Elemental bodies
The nature of transformative practices during the late third and second millenniumbcin Scotland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Macgregor (0009-0008-5710-0391, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 268-280 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438240802076756 |
| OpenAlex | W1974401538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
A range of social practices during the late third and second millennium bc in Scotland is explored in this paper. The nature of the elemental is also considered and it is suggested that certain practices may have been conceived as elementally transformative in nature due to their perceived ability to effect material changes. The interrelationship between practices in the context of contemporary mortuary and funerary and burnt-mound traditions is examined using a case study from south-west Scotland. The traditional views of what these practices constituted are founded on contemporary terms of reference, such as their function as burial monuments or as locales for cooking. Here, consideration of the evidence suggests that in these different social arenas such practices were in part understood through the ways in which the body was transformed and, in certain circumstances, conceived to be as transformatively potent as other elemental categories
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |