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PRONUNCIATION OF URNFIELD

urnfield  [ˈɜːnˌfiːld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URNFIELD

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Urnfield can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES URNFIELD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

urnfield

Urnfield culture

The Urnfield culture was a late Bronze Age culture of central Europe. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and placing their ashes in urns which were then buried in fields. The Urnfield culture followed the Tumulus culture and was succeeded by the Hallstatt culture. Linguistic evidence and continuity with the following Hallstatt culture suggests that the people of this culture spoke an early form of Celtic even proto-Celtic originally.

Definition of urnfield in the English dictionary

The definition of urnfield in the dictionary is a cemetery full of individual cremation urns. Other definition of urnfield is characterized by cremation in urns, which began in E Europe about the second millennium bc and by the seventh century bc had covered almost all of mainland Europe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URNFIELD


airfield
ˈɛəˌfiːld
battlefield
ˈbætəlˌfiːld
Bloomfield
ˈbluːmˌfiːld
brownfield
ˈbraʊnˌfiːld
canfield
ˈkænˌfiːld
chesterfield
ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld
cornfield
ˈkɔːnˌfiːld
downfield
ˈdaʊnˌfiːld
Garfield
ˈɡɑːˌfiːld
grainfield
ˈɡreɪnˌfiːld
greenfield
ˈɡriːnˌfiːld
Hatfield
ˈhætˌfiːld
Huddersfield
ˈhʌdəzˌfiːld
infield
ˈɪnˌfiːld
Mansfield
ˈmænsˌfiːld
minefield
ˈmaɪnˌfiːld
oilfield
ˈɔɪlˌfiːld
outfield
ˈaʊtˌfiːld
Springfield
ˈsprɪŋˌfiːld
Wakefield
ˈweɪkˌfiːld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URNFIELD

urinoscopy
urinose
urinous
urite
URL
urman
Urmia
Urmston
urn
urnal
urnful
urning
urnlike
urobilin
urobilinogen
urochord
urochordal
urochordate
urochrome
urodelan

WORDS THAT END LIKE URNFIELD

afield
Beaconsfield
Caulfield
depth of field
electric field
Enfield
field
hold the field
home field
ice field
in the field
leave the field
Lichfield
Macclesfield
magnetic field
midfield
play the field
playing field
Sheffield
shield
Whitefield

Synonyms and antonyms of urnfield in the English dictionary of synonyms

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urnfield
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Campos de Urnas
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Urnfield
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Urnfield
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Urnfield
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Urnfield
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Urnenfelder
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urnfield
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urnfield
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Urnfield
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urnfield
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Urnfield
75 millions of speakers

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urnfield
70 millions of speakers

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Urnfield
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Urnfield
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30 millions of speakers
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Urnfield
15 millions of speakers
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14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

urnfield
10 millions of speakers
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urnfield
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URNFIELD»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URNFIELD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about urnfield

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URNFIELD»

