A cemetery comprising exclusively cremated human remains, some or all of which may be contained within pottery vessels.
Related Terms
| Term |
Note |
| COLUMBARIUM |
A wall with niches in a crematorium to display urns containing ashes. Use only when related to funerary site. |
| CREMATION |
The fragmentary, burnt remains of a human body. Usually found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. |
| CREMATION PIT |
A site where a corpse has been burnt on a pyre over a pit, which acts as a receptacle for the remains. Occasionally accompanied by burnt grave goods, placed with the body on the pyre. |
| CREMATORIUM |
A building or site where bodies are burnt, and the ashes collected for burial or dispersal. |
| OSSUARY |
A container or storage place for the bones of the dead. |
