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- Ekengren, Fredrik, et al.
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I tillvarons gränsland : Inledning
- 2009
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Ingår i: I tillvarons gränsland : Perspektiv på kroppen mellan liv och död - Perspektiv på kroppen mellan liv och död. - 0065-0994. - 9789189578289 ; 60, s. 4-17
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Alonso-Eguiluz, Mónica, et al.
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The Early Upper paleolithic deposit of Mughr el-Hamamah (Jordan): Archaeobotanical taphonomy and site formation processes
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Archaeological Science. - : Elsevier. - 2352-409X .- 2352-4103. ; 55, s. 104471-104471
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With a rich, well-dated Early Upper Palaeolithic layer, the Mughr el-Hamamah cave site is key for understanding the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Levant. The archaeological deposit consists of two units. Layer A resulted from pastoral activities during the 20th century and Layer B dated between 44.5 and 40.0 ky BP. During Layer A’s formation, shepherds disturbed Layer B, redepositing Early Upper Palaeolithic sediments and lithic artefacts in Layer A matrix. Activity from Layer A’s formation also resulted in spatially patchy percolation and bioturbation, leaving microarchaeological traces such as dung spherulites in some areas in Layer B. In contrast, contemporaneous chemical diagenetic processes from Layer B’s primary formation caused spatially uneven post-depositional dissolution of animal bone. In this article we present a multi-proxy microarchaeological approach to investigate the post-depositional processes in Layer B, focussing on possible impacts on the plant archaeological record. The identification of intrusive spherulites from shepherds’ activities define the limits of disturbance in Layer B. Micromorphological analyses have identified four intact micro-facies in Layer B, representing an interplay of natural and anthropogenic factors. Micromorphological details in bedded combustion features favour the interpretation that associated phytoliths represent fuel traces. Dicot fruit phytoliths occur in the western area of the cave, where well-preserved charred wood and seeds were also found. Grass-diagnostic phytoliths correspond to C3 and C4 taxa, indicating an overall humid environment with dry spells. Microarchaeological analysis identifies traces of both bedded and dispersed hearth materials, mixed with variable plant resources for food, fuel, and possibly other uses. This strengthens the interpretation of Mughr el-Hamamah Layer B as a dense, complicated palimpsest of recurring activities, formed over many millennia.
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- Clark, Jamie L., et al.
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The fauna from Mughr el-Hamamah, Jordan : Insights on human hunting behavior during the Early Upper Paleolithic
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Human Evolution. - : Elsevier. - 0047-2484 .- 1095-8606. ; 190
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a corridor for population movement out of Africa, the southern Levant is a natural laboratory for research exploring the dynamics of the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition. Yet, the number of well-preserved sites dating to the initial millennia of the Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP; ~45–30 ka) remains limited, restricting the resolution at which we can study the biocultural and techno-typological changes evidenced across the transition. With EUP deposits dating to 45–39 ka cal BP, Mughr el-Hamamah, Jordan, offers a key opportunity to expand our understanding of EUP lifeways in the southern Levant. Mughr el-Hamamah is particularly noteworthy for its large faunal assemblage, representing the first such assemblage from the Jordan Valley. In this paper, we present results from taxonomic and taphonomic analyses of the EUP fauna from Mughr el-Hamamah. Given broader debates about shifts in human subsistence across the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition, we also assess ev- idence for subsistence intensification, focusing especially on the exploitation of gazelle and the use of small game. Taphonomic data suggest that the fauna was primarily accumulated by human activity. Ungulates dominate the assemblage; gazelle (Gazella sp.) is the most common taxa, followed by fallow deer (Dama meso- potamica) and goat (Capra sp.). Among the gazelle, juveniles account for roughly one-third of the sample. While the focus on gazelle and the frequency of juveniles are consistent with broader regional trends, evidence for the regular exploitation of marrow from gazelle phalanges suggests that the EUP occupants of Mughr el-Hamamah processed gazelle carcasses quite intensively. Yet, the overall degree of dietary intensification appears low- —small game is rare and evidence for human capture of this game is more equivocal. As a whole, our results support a growing body of data showing gradual shifts in animal exploitation strategies across the Middle-to- Upper Paleolithic transition in the southern Levant.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-, et al.
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Deeply Human : Archaeological Traces of Rituals for Coping with Death, Adversity, and Trauma
- 2022
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Ingår i: Coping Rituals in Fearful Times. - Cham : Springer. - 9783030815349 - 9783030815363 - 9783030815332 ; , s. 23-42
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- When looking at prehistory, we see that rituals have long been a human strategy to cope with change and challenges such as death, adversity and trauma. Archaeology reaches beyond a time accessible through oral history and historical documents to explore a trail deep in humanity’s past. This discipline relies on the materiality of human life: artefacts, building remains, pathways, worked landscapes, and monuments. But the archaeological focus goes beyond the physical to capture and trace human activity, sometimes mundane and sometimes grand. From material traces of ritual practices, we reconstruct ritual actions and analyse them to comprehend how particular rituals might have affected the people involved. Underlying the archaeological study of ritual is a concern about how it shapes human understanding, resilience, and engagement in the world, particularly in the face of crises and trauma.
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- Shea, John, et al.
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An Early Upper Palaeolithic Stone Tool Assemblage from Mughr El-Hamamah, Jordan : An Interim Report
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of field archaeology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0093-4690 .- 2042-4582. ; 44:7, s. 420-439
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mughr el-Hamamah (Jordan) Layer B contains an Early Upper Palaeolithic stone tool assemblage dating to around 39–45 kya cal b.p. This assemblage is unusual in that it samples human forager activities around the ecotone between the Transjordanian Plateau and the palaeo-lake (Lake Lisan) that filled much of the Jordan Valley during Late Pleistocene times. This paper describes that assemblage, comparing it to other Levantine Upper Palaeolithic assemblages of equivalent antiquity. The Mughr el-Hamamah Layer B assemblage appears most similar to Early Ahmarian assemblages, but it departs from typical such assemblages in ways that may reflect local conditions’ influence on human activities carried out in and near the cave. Mughr el-Hamamah raises new questions about changes in residential mobility, off-site provisioning and foraging activity, and on-site task diversity in the Early Upper Palaeolithic period.
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- Stutz, Aaron Jonas, 1971-, et al.
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Burial and ritual
- 2018
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Ingår i: The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. - New York : John Wiley & Sons. - 9781118584422 - 9781118584538
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Inhumation—more commonly referred to as burial—is one of the most common mortuary ritual treatments, viewed across the diversity of human cultures and throughout recent prehistoric and historical periods. Mortuary treatments are the techniques by which members of human societies ritually handle the bodily remains of the dead, as the living stage a meaningful transition to cope with the social and emotional impacts of death and loss (Nilsson Stutz 2003). Primary burial—that is, inhumation of the whole cadaver—can leave particularly recognizable taphonomic signatures, and thus, it may be reliably distinguished from unintentional disturbance and mixing (Duday 2009; Nilsson Stutz 2003). As such, Pleistocene‐age burial features provide evidence of the evolution of human ritualized behaviors. A comparative evolutionary perspective on human ritual can also clarify unique derived features of sociality, complex cognition, symbolism, language, and extended life history strategies in the hominins.
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- Stutz, Aaron Jonas, 1971-, et al.
