10th January 2014, 06:20 PM
Steve H is right, it is extremely variable as to date and region. Best to find published sites of a similar time and place to that which your friend is studying and see what weights were found there. Other factors to consider are level of truncation and urned versus unurned. The paper P Prentice refers to will give you the average weight for a modern cremation. To be precise, they are always referred to as 'cremation burials' and the burnt bone is 'cremated bone deposit' - 'cremation' is the act of burning.
*Blatant self interest* there are a number of cremation burials discussed in the OA Lankhills publication, but equally Mola have a good number of publications too.
PhD - found on Ethos - [TABLE]
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[TD="class: fadeThis, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]Styles of Romano-British cremation and associated deposition in south-east England[/TD]
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[TD]Author: Weekes, Jason Richard. [/TD]
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[TD]Awarding Body: University of Kent at Canterbury [/TD]
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[TD]Awarded: 2005
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[/TABLE]
*Blatant self interest* there are a number of cremation burials discussed in the OA Lankhills publication, but equally Mola have a good number of publications too.
PhD - found on Ethos - [TABLE]
[TR]
[TD="class: fadeThis, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]Styles of Romano-British cremation and associated deposition in south-east England[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Author: Weekes, Jason Richard. [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Awarding Body: University of Kent at Canterbury [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Awarded: 2005
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]