Abstract:This article examines cremation cemeteries in west Latvia from the end of the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages (12th-14th/15th centuries). During this period, cremation graves constituted the dominant burial form in the region. We have selected as a case study Lapiņi cemetery, which reveals additional details relating to cremation cemeteries of west Latvia. The aim of the article is to provide further insights into burials of this kind in the Baltic region, which correspond in time to the Curonian expansion i… Show more
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