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Early Upper Paleolithic chronology in the Levant : new ABOx-SC accelerator mass spectrometry results from the Mughr el-Hamamah Site, Jordan
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Human Evolution. - : Elsevier BV. - 0047-2484 .- 1095-8606. ; 85, s. 157-183
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Methodological developments and new paleoanthropological data remain jointly central to clarifying the timing and systemic interrelationships between the Middle-Upper Paleolithic (MP-UP) archaeological transition and the broadly contemporaneous anatomically modern human-archaic biological turnover. In the recently discovered cave site of Mughr el-Hamamah, Jordan, in situ flint artifacts comprise a diagnostic early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) assemblage. Unusually well-preserved charcoal from hearths and other anthropogenic features associated with the lithic material were subjected to acid-base-wet oxidation-stepped combustion (ABOx-SC) pretreatment. This article presents the ABOx-SC accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates on nine charcoal specimens from a single palimpsest occupation layer. Date calibration was carried out using the INTCAL13 radiocarbon calibration dataset. With the bulk of the material dating to 45-39 ka cal BP (thousands of years calibrated before present), the Mughr el-Hamamah lithic artifacts reveal important differences from penecontemporaneous sites in the region, documenting greater technological variability than previously known for this time frame in the Levant. The radiocarbon data from this EUP archaeological context highlight remaining challenges for increasing chronological precision in documenting the MP-UP transition.
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- Berggren, Åsa, et al.
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Ett utmanat koncept? : Ritualbegreppets möte med arkeologin
- 2010
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Ingår i: Den rituella människan<em></em>. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 9789173933667 ; , s. 25-52
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Begreppet ritual är problematiskt. Sedan 1990-talets början har forskningen på området i allt högre grad kommit att ifrågasätta användningen av begreppet (Bell 1992; Humphrey & Laidlaw 1994; Thinès & de Heusch 1995; Stausberg 2002). Samtidigt som tidigare definitioner av begreppet har problematiserats, har det också vidgats till att omfatta allt fler kategorier av handlingar. Ämnet har också rört sig från sin religionshistoriska vagga och blivit en egen disciplin: Ritual Studies, som förutom religionsvetenskap och socialantropologi också inkluderar ämnen som konstvetenskap, teatervetenskap, litteraturvetenskap, etologi, etnologi, psykologi, sociologi osv. Vi vill här visa att också arkeologin har en plats i denna diskussion.
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- Berggren, Åsa, et al.
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From Spectator to Critic and Participant : A New Role for Archaeology in Ritual Theory
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of social archaeology. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-6053 .- 1741-2951. ; 10:2, s. 171-197
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to understand ritual in the past, archaeology has long relied on theories developed in other disciplines. While these theories, which often rely on written or oral information, have added many important dimensions to our interpretation of the archaeological record, they have often proven difficult to successfully articulate with the archaeological sources. Moreover, archaeology has tended to remain on the receiving end of the formulation of social theory, and has only rarely participated in the theoretical development and critique. In this article we argue that we see a central role for archaeology to contribute to the development of ritual theory. Through two case studies from Scandinavian prehistory we illustrate how the application of a practice-based ritual theory allows us to more firmly connect the theoretical framework to our archaeological sources. This connection not only leads us toward a synchronization of materials, methods and theories, but it also allows us to engage in the broader interdisciplinary theoretical discussion about ritual. The specific challenges posed by the archaeological sources and the archaeological process of interpretation point to new questions relating to the application of theoretical frameworks, and may even suggest some solutions.
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- Brück, Joanna, et al.
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Is Archaeology Still a Project for the Nation State? An editorial Comment
- 2016
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Ingår i: Archaeological Dialogues. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 1380-2038 .- 1478-2294. ; 23:1, s. 1-3
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The European Association of Archaeologists has long fostered critical analysis of the relationship between archaeology and politics, particularly the politics of national, regional and supra-regional identities. Although the role of nationalism in the birth of archaeology as a discipline is well recognized, the events of the past few years – from the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014, to the movement for secession in eastern Ukraine, and the rise of explicitly nationalist political movements across the continent – suggest that the (re)formulation of national identities is likely to continue to have major implications both for our interpretation of the past and for the practice of archaeology in the present. In light of this, the Archaeological dialogues editorial board organized a round table at the EAA meeting in Glasgow in September 2015 to explore the extent to which institutional, legislative and funding structures as well as political and cultural imperatives continue to bind our discipline into the construction of nationalist narratives, and this more or less in spite of long-standing critical debates within the discipline itself that for decades have problematized the relationship. Are we caught in a ‘can't-live-with-and-can't-live-without’ situation? While explicitly nationalist archaeologies have become almost obsolete in the European academies, we rarely contemplate the impact of nationalism on funding or the definition and protection of cultural heritage, for example. Several of the following papers suggest that without the nation state's involvement, the vicissitudes of global capitalism would result in a situation where it would be extremely difficult to adequately protect our ‘heritage’, however that is defined.
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- Elliott, Benjamin, et al.
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Clamber of the dead : material ontology and cosmological affect within the hunter-gatherer mortuary traditions of the Eastern Baltic 4000-3000 cal. BC
- 2020
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Ingår i: World archaeology. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0043-8243 .- 1470-1375. ; 52:5, s. 707-723
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The application of clay to the heads of deceased hunter-gatherers within the Middle Neolithic burials of Finland and Latvia was originally identified by researchers working in these regions during the 20th century. This practice stands apart from the deeper-seated traditions of grave adornment which characterise the hunter-gatherer archaeology of the Baltic region during the Middle Holocene. However, the variable extent to which these ‘death masks’ are preserved and recorded has confounded attempts to discuss their meaning or significance in detail. This paper approaches the problem through a discussion of the materials involved in masking, rather than the forms represented by the masks themselves. Through this discussion, an understand- ing of the relationship between material ontology and cosmology emerges, which is subsequently situated within a socio-historical context through a review of the available radiocarbon dates and broader patterns of social change in the Middle Neolithic archaeology of the Eastern Baltic.
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- Elliott, Ben, et al.
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Decolonising the Mesolithic?
- 2022
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Ingår i: Mesolithic Miscellany. - : Mesolithic Miscellany. - 0259-3548. ; 29:2, s. 59-61
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- Fornander, Elin, 1981-
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Consuming and communicating identities : Dietary diversity and interaction in Middle Neolithic Sweden
- 2011
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Isotope analyses on human and faunal skeletal remains from different Swedish Neolithic archaeological contexts are here applied as a means to reconstruct dietary strategies and mobility patterns. The chronological emphasis is on the Middle Neolithic period, and radiocarbon dating constitutes another central focus. The results reveal a food cultural diversity throughout the period in question, where dietary differences in part correspond to, but also transcend, the traditionally defined archaeological cultures in the Swedish Early to Middle Neolithic. Further, these differences, and the apparent continued utilisation of marine resources in several regions and cultural contexts, can only in part be explained by chronology or availability of resources depending on geographic location. Thus, the sometimes suggested sharp economic shift towards an agricultural way of life at the onset of the Neolithic is refuted. Taking the potential of isotope analyses a step further, aspects of Neolithic social relations and identities are discussed, partly from a food cultural perspective embarking from the obtained results. Relations between people and places, as well as to the past, are discussed. The apparent tenacity in the dietary strategies observed is understood in terms of their rootedness in the practices and social memory of the Neolithic societies in question. Food cultural practices are further argued to have given rise to different notions of identity, some of which can be related to the different archaeological cultures, although these cultures are not to be perceived as bounded entities or the sole basis of self-conceptualisation. Some of these identities have been focused around the dietary strategies of everyday life, whereas others emanate from practices, e.g. of ritualised character, whose dietary importance has been more marginal. Isotope analyses, when combined with other archaeological indices, have the potential to elucidate both these food cultural aspects.
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- Kristiansen, Kristian, 1948, et al.
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L-archeologie en question: les pays nordiques
- 2019
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Ingår i: Perspective. - 1777-7852. ; 1, s. 19-44
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Discussion of the emergence of Nordic archaeology and its present role
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- Larsson, Lars, et al.
