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Page 149
... cremation . This was practised in the Elbe Weser region and in Angeln . In this country it was particularly popular in the Anglian areas on the east coast . In some of these areas it continued throughout the pagan period . Great cremation ...
... cremation . This was practised in the Elbe Weser region and in Angeln . In this country it was particularly popular in the Anglian areas on the east coast . In some of these areas it continued throughout the pagan period . Great cremation ...
Page 151
... Cremation urns were often laid out in rough rows . Sometimes they were covered with stones ( as at Castle acre ) or a small cairn ( as at Thurmaston ) . At Spong Hill a lid for one urn ( not actually found with a pot ) was decorated ...
... Cremation urns were often laid out in rough rows . Sometimes they were covered with stones ( as at Castle acre ) or a small cairn ( as at Thurmaston ) . At Spong Hill a lid for one urn ( not actually found with a pot ) was decorated ...
Page 186
... cremation . Cremation was in all likelihood the earlier rite . However , it was probably abandoned early on and so the inhumation cemeteries and the 13 definite mixed rite examples may still claim to be early . Cremation may have turned ...
... cremation . Cremation was in all likelihood the earlier rite . However , it was probably abandoned early on and so the inhumation cemeteries and the 13 definite mixed rite examples may still claim to be early . Cremation may have turned ...
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Aelle Angles Anglo Saxon Chronicle Anglo Saxon England Anglo Saxon Pottery archaeological Avon battle Bede Bede's Bernicia burial Caistor by Norwich Cambridgeshire Ceawlin Celtic cemeteries centres Cerdic colonists continued cremation cruciform brooches culture Cutha Cynric Deira dynasty early English East Anglia English Church English Place Names entry Essex Ethelbert evidence example excavated fifth Frankish Frisian genealogy Germanic Gewisse Gildas Hengest and Horsa History immigrants inhumation J. N. L. Myres Jutes Jutish Kent Kentish kingdom land later Lincolnshire Lindsey London manuscript Mercia Middle Anglia migration mound Myres Nennius Norfolk Octha Oisc Old English original Oxford Oxfordshire period population pots probably proto English reign river Roman Britain Romano British ruled rulers settlement settlers seventh century similar sixth century sources Suffolk survived Sussex Sutton Hoo Tacitus Thames valley towns tradition tribal tribes troops Verulamium villa Vortigern warband warrior Welsh West Saxon whilst Woden word Yorkshire