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English summary: A change in burial customs took place in large parts of central Europe during the 13th century BC. The dead were no longer buried in inhumation graves as was customary until then but were burned and laid to rest in urns. This characteristic burial practice gave the name to the Urnfield culture that performed this rite. This transformation of burial customs is probably connected to far reaching changes in society and religious beliefs, which cannot, however, be determined in detail. In these conference proceedings particular attention is paid to the performance of burials and burial rites. Bioarchaeologists in addition to archaeologists participate to enhance the understanding of these procedures. These important aspects were not hitherto in the focus of research. Supra-regional commonalities as well as local peculiarities are discussed to clarify the question of contacts and mutual influences between various regions in central and southeast Europe. The geographical frame of the contributions that are collected in this volume comprises Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Greece. German description: Im Verlauf des 13. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bildete sich in Mitteleuropa eine neue Kultur, in der die Leichenverbrennung vorherrschte und die nach der zumeist ublichen Niederlegung der Knochenreste in einem Gefass - einer Urne - Urnenfelderkultur genannt wird. Der Wandel, die Toten nicht in Korpergrabern, sondern verbrannt in Urnen beizusetzen, vollzog sich im Verlauf der europaischen Bronzezeit in unterschiedlicher Intensitat und in unterschiedlicher Auspragung. Es ist wahrscheinlich, dass sich hinter dem Wandel des Bestattungsrituals weitreichende Veranderungen der Gesellschaft und der religiosen Vorstellungen verbergen, ohne dass es uns moglich ware, diese im Einzelnen zu benennen. Im dem vorliegenden Kongressband werden der Durchfuhrung der Bestattungen und dem Bestattungsritual in der Region zwischen Mitteleuropa u