The impact of male burials on the construction of Corded Ware identity: Reconstructing networks of information in the 3rd millennium BC
| Autor: | Erik Kroon, Q.P.J. Bourgeois |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Computer and Information Sciences 010506 paleontology History Burial Denmark Political Science Culture lcsh:Medicine Social Sciences Identity (social science) 01 natural sciences Geographical locations Computer Applications Pelvis Sociology Fundamental difference Medicine and Health Sciences Humans 0601 history and archaeology European Union lcsh:Science Musculoskeletal System History Ancient Netherlands 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Multidisciplinary 060102 archaeology Information Dissemination Data Visualization Information sharing lcsh:R Biology and Life Sciences 06 humanities and the arts Europe Ethnology lcsh:Q People and places Anatomy Catalogs War and Civil Unrest Battles Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0185971 (2017) PLoS ONE, 12(10), 1-15 |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0185971 |
| Popis: | The emergence of Corded Ware Groups throughout Europe in the 3rd millennium BC is one of the most defining events in European history. From the Wolga to the Rhine communities start to speak Indo-European languages and bury their dead in an extremely similar fashion. Recent ancient DNA-analyses identify a massive migration from the Eurasian steppe as the prime cause for this event. However, there is a fundamental difference between expressing a Corded Ware identity-the sharing of world views and ideas-and having a specific DNA-profile. Therefore, we argue that investigating the exchange of cultural information on burial rites between these communities serves as a crucial complement to the exchange of biological information. By adopting a practice perspective to 1161 Corded Ware burials throughout north-western Europe, combined with similarity indexes and network representations, we demonstrate a high degree of information sharing on the burial ritual between different regions. Moreover, we show that male burials are much more international in character than female burials and as such can be considered as the vector along which cultural information and Corded Ware identity was transmitted. This finding highlights an underlying complex societal organization of Corded Ware burial rites in which gender roles had a significant impact on the composition and transmission of cultural information. Our findings corroborate recent studies that suggest the Corded Ware was a male focused society. |
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