Study Suggests Medieval Europe's Shared Culture Spread Rapidly
Study Suggests Medieval Europe’s Shared Culture Spread Rapidly Wednesday, January 27, 2021 CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Cambridge, the practice of burying the dead without grave goods spread across western Europe more quickly than had been previously thought. Emma Brownlee of the University of Cambridge reviewed more than 33,000 graves dated from the sixth through the eighth centuries A.D., and found that the inclusion of grave goods in burials in England, France, Germany, and the Low Countries began to decline in the mid-sixth century, ...
Source: archaeology.org