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German: Urnenfelder-Kultur

English translation: Urnfield culture







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German term or phrase:Urnenfelder-Kultur
English translation:Urnfield culture
Entered by:Kim Metzger
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Science - Archaeology / archaeology
German term or phrase: Urnenfelder-Kultur
Tatsächlich gelang es, die zeitliche Abfolge der Sedimentschichten im Tal zu datieren und daraus zusammen mit anderen archäologischen Informationen die Kulturgeschichte dieser Region zu rekonstruieren. Demnach geht die älteste Schicht auf die erste Hälfte des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. zurück. Das entspricht der frühen oder mittleren Bronzezeit. Die nächste Schicht datiert aus der Zeit der so genannten Urnenfelder-Kultur im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr. Deutlich höhere Ablagerungen stammen dann aus der Eisen- und Römerzeit.
Marcus Malabad
Canada
urnfield/urnsite culture
Explanation:
According to the Encyclopaedic Muret-Sanders.

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From this period onwards the line of continuity which leads directly to the historic Celts may be traced from the archaeological evidence. This is identified by the successive Únêtice, Tumulus and Urnfield cultures of the Central European Bronze Age. The Únêtice culture appears to have emerged from the fusion of Battle-Axe and Beaker peoples and their immediate descendants. The Únêtice culture became the pre-eminent culture in Central Europe by the middle of the second millennium B.C.E.. Because of rich mineral deposits and control of trade routes between the south-east (early Mediterranean cultures) and the more distant parts of Europe, the Únêtice people prospered

http://www.accesscom.com/~wangbick/origins.html

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
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4 +6urnfield/urnsite culture
Kim Metzger
4Urn-Field People
Edward L. Crosby III
4burial field cultureDr. Fred Thomson
4urn culture
pschmitt


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
urnfield/urnsite culture

Explanation:
According to the Encyclopaedic Muret-Sanders.

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Note added at 2002-07-21 16:16:03 (GMT)
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From this period onwards the line of continuity which leads directly to the historic Celts may be traced from the archaeological evidence. This is identified by the successive Únêtice, Tumulus and Urnfield cultures of the Central European Bronze Age. The Únêtice culture appears to have emerged from the fusion of Battle-Axe and Beaker peoples and their immediate descendants. The Únêtice culture became the pre-eminent culture in Central Europe by the middle of the second millennium B.C.E.. Because of rich mineral deposits and control of trade routes between the south-east (early Mediterranean cultures) and the more distant parts of Europe, the Únêtice people prospered

http://www.accesscom.com/~wangbick/origins.html



Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree xxxhartran
11 mins

agree Dr. Fred Thomson: My encyclopedia separates the words: urn fields
15 mins

agree Chris Rowson
1 hr

agree gangels: also: funerary vessel sites, according to Encyclopedia of World Art, vol. XI
4 hrs

agree Lars Finsen: The Urnfield culture, using urn fields.
15 hrs

agree Dubravka Hrastovec
22 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
burial field culture

Explanation:
I believe this is it, but I haven't substantiated it yet.

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Imust noq agree with Kim. The term seems to be urn fields (Encylopedia Brittanica). The cremation cemeteries were called urn fields.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
urn culture

Explanation:
Here's what it exactly means:

"Urnenfelder-Kultur ab 1300 v.Chr.(Verbrennung der Toten, Beisetzung der
Asche auf großen Friedhöfen = »Urnenfelder«): Ausbreitung von der mittleren
Donau nach Süden, der Donau entlang nach Böhmen, Polen (Lausitzer-Kultur),
Mitteldeutschland sowie nach Westfrankreich. Mittelitalien, Nordspanien.
Die Urnenfelder-Leute entfalten eine starke politische Aktivität, wobei sie auch
kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen nicht scheuen. Die Gesellschaft ist stärker
gegliedert. (Trennung von Bauern und Gewerbetreibenden durch zunehmende
Spezialisierung)"

There are some English links under "urn culture" to be found at Google.


Hope this helps

pschmitt
United Kingdom

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Chris Rowson: These Google references seemed very convincing - until I tried "urnfield culture", which has 20 times as many, which seem just as convincing.
1 hr
  -> ...which goes to show that many roads lead to Rome ;-)
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Urn-Field People

Explanation:
An alternative:

"So, if the British are not lost Israelites, then who are they? I had the opportunity of listening to Adelaide English History lecturer, Marcia Nichol, discuss this. According to her, the first Celtic people were not Israelites, but could be traced to a group known as the 'Urn-Field People', or 'Proto-Celts'. They were called 'Urn-Field People' because they cremated their dead and placed them in distinctive urn cemeteries. They were a Northern European people who began to appear from about 1300 B.C.E., and spoke a form of Celtic. Their Anglo-Saxon counterparts were descended from a central Asian plains culture who later migrated along the same route as the Beaker people, because of food shortages."

(http://www.preteristarchive.com/MistakenID/adelaide_mi_02.ht...)

Edward L. Crosby III
United States
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