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People sometimes use pyres to make a big fire or bonfire but they do not burn a real body.

Viking funeral pyres were usually built on boats floating in the sea. The ancient Greeks and ancient Romans used funeral pyres. However, it is no longer legal in many countries. This form of funeral is thousands of years old. The Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist religions still use pyres for the cremation of dead people. Historically, pyres have also been used to kill people by burning them alive. In those ceremonies, there is a big fire, but a body is not burned. They are also used for other types of ceremonies. Pyres are still used for funerals in some parts of the world. The body is placed on top of the pyre or under it. The word pyre comes from the Greek word for fire. A combination of different factors probably determined their selection for cremation purposes, such as their availability in the environs of the necropolis, differential access to wood resources, their heat potential, technical aspects related to their exploitation and even conceptual aspects, such as their symbolic meaning.A pyre, also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure used for burning a body.

and Arbutus unedo, have also been identified in secondary burials. Other taxa, such as Salix/Populus, Prunus sp. In these primary contexts, the ubiquitous taxa were Quercus sp. Charcoal remains recovered inside the structures, of bustum type, are the remains of the fuel burned during the cremation of the corpses. The structures related to cremation rites include primary and secondary contexts. Archaeobotanical data from Roman cemeteries in this area are very scarce, but they provide valuable information on the funerary customs introduced by the Roman Empire to the provinces, and how this interaction could be reflected in the management of firewood. The case study of Reza Vella (Ourense, Spain) provides valuable information about the uses and the role of plants in a funerary context in northwest Iberia. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the role of firewood in Roman burial rites of cremation.