Flames of transformation
The Role of Fire in Cremation Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919828 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Flohr Sørensen (0000-0003-2473-6963, Aarhus University), Mikkel Bille (0000-0003-4558-2473, UCL Australia) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-267 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00438240802008593 |
| OpenAlex | W2056605763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper explores the transformative power of fire, its fundamental ability to change material worlds and affect our experience of its materiality. The paper examines material transformations related to death as a means of illustrating the powerful property of fire as a materially destructive yet socially generative and creative element. While fire has been widely discussed archaeologically as a technological element, and recently coupled with the social and symbolic powers of pyrotechnology, we focus on the sensuous staging of fire in disposal practices. The paper employs two case studies focusing on cremation burial from Bronze Age (c.1300–1100 bc) and modern Denmark in order to demonstrate widely different sensuous engagements with fire and its experiential significance in a cremation context
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Element (criminal law · Experiential learning · Generative grammar · Linguistics · Materiality (auditing · Political science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Architecture · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,47 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |