02 Extra Burial rituals in the Alps In 1947, archaeologists in Cresta Petschna in today’s Lumbrein found a burial site with eleven graves from around the 15th century BC (marked areas on the right). The graveyard was near the Bronze Age settlement of Crestaulta (in the background on the left).Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + The graves of Cresta Petschna are bordered by stones.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + Cremated with their clothing and jewellery, the remains of the deceased were subsequently buried in graves. Archaeologists found charred remnants of bones and burial objects.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + View of a Bronze Age grave with cremated bones and burial objects in Lumbrein, Cresta Petschna.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + Various pieces of bronze jewellery in Lumbrein were found exclusively in the graves of women.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + A grave from the 13th/12th century BC in Domat/Ems contained the remains of a female. Unlike the women in Lumbrein, she had not been cremated. At 1.60 metres in height, she was tall for prehistoric times.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden + The dead in Domat/Ems were given pieces of jewellery into their graves such as earrings, finger ring, and bow-brooch on display here. These objects are characteristic for Upper Italy. This woman may have migrated to the Grisons from the South.Photo: Archaeological Office Graubünden +