10th January 2014, 04:46 PM
I remember 1.2kg, but when I did a late 1st century cremation cemetry in Essex the average was a good deal less, 200-400g maybe.
There seems to have been no great desire to bury all the remains, just a representative sample. Also several burrials had had pyre debris added later, perhaps from a different burrial, in a pit cut into the top of the original burrial. Burial practise seemed to vary a hell of a lot. Some were cremated with goods, some had goods added after, some were in pots, soom in caskets, some in bags.
No rhyme nor reason as far as I could figure out.
One of the coolest sites I ever ran though, lots of fun!
There seems to have been no great desire to bury all the remains, just a representative sample. Also several burrials had had pyre debris added later, perhaps from a different burrial, in a pit cut into the top of the original burrial. Burial practise seemed to vary a hell of a lot. Some were cremated with goods, some had goods added after, some were in pots, soom in caskets, some in bags.
No rhyme nor reason as far as I could figure out.
One of the coolest sites I ever ran though, lots of fun!