Gathering communities
Locality, governance and rulership in early medieval Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Gleeson (0000-0001-8999-4619, Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology, Archaeology and Paleoecology, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100-120 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00438243.2018.1473163 |
| OpenAlex | W2804880939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article explores the role that gatherings and temporary assembly places played in creating communities and manufacturing early polities and kingdoms. Whereas the archaeological dimension to polity building has often focused upon monumentality in programmes of political articulation, the role of more ephemeral activities is equally meaningful but nevertheless under-appreciated. With new research into assembly culture in first-millennium AD Europe developing apace, the role of gatherings of various types has come into sharper focus. This article explores the changing nature of temporary gatherings in Ireland and what the changing material signature of these practices says about developing hierarchies, emerging kingdoms and the nexus that local concerns formed with regional practices of rulership
Articulation (sociology · Chiefdom · Corporate governance · Ephemeral key · Kingdom · Locality · Management · Nexus (standard · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |