Covering the Dead in Later Prehistoric Britain: Elusive Objects and Powerful Technologies of Funerary Performance
Autor: | Duncan Garrow, Anwen Cooper, Catriona Gibson, Melanie Giles |
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Přispěvatelé: | Cooper, Anwen [0000-0001-7349-3203], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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later prehistoric Britain
010506 paleontology Grave goods History 060102 archaeology transformation burial 06 humanities and the arts General Medicine covering 01 natural sciences Archaeology containment Prehistory Motley 4301 Archaeology 0601 history and archaeology revelation funerary performance 43 History Heritage and Archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Cooper, A, Garrow, D, Gibson, C & Giles, M 2019, ' Covering the Dead in Later Prehistoric Britain: Elusive Objects and Powerful Technologies of Funerary Performance ', Proceedings of the prehistoric Society, vol. 85, pp. 223-250 . https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2019.8 |
DOI: | 10.17863/cam.54947 |
Popis: | This paper examines the containment and covering of people and objects in burials throughout later prehistory in Britain. Recent analyses of grave assemblages with exceptionally well-preserved organic remains have revealed some of the particular roles played by covers in funerary contexts. Beyond these spectacular examples, however, the objects involved in covering and containing have largely been overlooked. Many of the ‘motley crew’ of pots and stones used to wrap, cover, and contain bodies (and objects) were discarded or destroyed by antiquarian investigators in their quest for more immediately dazzling items. Organic containers and covers – bags, coffins, shrouds, blankets – are rarely preserved. Our study brings together the diverse and often elusive objects that played a part in covering and containing prehistoric burials, including items that directly enclosed bodies and objects, and those that potentially pinned together (now mostly absent) organic wraps. Overall, we contend, wrapping, covering, and containing were significantly more prevalent in prehistoric funerary practices than has previously been recognised. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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