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New Aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic cemeteries and settlement at Zvejnieki, Northen Latvia
- 2017
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Ingår i: Acta Archaeologica. - : Brill. - 0065-101X .- 1600-0390. ; 88:1, s. 57-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper reflects upon recent international research at Zvejnieki in northern Latvia, a renowned complex of a burial ground and two settlement sites used in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Since its discovery and first excavations in the 1960s, Zvejnieki continues to produce evidence that provides new grounds for understanding mortuary practises and ancient lifeways. This information is relevant for other contemporary sites in Europe revealing new and hitherto unexpected elements of burial traditions.It is suggested that the Zvejnieki population was partly mobile, and the site was one of the places to bury the dead. The ancestral link was established through transportation and use of occupational debris from more ancient sites and through the incorporation of earlier burial space or even burials into the new graves. The depth of a burial also appears to be a significant variable in ancient mortuary practices.
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- Mickleburgh, Hayley, et al.
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Digital Arcaheology of Death and Burial : Using 3D Reconstruction, Visualization and Simulation to Frame Past Experience
- 2020
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Ingår i: Doing Digital Humanities. - Växjö : Linnaeus University Press. - 9789189081659 - 9789189081666 ; , s. 121-145
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The study of burials has a long and important history in archaeology. The analysis of the human remains, the burial feature, and the artefacts placed with the dead, has been crucial for the development of archaeological theory and interpretation, from the establishments of the first chronologies in the 19th century to complex issues in contemporary archaeology. The archaeological study of burials has always drawn on multiple disciplines, methods and theories, including, but not limited to, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, ritual theory, social theory, molecular biology, taphonomy, chemistry, etc. Through the physical remains of the dead, archaeologists access information about the demography and health status of a population, including disabilities, level of care, infectious diseases, physical activity, and mortality profiles. These remains can also provide molecular information about kinship, migration and diet. The grave structure itself and the material items found with the dead allow archaeologists to propose interpretations of cultural practices relating to identities (including gender and age), the ritual response to death, social organization, and even dimensions of emotion and belief in the past. Today we see an emerging archaeology of death that through transdisciplinary approaches, i.e. an archaeology that combines theses complex approaches not only in the analysis, but also in the very research design, aims at reconstructing the response to death in the past and place it within a complex cultural context (Nilsson Stutz 2016). We believe that digital approaches have a central role to play in these developments.
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- Mickleburgh, Hayley, et al.
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Virtual Archaeology of Death and Burial : A Procedure for Integrating 3D Visualization and Analysis in Archaeothanatology
- 2021
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Ingår i: Open Archaeology. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 2300-6560. ; 7:1, s. 540-555
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The reconstruction of past mortuary rituals and practices increasingly incorporates analysis of the taphonomic history of the grave and buried body, using the framework provided by archaeothanatology. Archaeothanatological analysis relies on interpretation of the three-dimensional (3D) relationship of bones within the grave and traditionally depends on elaborate written descriptions and two-dimensional (2D) images of the remains during excavation to capture this spatial information. With the rapid development of inexpensive 3D tools, digital replicas (3D models) are now commonly available to preserve 3D information on human burials during excavation. A procedure developed using a test case to enhance archaeothanatological analysis and improve post-excavation analysis of human burials is described. Beyond preservation of static spatial information, 3D visualization techniques can be used in archaeothanatology to reconstruct the spatial displacement of bones over time, from deposition of the body to excavation of the skeletonized remains. The purpose of the procedure is to produce 3D simulations to visualize and test archaeothanatological hypotheses, thereby augmenting traditional archaeothanatological analysis. We illustrate our approach with the reconstruction of mortuary practices and burial taphonomy of a Bell Beaker burial from the site of Oostwoud-Tuithoorn, West-Frisia, the Netherlands. This case study was selected as the test case because of its relatively complete context information. The test case shows the potential for application of the procedure to older 2D field documentation, even when the amount and detail of documentation is less than ideal.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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A Baltic Way of Death? : A tentative exploration of identity in Mesolithic cemetery practices
- 2010
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Ingår i: Uniting Sea II. - Uppsala : Uppsala University. - 9789150621280 ; , s. 127-144
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is a preliminary exploration of how identity may have been expres- sed in the mortuary rituals around the Baltic during the Mesolithic. The case- studies discussed are the large cemeteries at Skateholm in Sweden, Zvejnieki in Latvia and Vedbæk/Bøgebakken in Denmark. Besides the often discussed variability and complexity recognized in the mortuary practices at these sites, the treatment of the dead also encompasses a number of fundamental shared practices involving the treatment of the body. In this paper, which builds on a practice theory view of both ritual and identity, the author proposes that by ex- ploring the taken-for-granted, the fundamental and often unreflected practices in the treatment of the dead, we might be able to get at some dimensions of a shared identity around the Baltic and how they might have changed over time.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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A future for archaeology : in defense of an intellectually engaged, collaborative and confident archaeology
- 2018
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Ingår i: Norwegian Archaeological Review. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0029-3652 .- 1502-7678. ; 51:1-2, s. 48-56
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Through a critical review of inter- and transdisciplinarity in archaeology, this paper examines the power relationships within archaeology with regards to collaborators within and beyond the academy. By making a case for an archaeology that openly collaborates across disciplines and knowledge sys- tems, but also more firmly articulates itself and its value, the paper makes a case for an engaged and problematising archaeology for the future.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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À la recherche de l’homme perdu
- 2022
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Ingår i: Archaeological Dialogues. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1380-2038 .- 1478-2294. ; 29:2, s. 127-130
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Archaeology, Identity, and the Right to Culture : Anthropological perspectives on repatriation
- 2008
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - Stockholm : The Swedish Archaeological Society. - 1102-7355. ; 15-16, s. 157-172
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The debate concerning repatriation and reburial is attracting increasing attention in Sweden. While most archaeologists today understand the importance of repatriation and the arguments underlying the claim, the process is not completely unproblematic and certainly not in all cases. This article explores some tendencies within the international debate about repatriation, and frames them within a more general discussion about human rights, the right to culture, and the role of cultural heritage within this debate. Through a critical approach to the debate, it is argued that archaeology needs to be a more active party in the negotiations.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv
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Archaeology, Identity and the Right to Culture. Anthropological perspectives on repatriation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - 1102-7355. ; 15, s. 1-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The debate concerning repatriation and reburial has recently earned increasing attention in Sweden. While most archaeologists today understand the importance of repatriation and the arguments underlying the claims, the process is not completely unproblematic, and certainly not in all cases. This article explores some tendencies within the international debate about repatriation and frames them within a more general discussion about human rights, right to culture and the role of cultural heritage within this debate. Through a critical approach to the debate it is argued that archaeology needs to be a more active party in the negotiations.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-, et al.
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Att återlämna kvarlevor kan berika forskningen
- 2022
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Ingår i: Forskning Framsteg. - Stockholm : Stiftelsen Forskning & framsteg. - 0015-7937. ; 6, s. 18-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Forskarvärlden kan inte alltid hålla fast vid rätten att studera mänskliga kvarlevor på sina egna villkor. Att återlämna dem till kulturer där de har sitt ursprung kan dessutom berika historien, skriver bioarkeologen Jonny Geber och arkeologiprofessorn Liv Nilsson Stutz.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-, et al.
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Beautiful Things and Bones of Desire : Emerging Issues in the Archaeology of Death and Burial
- 2013
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199569069 ; , s. 1-16
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The archaeological study of death is a multifaceted field of study. Rapidly developing scientific and technical methods of examining human remains allow modern scholars to examine past lives through their effects upon the body. Death is, however, a cultural as well as a biological experience. This chapter introduces some of the important themes in the contemporary archaeology of death, including ritual, the body, emotion, and power. The authors of this chapter, the volume’s editors, also consider the complex ethical and political issues surrounding the archaeology of death and explain their decision to include in the volume several chapters considering these. Finally the authors briefly introduce the contents of the volume.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Between objects of science and lived lives. The legal liminality of old human remains in museums and research
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS). - : Taylor & Francis. - 1352-7258 .- 1470-3610. ; 29:10, s. 1061-1074
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Collections of old human remains in museums are currently under increased scrutiny and pressure. On the one hand they are problematised from a post-colonial and human rights point of view as the material remains of historic and ongoing structural violence connected to scientific knowledge production. On the other, new methods in archaeological science have led to increasing demand for destructive sampling. Without guidance and support by laws and formal standardised professional guidelines, museums may find themselves squeezed from two opposing sides. Based on an analysis of laws and professional guidelines, and a large-scale survey of the practical handling of old human remains in Swedish museums, this article argues that the lack of a shared professional process that recognises the complexity of old human remains as both objects of science and lived lives, risks undermining the role of museums in their relationship to both the public and the research community.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Body and Ritual.
