The material culture of burial and its microgeography
A Luxembourg cemetery as a methodological example of an object-centred approach to quantitative material culture studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christoph Klaus Streb (University of Luxembourg, corresponding author), Thomas Kolnberger (University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Sonja Kmec (0000-0002-3980-5063, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 334-359 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359183519840744 |
| OpenAlex | W2940226758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article uses a novel quantitative methodology to examine sepulchral material culture. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of social spatialization and art as agency, the authors contend that variations in grave designs and materiality cannot simply be explained in terms of changes in fashion and mentality. Other factors also need to be taken into account. Using a digital data collection tool, the Cemetery Surveyor Application (CSA) developed at the University of Luxembourg, they compile a set of data encompassing all the material aspects of each grave in a cemetery in Luxembourg (Western Europe), the setting of their case study. The graves are dated from the 1850s to 2015. |The authors compare the chronological evolution of the most recurrent material features with a GIS-based spatial analysis of the same features. The results of the spatial analysis not only largely confirm the chronological study, but also allow them to be more precise (dating is often problematic) and include undated graves (a third of the sample). The digital data collection tool also allows them to compare cemeteries and to highlight variations in these that cannot merely be imputed to chronology, but also to spatial proximity and material agency
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Chronology · Comparability · Material culture · Materiality (auditing · Object (grammar · Social science · Sociology · Spatialization · Anthropology · Computer Science · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |