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The Kivik Cairn, Scania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. V. Grinsell
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The incised slabs of the rectangular cist in the cairn at Kivik rank with the Hagia Triada sarcophagus in being among the most important discoveries so far made of evidence bearing on the funeral rites of the Bronze Age in Europe, and it seems certain that pending further discoveries these two monuments form the foundation on which our study of Bronze Age funeral customs must be built.

Before discussing the Kivik cairn itself it is well to glance at the archaeological setting of Kivik and the surrounding country, for on this the correct interpretation of the Kivik slabs depends.

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Antiquity , Volume 16 , Issue 62 , June 1942 , pp. 160 - 174
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1942

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