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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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- 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, 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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- 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.
- 2004
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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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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Cautiously Optimistic : A reply
- 2016
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - Stockholm : The Swedish Archaeological Society. - 1102-7355. ; 24, s. 71-78
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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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
- 2013
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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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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Comment on Repatriation as Pedagogy by Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay, Current Anthropology. DOI 10.1086/727786
- 2023
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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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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Comment on Getting beyond Rites of Passage in Archaeology Conceptual Metaphors of Journeys and Growth by Rob Wiseman
- 2019
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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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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Commentary on Grauer and Miller, and DeWitte and Kowaleski
- 2018
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Ingår i: Fragments. - Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press. - 2161-8585. ; 7, s. 73-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The papers by DeWitte and Kowaleski, and Grauer and Miller are exemplary interdisciplinary studies, bringing together the written word of historical records with the material remains of the dead to tell a more complete and complex story about violence and disease in Medieval England. Both demonstrate how integrated, critical analysis of varying sources through the lens of different disciplines adds both nuance and depth to our understanding of the past. This commentary will engage these two papers in a discussion about key components of their interdisciplinary scholarship, but also push further by pointing out dimensions and possibilities that they leave unexplored. The purpose of doing this is not to critique the papers’ findings, but rather to open up a discussion of new directions for interdisciplinary scholarship, especially in the era of the “Third Science Revolution”[1] and its effects on archaeology, bioarchaeology, and our understanding of the past. This commentary will challenge the idea of what we expect interdisciplinary work in archaeology to “look like”; it will break away from the limiting dyadic relationship that has come to dominate the field in favor of a more dynamic and expanding approach that engages with a broader range of disciplines on equal terms.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Contested Burials : The dead as witnesses, victims and tools
- 2013
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199569069 ; , s. 801-816
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Contemporary archaeology is increasingly engaged with the public and is also more sensitive than in the past concerning the role it plays in communities. This engagement is productive and stimulating, but it also forces archaeologists to engage with conflicting interpretations of the past and their own role in these interpretations. Burial archaeology holds a special place in this engagement since the places for the dead, and the dead themselves, are potent in mobilizing responses among the living that pertain to a range of powerful fields, including politics, religion, and emotion. This is especially clear in situations where the excavation and/or the interpretation of a burial site are contested by different stakeholders. This chapter explores the dynamics underlying these conflicts and takes a closer look at the different roles the dead and archaeology may be given in such conflicts.
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Embodied Rituals and Ritualized Bodies : Tracing Ritual Practcies in Late Mesolithic Burials
- 2003. - 1
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis explores the ritual dimensions of the mortuary practices in the late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm in Southern Sweden and Vedbæk-Bøgebakken in Eastern Denmark. With a combination of methods and theories that all focus on the ritual practices as action, a new approach to burials in archaeology is proposed. Special attention is given to the treatment of the body after death, which is regarded to hold a central role in the mortuary practices. The focus on the body and on practices as actions is a central part of the method of analysis applied to the material. The French taphonomic approach anthropologie de terrain, which ultimately aims to reconstruct the acts that constituted the mortuary rituals, allows for a firm connection between the archaeological material and the theoretical framework. Through the engagement with practice theory and ritual theory, this thesis also touches upon the fundamental questions of why we need rituals to structure our lives and our world. More specifically, it discusses different dimensions of the need for rites of passage at death. How does ritual help us deal with the dual aspect of the crisis of death – the loss of a social being and the emergence of a cadaver? What does it mean for us to deal with the inevitably decomposing remains of our dead? How do the experiences and memories of these rituals contribute to shape our notions of body, self, life and death? Ultimately, this thesis is an attempt to make a connection, on the level of the processes of structuration of human life, between then and now, them and us.
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Fires and Seeds. : Considerations for a decolonized Mesolithic archaeology.
- 2023
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Ingår i: Norwegian Archaeological Review. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0029-3652 .- 1502-7678. ; 56:1, s. 97-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The world is on fire, and European archaeologists are starting to feel the heat. With the war in the Ukraine, the rise of polarizing politics and global authoritarianism, and the climate emergency pushing us closer to the tipping point of planetary destruction, we cannot help but to feel deeply affected. In the face of these challenges, we want to act, but what we do as archaeologists can sometimes seem trivial and insignificant. Even worse, a critical examination of our disciplinary history can lead us to conclude that we are complicit in the injustices and even partially responsible for the current situation.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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From Here and to Death : The Archaeology of the Human Body
- 2018
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Ingår i: A Companion to the Anthropology of Death. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons. - 9781119222293 - 9781119222361 - 9781119222316 ; , s. 323-335
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- This chapter explores the positioning of the dead body in archaeology as a bridge between different lines of inquiry. In archaeology, the dead body is both object and subject, providing a unique link to personhood and lived experience through its very materiality. It is also both biological and cultural, and, while it is conspicuously defined by death, it is more commonly explored to access life. By uncovering these connections, this chapter reveals the complexity of the archaeological study of dead bodies.
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Human Lives and Deaths
- 2018
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Ingår i: The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons. - 9781119188230 - 9780470674611
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- Archaeology is inherently transdisciplinary as a discipline. In addition to data, it requires the methodological and interpretative work of science, humanities, and social science to puzzle together the fragmented pieces of the past into a coherent story about human lives and deaths. This entry argues that while archaeology is currently benefitting from an intensification of cross‐disciplinary collaborations, we need to maintain this direction in the discipline by developing stronger literacy across the subdisciplinary boundaries and foster a disciplinary culture that explicitly credits the different sides equally.
