Familiarity breeds remembrance

On the Reiterative Power of Cemeteries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919082
AutoresMelanie Moen (0000-0001-6922-8247, University of Oslo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen52
Número1
Páginas35-48
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2019.1736137
OpenAlexW3016818000
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

Based on mortuary evidence from the Norwegian Viking Age (AD 750–1050), this article seeks to present an argument for cemeteries as key components of social memory and collective experience. Rather than focusing on cemeteries as arenas for ritual and funerary drama, it is proposed that cemeteries can also be seen as lived landscapes that are featured as landmarks in people’s everyday lives. This interpretation does not detract from cemeteries as potent ritual places, but instead recognizes that they can carry multiple levels of meaning. Aspects such as accessibility, opportunities for regular interaction with the sites, and cemeteries as active and regularly used components of a landscape will be addressed

Aesthetics · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Collective memory · Drama · Epistemology · Ethnology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Norwegian · Power (physics · Social memory · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology