Graves with stone-built walls from the Late Bronze Age excavations near Esperstedt. Credit: © State Office for Heritag Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt A major new study is shedding light on everyday life in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300-800 BCE), a period known as the Urnfield culture that saw major social and cultural shifts, including the widespread practice of cremation. Published in Nature Communications , the research combines archaeology, ancient DNA

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