Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age

Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age

This paper concerns post-depositional manipulations of burials at two Stone Age sites in Southern Sweden: the Late Mesolithic Skateholm and Middle Neolithic Ajvide. A distinction is made between non-aggressive and aggressive manipulations of graves and dead bodies. Fine-grained horizontal stratigrap...

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Main Author: Fredrik Fahlander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2010-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:
Skateholm
Ajvide
Burial
post-manipulation
hybridisation
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1960
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spelling doaj-6af1cecdb40846b5a7e4a465a4182d882020-11-24T23:49:38ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922010-12-013710.4312/dp.37.21658Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone AgeFredrik Fahlander0Deptartment of Archaeology, Stockholm UniversityThis paper concerns post-depositional manipulations of burials at two Stone Age sites in Southern Sweden: the Late Mesolithic Skateholm and Middle Neolithic Ajvide. A distinction is made between non-aggressive and aggressive manipulations of graves and dead bodies. Fine-grained horizontal stratigraphies make it possible to associate each category with different phases of occupation. It is suggested that aggressive manipulations are generally the result of social stress during periods of hybridisation between different groups and traditions.https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1960SkateholmAjvideBurialpost-manipulationhybridisation
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Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
Documenta Praehistorica
Skateholm
Ajvide
Burial
post-manipulation
hybridisation
author_facet Fredrik Fahlander
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title Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
title_short Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
title_full Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
title_fullStr Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
title_full_unstemmed Messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the South Scandinavian Stone Age
title_sort messing with the dead: post-depositional manipulations of burials and bodies in the south scandinavian stone age
publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Documenta Praehistorica
issn 1408-967X
1854-2492
publishDate 2010-12-01
description This paper concerns post-depositional manipulations of burials at two Stone Age sites in Southern Sweden: the Late Mesolithic Skateholm and Middle Neolithic Ajvide. A distinction is made between non-aggressive and aggressive manipulations of graves and dead bodies. Fine-grained horizontal stratigraphies make it possible to associate each category with different phases of occupation. It is suggested that aggressive manipulations are generally the result of social stress during periods of hybridisation between different groups and traditions.
topic Skateholm
Ajvide
Burial
post-manipulation
hybridisation
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1960
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