Until the latter part of the twentieth century, Iron Age burial in Britain was thought to be largely archaeologically invisible. However, over the last 40 years the recovery of large assemblages of human remains, often from pits and ditches rather than beneath monumental structures, has changed our understanding of Iron Age funerary practices. The problem, though, is that the majority of this material derives from core areas of study, particularly southern England and Yorkshire. Our knowledge of burial in the more peripheral areas of Britain, such as Wales, is much more poorly understood. The perceived paucity of burials from such regions is often still interpreted as resulting from the practice of archaeologically invisible disposal methods such as excarnation or the scattering of cremated remains. This paper presents a comprehensive review and analysis of Iron Age human remains in Wales. Although the resource for study is relatively small, a variety of practices, disposal methods and treatments of bodies can be recognized which challenge our current narratives. The scarcity of burials when compared to other parts of Britain, such as Wessex, is suggested to be a result of both poor preservation and bias in archaeological research strategies, rather than the dominance of an ‘invisible’ burial rite.

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威尔士铁器时代的葬礼：模式，实践和问题

直到二十世纪下半叶，英国的铁器时代墓葬一直被认为是考古学上看不见的。然而，在过去的40年中，通常是从坑和沟中而不是在纪念性建筑物的下方恢复大量人类遗体的集合，这改变了我们对铁器时代丧葬习俗的理解。然而，问题在于这种材料的大部分来自核心研究领域，特别是英格兰南部和约克郡。我们对英国更外围地区（例如威尔士）的埋葬知识了解得很少。人们常常仍然认为，从这样的地区发现的埋葬物很少，是由于采用了考古学上看不见的处置方法，例如挖土或火化遗骸的散布。本文对威尔士铁器时代的人类遗骸进行了全面的回顾和分析。尽管研究资源相对较少，但是可以认识到各种实践，处置方法和对人体的处理方式，这对我们目前的叙述提出了挑战。与英国其他地区（例如韦塞克斯）相比，墓葬的稀缺性被认为是考古学研究策略保存不善和偏见的结果，而不是“看不见”的墓葬仪式占主导地位。