Problematic stuff

Death, Memory and the Interpretation of Cached Objects

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3207162
AutoresLindsey Büster (0000-0003-4121-9431, University of York, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen95
Número382
Páginas973-985
Fecha de publicación2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2021.81
OpenAlexW3138729181
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas25

Deliberately deposited (or cached) objects are ubiquitous in the archaeological record, yet they are often classified under different categories, such as hoards, structured deposits, grave goods and cenotaph burials, and interpreted according to different criteria. Drawing on contemporary attitudes to death, dying and bereavement, and using later prehistoric Britain as a case study, this article brings the analysis of these objects together within a single interpretive framework, which asserts that much of this material represents the 'problematic stuff' left behind by the dead. This approach forces us to reconsider the traditional boundaries drawn between different aspects of the archaeological record and demonstrates the value that emotion has in our interpretations of past societies

Aesthetics · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Art · Cache · Genealogy · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Prehistory · Value (mathematics) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Philosophy