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Legislating multivocality : drawing on the NAGPRA experience
- 2011
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Ingår i: Archaeology of indigenous peoples in the North. - Umeå : Department of Historical, Philosphical and Religious Studies, Umeå University. - 9789174592443 ; , s. 9-50
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- There is a general consensus today within archaeology and anthropology that we need to reach outside of the disciplinary boundaries and make archaeology and anthropology relevant for people outside o f the profession. Multivocality - whether as an abstract theoretical concept, or a practical reality- isbecomingmorethanabuzz-word,andisprogressivelyinfluencing policies and practices. This situation is especially evident in parts of the world where archaeology and anthropology historically were associated with colonial powers and colonial strategies. In several instances it is also in these parts of the world that we today see the most far-reaching changes in new policies, and where legislation is used to provide a process for multivocality involving especially indigenous peoples in order to fundamentally change the way archaeology and anthropology are practiced. As these issues are becoming increasingly global, it is reasonable to assume that all archaeologists, anthropologists, museum professionals etc, will need to discuss the possible strategies available in dialogue with each other and with other stakeholders. As we continue this discussion we can draw on the experiences in other parts of the world in order to formulate our strategies. This article critically examines an example of one such legislative effort, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) passed in the United States in 1990.
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Living With Death. Living with the Dead.
- 2023
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Ingår i: in_finite. Living with Death. - Leipzig : E. A. Seemann. - 9783865025074 ; , s. 106-111
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- From the perspective of the Swedish bioarchaeologist Liv Nilsson Stutz, death triggers a double crisis for the bereaved: A partof social life is lost – and there is a dead body. Here, she addresses the universal significance of the ritual care of the corpse and its different cultural manifestations.
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Maa Kheru – can you hear me?
- 2023
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Ingår i: First Monograph of Christian Kosmas Mayer. - Wien : DISTANZ Verlag GmbH. - 9783954765379
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The electronic sounds of the recreated voice of a male mummy reaches me through the speakers, and I am mesmerized. I know that it is generated from the recreated anatomical materiality of a human being that has been dead for two thousand years. Yet, the synthesized voice sounds electric, as if from a future I have not yet seen. I feel suspended - like a lost point in a scatter diagram in a constant flow of time. Is this a person’s voice I am hearing? How much of him still resides in what is left in his body today? Human remains, from the fresh cadaver preserved in an old anatomical collection, to the burnt, broken and dissolved fragments carefully curated in museums, constitute something elusive and enigmatic that escapes our fundamental categorizations. Situated on a moving scale between scientific specimens and biomaterial on the one end, and the materiality of a lived life and past personhood on the other, they transgress fundamental boundaries of human culture as they are both object and subject, both life and death. In her essay The Powers of Horror[1], linguist, psychoanalyst and philosopher Julia Kristeva discusses the concept of the abject as a category situated between the subject and the object. The cadaver, she argues, is the ultimate example of this. By challenging fundamental categories of human culture, the abject inspires conflicting responses in us, such as horror and dread, even disgust – but also, and simultaneously, fascination and desire. It is this situatedness in-between categories that makes human remains both problematic and fascinating.
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Marginal and Mainstream : Religion, politics and identity in the contemporary US, as seen through the lens of the Kennewick Man / the Ancient One
- 2012
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Ingår i: From Archaeology to Archaeologies. - Oxford : Archaeopress. - 978 1 4073 1007 7 ; , s. 33-44
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- The calls to repatriate human remains and cultural items from museums and research collections back to their source communities started out as an activist movement in the 1960s among disenfranchised minorities and indigenous peoples. Today, half a century later repatriation has risen to the surface of the international cultural debate and is embraced by the establishment in many parts of the world. This movement from the marginal to the mainstream has shifted the field of archaeology and museum practices toward engaging with the public and descending communities. But this newly gained influence also invites us to reflect more critically than before over the values and ideas that underlie debates and legislations. Through the example of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act , and with a particular focus on the Kennewick case, this chapter critically examines the underlying values and cultural concerns that frame the repatriation debate in the United States, including a contested relationship between faith and science, the role of race in identity production and the value placed on private ownership. It is argued that these cultural values and beliefs align the repatriation movement with the American mainstream, and while they have been critically examined elsewhere in archaeological and anthropological theory, this critique has taken place predominantly in academic contexts that are completely separate from the repatriation debate.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Materializing What Matters : Ritualized bodies from a time before text
- 2021
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Ingår i: The Sacred Body. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781789255188 - 9781789255195 ; , s. 11-27
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- When a human being dies, two things invariably occur: a social being disappears and a dead body, a cadaver emerges. The human cadaver is difficult to categorize as it is suspended between categories – between life and death, between subject and object. As such, it is problematic, and its presence often marks a period of liminality and heightened ritualization, framing off a time when fundamental values and structures are produced and reproduced through mortuary practices. How people handle their dead is intimately linked to other aspects of their culture, and a close analysis of these acts can reveal significant information about prehistoric periods for which we lack other sources into the spiritual and cosmological realm of human knowledge, such as written documents and oral history. This chapter presents a theoretical framework for how archaeology can study the transition of the human body from life to death, and then it proceeds to presenting several examples of studies from European prehistory that in different and complementary ways focus on the handling of the dead body as a point of departure for the analysis of cosmology and lived experience.
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