Burial grounds and secular settlements in early medieval Wales (fifth to eleventh centuries AD) are understood to have been in geographically separate locations. In contrast, it is known that in England and on the Continent during this period burial began to be integrated within settlements. Changes in burial practice also occurred in Ireland, where early medieval ‘cemetery settlements’ with integrated burial and non-funerary activity are a relatively recent discovery. This paper presents a reassessment of the archaeological evidence from five published early medieval Welsh cemeteries and one recently-excavated example. It will demonstrate that these Welsh cemeteries share a number of attributes with Irish cemetery settlements and will critically evaluate the significance of this for our understanding of early medieval Wales. The paper will conclude that such sites are better conceptualized as ‘multifunctional cemeteries’, rather than ‘cemetery settlements’.

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中世纪早期的葬礼：识别多功能墓地

据了解，中世纪早期威尔士（公元 5 至 11 世纪）的墓地和世俗定居点位于不同的地理位置。相比之下，众所周知，在此期间，在英格兰和欧洲大陆，墓葬开始融入定居点。爱尔兰也发生了埋葬习俗的变化，在那里，中世纪早期的“墓地定居点”具有综合的埋葬和非葬礼活动，是一个相对较新的发现。本文重新评估了来自五个已发表的中世纪早期威尔士墓地和一个最近出土的例子的考古证据。它将证明这些威尔士墓地与爱尔兰墓地定居点具有许多共同点，并将批判性地评估这对我们理解中世纪早期威尔士的重要性。