InScandinavia，duringtheBronzeage，cremationandburialwerepractisedinaboutequalproportions。SimilarfactsarenoticedinGermany，butintheNorthincinerationpredominates，whileintheWestitisinhumation。BeneaththecairnsofCaithnessinScotland，wefindsomebodieslyingatfulllength，whileothersareinabentposition，andlargejarsofcoarsepotteryfilledwithcindersandcalcinedboneswhichhadbelongedtomenofmediumheight。Oneofthelargestofthesejarsisfifteenorsixteenincheshighbyforty-ninewideatitslargestpart。[310]InexcavatingthebarrowsoftheOrkneyIslands，Petrienotedthepracticeofbothmodesofburial[311]；
butwerethoseburiedinmannerssodifferentcontemporaries？Thisiswhatwearenottold，andwhatwehavetofindout。
AtBlendowoinPoland，beneathacromlechwasfoundanurnfilledwithcalcinedbones，andthirtycentimetreslowerdownaskeletonwasdiscoveredburiedinthesand。NearthisbodywasfoundacoinofTheodosius，andwewonderinvainwhetherboththeindividuals，whoseremainsarethuswithinacommontomb，livedatthesametime。ThroughoutPrussiaandintireGrandDuchyofPosenskeletonsandjarscontaininghumanashes。aremetwithinthesametombs。[312]
Wemustnotforgettonote，especially，thenecropolisofHallstadt，whichwassituatedintheheartofthedistrictofBohemiaoccupiedbytheBoii。Themostancientofthetombsinthesevastburial-placesdatefromabouttwothousandyearsbeforetheChristianera，andtheHallstadtianperiod，asitissometimescalled，culminatedduringthefirsthalfofthemillenniumimmediatelybeforethecomingofChrist。[313]Ninehundredandninety-threetombshavebeenexcavated；
all，tojudgebytheobjectsfoundwiththehumanremains，belongingtotheBronzeage；ofthesefivehundredandtwenty-sevencontainedburiedbodies，andfourhundredandfifty-threecrematedrelics。[314]