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A Baltic Way of Death?: A tentative exploration of identity in Mesolithic cemetery practices
Lund University.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0575-7075
2010 (English)In: Uniting Sea II: Stone Age Societies in the Baltic Sea Region / [ed] Åsa M. Larsson, Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2010, p. 127-144Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

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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Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2010. p. 127-144
Series
OPIA ; 51
Keywords [en]
practice theory, mortuary practices, ritual, identity, Mesolithic, Skateholm, Zvej- nieki, Vedbæk/Bøgebakken
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Archaeology
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Humanities, Archaeology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78032ISBN: 978-91-506-2128-0 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-78032DiVA, id: diva2:1251317
Available from: 2018-09-26 Created: 2018-09-26 Last updated: 2019-01-16Bibliographically approved

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