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Ingår i: <em>Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals and Festivals. </em>. - New York : Routledge. - 0415941806 ; , s. 81-85
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Body and Ritual
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Ingår i: Encyclopedia of religious rites, rituals, and festivals. - 0415941806
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract is not available.
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Capturing Ritual Practice: An attempt to harmonize archaeological method and theory
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Ingår i: Religion, Archaeology and the Material World.. ; occasional papers no 36, s. 159-178
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- One of the greatest challenges for the archaeology of ritual and religion is to find ways to connect theoretical developments with the archaeological record. This article explores the possibilities of synchronizing archaeological methods and theories in our search for understanding ritual in the past through a concrete case study of a Mesolithic cemetery in Southern Scandinavia. The author argues that in order to take on this challenge, it is not enough to find a useful theoretical toolbox, nor is it enough to problematize existing methods of field work and analysis. In order to complement new theoretical and critical insights, we must find and apply methods that can be articulated both with the theoretical concepts and the archaeological record itself. In this article the author proposes a combination of theories of practice and embodiment with taphonomic methods of excavation and analysis that focus on recovering details of the handling of the body during the ritual, as a comprehensive approach for understanding and reflecting on mortuary ritual in archaeology.
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Cautiously Optimistic : A reply
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - Stockholm : The Swedish Archaeological Society. - 1102-7355. ; 24, s. 71-78
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Claiming the Past. : A critical view of the arguments driving repatriation of cultural heritage and their role in contemporary identity politics
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Ingår i: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1750-2977 .- 1750-2985. ; 7:2, s. 170-195
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the role that the worldwide movement of repatriation of human remains and cultural heritage—from museums and other institutions to minorities and indigenous populations—plays in contemporary identity politics. Beyond the obvious positive outcomes of this process, including a significant democratization of the field of archaeology, the repatriation movement poses challenges, mainly because it relies on concepts such as past–present continuity that are sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly, problematic for legitimizing group identities and group claims to cultural heritage and human remains. It is argued that while archaeologists and anthropologists must continue to support the idea of increasing democratization of interpreting the past, they must also maintain the right to remain critical to all claims of the past by any particular group.
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Comment on Repatriation as Pedagogy by Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay, Current Anthropology. DOI 10.1086/727786
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In their article, Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay propose that we rethink repatriation. Instead of viewing it as mainly about transfer of ownership, they propose that we also understand it as a pedagogic opportunity. The power of this suggestion lies not only in the benefits of learning, which, of course are fundamental, but also in the realization that repatriation is necessary—not only for descending communities but also for the institutions that are in possession of their cultural heri- tage and ancestors. I argue that while native interest and survival are and should remain central to repatriation as a process, it is increasingly also becoming about the survival of these institutions—their reputation, their legitimacy, and their sustainability. Perhaps we have reached a point where museums and other institutions holding collections from indigenous communities need the process of repatriation as much as the communities of origin.
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Comment on Getting beyond Rites of Passage in Archaeology Conceptual Metaphors of Journeys and Growth by Rob Wiseman
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In his article, Rob Wiseman argues that archaeology is currently too limited in its ways to understand rituals, especially with regard to mortuary practices, and that this limitation is due to our attachment to van Gennep’s (1909) seminal work on rites of passage. Instead, he proposes that we apply CMT, considering other overarching metaphors to understand change, such as that of the growth of plants. While I see the need to constantly critique and fine-tune archaeological approaches to rituals, I am not convinced by the author’s argument.
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