Governing from the Grave

Vampire Burials and Social Order in Post-medieval Poland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6043863
AutoresTracy K Betsinger (0000-0003-2936-5081, SUNY Oneonta, autor de correspondencia), Timothy Darvill (0000-0002-2887-9622), Amy B Scott (0000-0003-4018-0942, University of Manitoba)
Año2014
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas467-476
Fecha de publicación2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774314000754
OpenAlexW2108843629
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas9

Mortuary treatments are ways in which archaeologists can learn about the culture and lifestyle of past societies, in terms of how they view the dead. The dead, however, can continue to play a role in the lives of the living, which may also be reflected in funerary rites and burial treatments. This article explores the social agency of the dead, focusing on the ‘vampire burials’ of the post-medieval Polish site of Drawsko 1. These burials, identified through their grave goods, provide a unique opportunity to learn how vampire folklore and the deceased ‘vampires’ influenced the living, most notably as ways to encourage social order, as an explanation for the unknown, and as an economic commitment

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Folklore · Grave goods · Literature · Political science · Politics · Social life · Social order · Social science · Sociology · Vampire · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research