, Desguinlaan 100, B-2018 Antwerpen-m, Belgium
*
*Corresponding author. Email: guy.demulder@ugent.be.
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Abstract

Recently a cremation cemetery was excavated at the site of Wijnegem where 29 cremation graves and 9 funerary monuments were uncovered. Thirty radiocarbon (14C) dates were carried out, mostly on cremated bone but also 10 charcoal samples were dated. Twenty-four cremations were studied. Four ring ditches were dated by charcoal samples from the infill of the ditch. The 14C dates showed an interesting long-term occupation of the cemetery. Different phases were ascertained. The history of the cemetery starts in the northern part of the site around a circular funerary monument. Two cremations were dated at the transition of the Early to Middle Bronze Ages. Two other graves represent the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Ages. The main occupation period dates between the end of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Finally, an isolated cremation grave marks the definite abandonment of the site during the Late Iron Age.

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Bayesian modelingcemeterycremationprotohistoricradiocarbon AMS dating
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Radiocarbon , Volume 59 , Special Issue 6: 8th International Symposium, Edinburgh, 27 June – 1 July, 2016 Part 2 of 2 , December 2017 , pp. 1645 - 1656
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© 2017 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Selected Papers from the 8th Radiocarbon & Archaeology Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, 27 June–1 July 2016

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