| Title: |
Space, hierarchy and society: interdisciplinary studies in social area analysis |
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British Archaeological Reports
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| Volume: |
59
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| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
The first section of this conference volume deals with the individual and the group. In medieval England A Macfarlane (pp 17-22) finds evidence (contrary to common belief) for an essentially individualistic social structure with considerable geographic mobility. Recent attempts to infer status from European Iron Age burials are discussed by F R Hodson (23-30) while S J Pierpoint (31-45) uses models drawn from social psychology in an attempt to infer status, group differentiation, and make-up of burial population from N British funerary rites (Food Vessel associations). Indications of stress tending to tighten group identity were particularly searched for. For Anglo-Saxon burial practices John Shepherd (47-79) argues that isolated barrows were a means of demonstrating rank, while barrow cemeteries indicated an egalitarian society. Gypsy burial rites were the subject of J Okeley (81-92). C Blackmore, M Braithwaite and I R Hodder (93-111) choose Late Iron Age burials in Dorset as their focus for a study of social and cultural patterning, finding evidence of a 'core' area exhibiting strong group identity. D P S Peacock (113-17), replying to their alternative view on his Glastonbury pottery study, upholds his interpretation against theirs. Summarizing this section, E R Leach (119-24) argues that phenomena like 'stress' are inappropriately borrowed from other disciplines. The second section, on urban social groupings, begins with J R Collis (129-36) discussing how Sjøberg's social groupings might be tested archaeologically for the pre-Roman Iron Age. The spatial organization of medieval Winchester is Derek Keene's subject (149-59), while C G Pooley treats 19th century residential differentiation. R A Raper (137-47) treats Pompeii's town plan. Brian Robson summarizes this section. Section 3 moves on to the interaction of ethnic groups, with two papers on African peoples; J A Alexander (215-28) on the archaeological recognition of religion, particularly the influence of immigrant religious ideas on indigenous communities (Urnfields etc); and R Reece (229-40) examining Romano-British interactions. He finds art the only area to give a hint of suppression of British by Roman culture, and even then the post-Roman revival produced a remarkable flowering. Grahame Clark sums up Section 3, while E Hobsbawm gives a historian's view and C Renfrew comments on the fragmented, mutually uncomprehending nature of the conference contributions. |
| Author: |
Barry C Burnham
John Kingsbury
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| Year of Publication: |
1979
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| Locations: |
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Winchester |
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Dorset |
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Glastonbury |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1722 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1979
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
