Burial urn with lid, late Bronze age, 8.5 × 26 cm diameter (lid), 30.5 × 29 cm diameter (urn), Can Missert necropolis (Terrassa). Photo by Teresa Llordés. Castell Cartoixa de Vallparadís. Terrassa Museum.
This burial urn found at the Can Missert necropolis (Terrassa) contains cinerary remains. Cremation was introduced as a funeral rite during the late Bronze Age.
The deceased was cremated on a rectangular site known as the ustrinum. The ashes from the cremation were kept in urns sealed with a lid and an outer element which identified them. The set of buried urns is known as an urn field, or camp d’urnes.
Can Missert had become a reference point for later discoveries of urn fields along the Catalan coast until the discovery of Can Piteu - Can Roqueta in Sabadell.
