TY - JOUR
T1 - Legitimation through Association? Scandinavian Accompanied Burials and Pre-Historic Monuments in Orkney
AU - Mcleod, Shane
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This article is based on a conference presentation at the University of Stirling in 2014, and I would like to thank the attendees for their helpful comments. I would also like to thank Alexandra Sanmark for discussion on the creation of a Scandinavian cultural landscape. The article has benefitted greatly from the input of the reviewers and the manusript editor, Anne Pedersen. All errors and oversights remain my responsibility. The sites were visited in May 2014, and I would like to thank the University of Stirling for funding the research and Alex, Fred, Egil, and Vigdis for accommodating me during the visit.
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PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - In Orkney, most Scandinavian accompanied burials are close to the sea, settlements, and, to a lesser extent, pre-Viking Age monuments. The first two were largely prosaic choices, but the latter may indicate an aspect of the mindset of the incoming elite. Based on studies of the re-use of pre-Viking Age monuments in Viking Age Scandinavia, I propose that this association was deliberate and related to a desire to legitimize the occupation of the land and signal the control of the seaways. I also suggest that burial re-use was common before prominent settlement mounds began to perform these functions.
AB - In Orkney, most Scandinavian accompanied burials are close to the sea, settlements, and, to a lesser extent, pre-Viking Age monuments. The first two were largely prosaic choices, but the latter may indicate an aspect of the mindset of the incoming elite. Based on studies of the re-use of pre-Viking Age monuments in Viking Age Scandinavia, I propose that this association was deliberate and related to a desire to legitimize the occupation of the land and signal the control of the seaways. I also suggest that burial re-use was common before prominent settlement mounds began to perform these functions.
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U2 - 10.3721/037.006.2801
DO - 10.3721/037.006.2801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115111294
SN - 1935-1984
VL - 2015
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Journal of the North Atlantic
JF - Journal of the North Atlantic
IS - 28
ER -