Final Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices and population dynamics in Belgium, the impact of radiocarbon dating cremated bones
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- Giacomo Capuzzo, Guy De Mulder (UGent) , Charlotte Sabaux, Sarah Dalle, Mathieu Boudin, Rica Annaert, Marta Hlad, Kevin Salesse, Amanda Sengelov (UGent) , Elisavet Stamataki, Barbara Veselka, Eugène Warmenbol, Christophe Snoeck and Martine Vercauteren
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- The Final Neolithic and the Bronze Age (3000-800 BC) are periods of great transformations in the communities inhabiting the area of modern-day Belgium, as testified by archaeological evidence showing an increasing complexity in social structure, technological transformations, and large-scale contacts. By combining 599 available radiocarbon dates with 88 new C-14 dates from 23 from funerary sites, this paper uses kernel density estimates to model the temporality in the use of inhumation vs. cremation burials, cremation deposits in barrows vs. flat graves, and cremation grave types. Additionally, by including 78 dates from settlements, changes in population dynamics were reconstructed. The results suggest a phase of demographic contraction around ca. 2200-1800 BC highlighted by a lack of dates from both settlements and funerary contexts, followed by an increase in the Middle Bronze Age, with the coexistence of cremation deposits in barrows and, in a lower number, in flat graves. At the end of the 14th-13th century BC, an episode of cultural change with the almost generalized use of flat graves over barrows is observed. Regional differentiations in the funerary practices and the simultaneous use of different grave types characterize the Late Bronze Age.
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- Belgium, Bronze Age, funerary practices, Neolithic, population dynamics
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- Capuzzo, Giacomo, et al. “Final Neolithic and Bronze Age Funerary Practices and Population Dynamics in Belgium, the Impact of Radiocarbon Dating Cremated Bones.” RADIOCARBON, vol. 65, no. 1, 2023, pp. 51–80, doi:10.1017/rdc.2022.94.
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- Capuzzo, G., De Mulder, G., Sabaux, C., Dalle, S., Boudin, M., Annaert, R., … Vercauteren, M. (2023). Final Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices and population dynamics in Belgium, the impact of radiocarbon dating cremated bones. RADIOCARBON, 65(1), 51–80. https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2022.94
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- Capuzzo, Giacomo, Guy De Mulder, Charlotte Sabaux, Sarah Dalle, Mathieu Boudin, Rica Annaert, Marta Hlad, et al. 2023. “Final Neolithic and Bronze Age Funerary Practices and Population Dynamics in Belgium, the Impact of Radiocarbon Dating Cremated Bones.” RADIOCARBON 65 (1): 51–80. https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2022.94.
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- Capuzzo, Giacomo, Guy De Mulder, Charlotte Sabaux, Sarah Dalle, Mathieu Boudin, Rica Annaert, Marta Hlad, Kevin Salesse, Amanda Sengelov, Elisavet Stamataki, Barbara Veselka, Eugène Warmenbol, Christophe Snoeck, and Martine Vercauteren. 2023. “Final Neolithic and Bronze Age Funerary Practices and Population Dynamics in Belgium, the Impact of Radiocarbon Dating Cremated Bones.” RADIOCARBON 65 (1): 51–80. doi:10.1017/rdc.2022.94.
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- 1.Capuzzo G, De Mulder G, Sabaux C, Dalle S, Boudin M, Annaert R, et al. Final Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices and population dynamics in Belgium, the impact of radiocarbon dating cremated bones. RADIOCARBON. 2023;65(1):51–80.
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- [1]G. Capuzzo et al., “Final Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices and population dynamics in Belgium, the impact of radiocarbon dating cremated bones,” RADIOCARBON, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 51–80, 2023.
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author = {{Capuzzo, Giacomo and De Mulder, Guy and Sabaux, Charlotte and Dalle, Sarah and Boudin, Mathieu and Annaert, Rica and Hlad, Marta and Salesse, Kevin and Sengelov, Amanda and Stamataki, Elisavet and Veselka, Barbara and Warmenbol, Eugène and Snoeck, Christophe and Vercauteren, Martine}},
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title = {{Final Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices and population dynamics in Belgium, the impact of radiocarbon dating cremated bones}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2022.94}},
volume = {{65}},
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