burial urn

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burial
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈber.i.əl/us
/ˈber.i.əl/
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ...
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urn
noun[C]
uk
/ɜːn/us
/ɝːn/
a container, especially a large, round one on a stem, that is used for decorative purposes in a garden, or one that has a lid and is used for holding a dead person's ashes (= the powder that is left after a dead body has ...
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(Definition ofburialandurnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In one round barrow a smallburialurnwas recovered.
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At the same site charred human skeletal remains were discovered in the corner of a pit-house inside a large vessel apparently used as aburialurn.
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The bones were stored in painted pottery burial urns.
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The burial urns were used mainly for children, but also sporadically for adults.
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Burial urns were painted with designs, with accessory ceramics, such as cups on tall bases.
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Burial urns were used for the burial of the remains of commoners.
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Megalithic burial urns have been found in the area.
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Small hole was drilled in most of the child and adult burial urns, and is believed to enable the spirit to access.
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One such area harbored as many as 20,000 burial urns.
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Fragments of burial urns are also available in the region near the dolmens.
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The remains of young children and infants have been found tightly wrapped in deerskins and placed within large pottery vessels archeologists have called burial urns.
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Both contained human remains and burial urns.
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