Campine Burial Mounds
The following messages will be dedicated to the burial mounds of the Campine region of the Low Countries.
Burial rituals in this area, like in many parts of Europe before christianization, included cremation. After cremation, the ashes would be put into an urn and buried under a small mound, together with some gifts for the afterlife.
Most burial mounds in the Campine area date from the early and middle Iron Age, about 2500 years ago. They were part of the Urnfield culture.
The following messages will be dedicated to the burial mounds of the Campine region of the Low Countries.
Burial rituals in this area, like in many parts of Europe before christianization, included cremation. After cremation, the ashes would be put into an urn and buried under a small mound, together with some gifts for the afterlife.
Most burial mounds in the Campine area date from the early and middle Iron Age, about 2500 years ago. They were part of the Urnfield culture.