Early Modern Deviant Burial in Prehistoric Monuments in Sweden-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Early Modern Deviant Burial in Prehistoric Monuments in Sweden

Published:2024-07-31 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1092-7697
Container-title:International Journal of Historical Archaeology
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Histor Archaeol

Author:

Rundkvist Martin^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThis study deals with Early Modern burials in ancient monuments located nowhere near churches or execution sites. Examples are given from four prehistoric sites in different Swedish provinces, dating from the Early Neolithic through the Roman Period, with a total of 15 buried Early Modern individuals. Written sources along with details of the burial rite suggest that they are plague burials. Such were not welcome in churchyards because of concerns over the poorly understood contagion. Why people all over Sweden occasionally targeted ancient monuments specifically for this purpose is not clear. In one case, they saw the monument as the remains of a church. More generally, they knew that much older burials sanctified and lent some prior sanction to those sites.

Funder

Johan och Jakob Söderbergs stiftelse

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10761-024-00748-4.pdf

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