Table 2. The course of cremation
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Time from setting on fire
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Description of situation or
activity
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0 (at 15:23)
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Setting the pyre on fire downwind.
Photo 1.
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12 min
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Upper part of
the pyre is on fire, the sow`s back has turned black, a piece of
bone and horn fell off the body.
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18 min
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Back is burned.
Photo 2.
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27 min
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Lower log
layers of the pyre are on fire, the animal has collapsed.
Photo 3.
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35 min
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Animal started to fall down the
pyre, we adjusted its position.
Photo 4.
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38 min
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Pyre is burned
low.
Photo 5.
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50 min
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We pushed the sow deeper into the
flames.
Photo 6.
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52 min
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The pyre is
mostly burned, but the animal is still preserved.
Photo 7 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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56 min
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Only the skull
is more or less burned.
Photo 8 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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1 h
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We added twigs and smaller logs.
Photo 9 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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1 h 46 min
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We adjusted the
fire, placed more brands on lower body. Photo 10 (by Lembi
Lõugas).
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2 h
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The skull is
burned white; flesh is preserved in the rear part of the body.
Photo 11.
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2 h 5 min
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Second
additional load of wood.
Photo 12.
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2 h 22 min
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Hipbone, burned
white, can be seen. The skull is decaying; a hole is burned in it.
Photo 13 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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2 h 27 min
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We added wood to the
rear part of the body.
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2 h 42 min
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The animal is
riven in two. There is still unburned flesh on the white-burned
vertebrae.
Photo 14 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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2 h 47 min
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We stirred the
fire; the rear body is still not burned.
Photo 15.
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3 h
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Shield boss and bronze plate are
entirely complete.
Photo 16.
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3 h 5 min
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We added some wood to the fire.
Photo 17.
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3 h 20 min
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The clay vessel
has fallen on its side but is still intact.
Photo 18 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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3 h 23 min
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The front part
of the skull is burned into bits.
Photo 19 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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3 h 41–44
min
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We added more
wood; two local spots are still unburned. We placed more wood
there; some bones broke into pieces while the rear part of the
body was adjusted.
Photo 20.
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4 h 4 min
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Only pieces are
left of the skull.
Photo 21.
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4 h 42 min
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Single pieces
of flesh can still be seen; the sow’s stomach also became
visible.
Photo 22 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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5 h
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Photo 23 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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5 h 23 min
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We stirred
intensively the fire site; burnt bones were already very brittle
and shattered easily.
Photo 24 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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6 h
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All the flesh
is burned; we pulled the last burning brand out of the fire and
documented the dimensions of the fire site.
Photo 25 (by
Lembi Lõugas).
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