Early Modern Deviant Burial in Prehistoric Monuments in Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12460491 |
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| Authors | Martin Rundkvist (0000-0003-2503-2394, Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1168-1182 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Historical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-7697 • E-ISSN: 1573-7748 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10761-024-00748-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4401186630 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This study deals with Early Modern burials in ancient monuments located nowhere near churches or execution sites. Examples are given from four prehistoric sites in different Swedish provinces, dating from the Early Neolithic through the Roman Period, with a total of 15 buried Early Modern individuals. Written sources along with details of the burial rite suggest that they are plague burials. Such were not welcome in churchyards because of concerns over the poorly understood contagion. Why people all over Sweden occasionally targeted ancient monuments specifically for this purpose is not clear. In one case, they saw the monument as the remains of a church. More generally, they knew that much older burials sanctified and lent some prior sanction to those sites
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Period (music · Plague (disease · Prehistory · Rite · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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