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Evergreen Dazed Jun 2, 2014 13:29:08
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Yes ,to both .

The you can add to that the later inhumations were not associated with beakers whereas the earlier ones were , the variety of cremation burials with and without urns ,large number of child burials (half of the total)and high proportion of female to male in both cremations and inhumations .The one obvious linear chronological element was from beaker to collared urn .

Thanks. Sorry to have to reiterate like that, its just so I can make sure i've understood!

High number of child burials is interesting, even given what I guess would have been a significantly higher mortality rate.

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tiompan Jun 2, 2014 13:45:45
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Evergreen Dazed wrote:
[quote="tiompan"]

Yes ,to both .

The you can add to that the later inhumations were not associated with beakers whereas the earlier ones were , the variety of cremation burials with and without urns ,large number of child burials (half of the total)and high proportion of female to male in both cremations and inhumations .The one obvious linear chronological element was from beaker to collared urn .

"Thanks. Sorry to have to reiterate like that, its just so I can make sure i've understood!"

No problem , the difficulty was keeping the precis short ,it's pretty confusing without all the detail .

"High number of child burials is interesting, even given what I guess would have been a significantly higher mortality rate. "

Apart from the Talheim "pit" and ignoring the Roman site in Bucks , I can't think of another site where there is that proportion though .