Discover the use of urnfield in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to urnfield and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Land and Ancestors: Cultural Dynamics in the Urnfield Period ...
This volume includes an interdisciplinary research programme involving archaeological, anthropological and historical perspectives on different dimensions of the landscape.
Frans Theuws, Nico Roymans, 1999
2
Local Identities: Landscape and Community in the Late ...
no. site description date references 100 Eksel-Winner urnfield, plus Harpstedt urn in periphery of MBA (?) barrow EIA De Laet1961; Meex1972 108 Hamont- Haarterheide secondary burials in EBA/MBA barrows EIA Roosens/Beex1965 ...
Fokke Albert Gerritsen, 2001
3
Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
The social structure of the Urnfield culture seems to have been basically the same as during the Unetice period. As yet there is nothing that proves that a class society existed. The total number of bronze artifacts in graves varies in diflerent ...
Marija Gimbutas, 1965
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Palaeohistoria 53/54 (2011/2012)
SINGLE-EDGED SOCKETED URNFIELD KNIVES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND WESTERN EUROPE JAY J. BUTLER, STIJN ARNOLDUSSEN & HANNIE STEEGSTRA University ofGroningen, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, ...
P. A. J. Attema, E. Bolhuis, R. T. J. Cappers, 2012
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Drowned Landscape: The Occupation of the Western Part of the ...
Formerly these were interpreted as evidence of an invasion by urnfield people, but today the appearance of urnfields is understood to be the result of a change in burial ritual.172 The idea of an urnfield culture as an encompassing concept ...
‎1998
6
A History of Beer and Brewing
THE URNFIELD SOCIETY The Late Bronze Age Urnfield society was so-named because of their rite of human burial, which entailed cremation of the body, and subsequent placement of the ashes in urns, which were then buried communally.
Ian Spencer Hornsey, 2003
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Social Transformations in Archaeology: Global and Local ...
Its leaders were most likely to have the densest alliance networks, including Urnfield/HaC/D partners in Central Europe. It is only within this larger context that we may be able to understand fully what defined the Atlantic regional economy as a ...
Kristian Kristiansen, Michael Rowlands, 2005
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The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
Sometimes the remains were placed in wooden cists bordered with stones (e.g. Saalfelden-Taxau). These cremation graves were marked at the surface by stone stelae (Moosleitner 1991). In terms of regular funerary customs, the Urnfield ...
Anthony Harding, Harry Fokkens, 2013
9
Bronze Age Cultures in France: The Later Phases from the ...
5), also Miihlau grave n, Tirol-Urnfield horizon II;1 it is therefore First rather than Second Urnfield. The tweezer seems to be undecorated and calls for no comment, the ribbed bronze tubes (nos. 11, 12) suggest in a general way collared and ...
Nancy K. Sandars, 1957
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History of Humanity: From the third millennium to the ...
THE. URNFIELD. PERIOD. It can be supposed and partly archaeologically proved that events in the East Mediterranean in the last third of the millennium ( the decline of the Mycenean civilization, the raids of the Sea Peoples, the collapse of ...
Sigfried J. de Laet, Unesco, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URNFIELD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term urnfield is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Adena People and Prehistoric Colonization of North America
The Tumulus Culture phase lasts from roughly 1700-1200 B.C. before being succeeded in the Early Iron Age by the Urnfield (1300B.C.), Hallstatt, (800-500B. «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
2
Election 2015: North East Hampshire parliamentary candidates …
... Winchfield, the Urnfield – and any other greenfield site for that matter – unless a locally-led neighbourhood plan wants to build homes to meet local needs. «gethampshire.co.uk, Apr 15»
3
Yateley burial ground housing application refused
The council made the decision to refuse the application to build 150 homes between Moulsham Lane and Broome Close, known locally as the Urnfield site, ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Feb 15»
4
Battle to build homes on Yateley historic site rumbles on
Yateley Urnfield Residents Action Group (YURAG) said it is currently reviewing the comments made in the agent's letter. It added that although Hart's planning ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Residents attend public meetings to oppose plans for 150 new homes
Wellbeck has applied to Hart District Council to build 150 new homes at Urnfield. Public consultation on the proposal comes to a close on Thursday (October 30) ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Nov 14»
6
Yateley and Church Crookham in top ten desirable postcode areas
“It is why the proposal to build on the Urnfield site would be so damaging, as this would rip the heart out of this beautiful centre of Yateley.” Also in Hart, Church ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Aug 14»
7
Have your say in Hart on where 7500 new homes are built
Yateley Urnfield Residents' Action Group is against plans for 150 homes on an historic greenfield site in Moulsham Lane and Hawley Park Farm Campaign ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Plans for hundreds of new homes take a step forward
Residents oppose plans to build 150 new homes at the Urnfield site in Yateley, stating flooding and traffic as major concerns of the proposals. 'Inept' council has ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Bronze Age burial site campaigners confront developers
Yateley Urnfield Residents' Action Group (YURAG) greeted representatives of Welbeck Strategic Land who gave a presentation at Yateley Town Council's ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Just 'Say No' rallying cry in battle of the Urnfield
A campaign group is preparing to launch a 'Say No' initiative in a bid to fight plans to build 150 homes on a historic site in Yateley. Yateley Urnfield Residents ... «gethampshire.co.uk, Apr 14»

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