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Entangled worlds : archaeologies of ambivalence in the Viking ageGardela, Leszek January 2012 (has links)
When all available sources on the Viking world are combined, there is a strong sense that the Scandinavians of the late Iron Age (8th-11th centuries AD) recognised no clear distinctions between the profane and the sacred. The latter could manifest itself in different ways, in places, beings or objects, and it often aroused ambivalent feelings of both fear and awe. This thesis explores these entanglements and the notion of ambivalence in relation to a particular group of Viking-Age individuals involved in the practice of magic (e.g. seiðr). Chapters 1-3 form the background for the considerations on ritual specialists' lives, tools of trade and ways of burial. After a detailed review of Viking-Age funerary practices, focus shifts towards the corpus of so-called ‘deviant burials', which in recent years have often been interpreted as belonging to ritual specialists. Chapter 4 compares the written and archaeological evidence for the funerary treatment of ritual specialists. Particular attention is devoted to graves where the deceased are covered with stones, since in the written sources execution by stoning is often employed as a punishment for malevolent magic. Nonetheless, caution is suggested in labeling all of them as belonging to ritual specialists and the necessity of a more individual, contextual approach is proposed. Chapter 5 examines a specific group of Viking-Age artefacts that usually take the form of iron rods, which have recently been interpreted as magic staffs. These items are discussed in the light of Old Norse texts and comparative materials from other areas of the world. Ultimately, the thesis embraces the notion of ambiguity in Viking attitudes to the supernatural, viewing this not as an obstructive problem but as an active component of interpretation. This combines an appropriate caution in approaching a difficult aspect of past societies, with a sensible refusal to introduce more rigid definitions than those used by the Vikings themselves.
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Basketmaker caves in the Prayer Rock district, northeastern ArizonaMorris, Elizabeth Ann, 1932- January 1959 (has links)
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Tierras Largas: a formative community in the Valley of Oaxaca, MexicoWinter, Marcus January 1972 (has links)
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The late antique Domus in Ostia : patterns of diversity and transformationMuntasser, Nayla Kabazi 13 July 2011 (has links)
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Excavation and preliminary analysis of a Maya Burial at the Medicinal Trail archaeological site, Belize, Central AmericaDrake, Stacy Marie 13 July 2011 (has links)
The following report describes the excavation and preliminary analysis of Burial 5 at Group A of the Medicinal Trail archaeological site in northwest Belize. The excavation of Burial 5 occurred over the duration of the 2009 and 2010 field seasons, and this report focuses on the 2010 portion of this excavation, which was conducted within the field laboratory at the Programme for Belize Archaeology Project. In this report, I describe the methods utilized during the 2010 excavation and preliminary analysis processes. I also discuss some of the theory relevant to Maya mortuary practices as they relate to my interpretations of the findings from Burial 5. / text
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The formation of primitive states in pre-Contact Hawai'iHommon, Robert J. January 1976 (has links)
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Mixtec kingdoms in the Nochixtlán Valley: a preconquest to postconquest archeological perspectiveLind, Michael Don, 1942- January 1977 (has links)
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Ceramic relationships in the Central PlainsGrange, Roger Tibbets, 1927- January 1962 (has links)
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The Prescott black-on-grey culture; its nature and relations, as exemplified in King's Ruin, ArizonaSpicer, Edward Holland, 1906- January 1933 (has links)
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HOPI BUTTES DISTRICT, ARIZONAGumerman, George J. January 1969 (has links)
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