| Title: |
Potted histories --
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| Subtitle: |
cremation, ceramics and social memory in early Roman Britain |
| Issue: |
Oxford J Archaeol 23 (4) |
| Series: |
Oxford Journal of Archaeology
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| Volume: |
23
(4)
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| Page Start/End: |
417 - 427 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Archaeologists have identified the adoption of new forms of cremation ritual during the early Roman period in south-east Britain. Cremation may have been widely used by communities in the Iron Age, but the distinctive nature of these new rites was their frequent placing of the dead within, and associated with, ceramic vessels. The paper suggests an interpretation for the social meaning of these cremation burial rites that involved the burial of ashes with and within pots as a means of commemoration. In this light, the link between cremation and pottery in early Roman Britain can be seen as a means of promoting the selective remembering and forgetting of the dead. |
| Year of Publication: |
2004
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Cremation Ritual (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cremation (Auto Detected Subject) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Cremation Burial (Auto Detected Subject) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Ceramic Vessels (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Relations: |
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| Created Date: |
24 Aug 2005 |
