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Performing death The function and meaning of Roman drinking vessels in Scandinavian mortuary practices

Ekengren, Fredrik LU orcid (2006) In Vägar till Midgård 8. p.109-113
Abstract
This paper focuses on the complicated matter of interpreting the use of Roman drinking vessels found in Roman Iron Age graves in Scandinavia. It will primarily build on a number of theoretical standpoints, which are believed to broaden our understanding of the presence of these vessels in the Scandinavian mortuary context, and give us alternatives to the conventional interpretations within Roman Iron Age research. As a case study I have chosen three graves with Roman vessels from the small inhumation cemetery at Skovgårde in Zealand, Denmark, dated to the Late Roman Iron Age. The main question is how these vessels...
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Roman Iron Age, Skovgårde, Drinking vessels, Inhumation, Mortuary practices, Ritual theory, Scandinavia, Roman imports, Funerary archaeology, Grave goods
host publication
Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives: Origins, changes, and interactions : Origins, changes, and interactions: An international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004 - Origins, changes, and interactions: An international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004
series title
Vägar till Midgård
editor
Andrén, Anders ; Jennbert, Kristina and Raudvere, Catharina
volume
8
pages
109 - 113
publisher
Nordic Academic Press
ISSN
1650-5905
ISBN
91-89116-81-X
978-91-85509-83-6
DOI
10.2307/jj.919497.23
language
English
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  author       = {{Ekengren, Fredrik}},
  booktitle    = {{Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives: Origins, changes, and interactions : Origins, changes, and interactions: An international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004}},
  editor       = {{Andrén, Anders and Jennbert, Kristina and Raudvere, Catharina}},
  isbn         = {{91-89116-81-X}},
  issn         = {{1650-5905}},
  keywords     = {{Roman Iron Age; Skovgårde; Drinking vessels; Inhumation; Mortuary practices; Ritual theory; Scandinavia; Roman imports; Funerary archaeology; Grave goods}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{109--113}},
  publisher    = {{Nordic Academic Press}},
  series       = {{Vägar till Midgård}},
  title        = {{Performing death The function and meaning of Roman drinking vessels in Scandinavian mortuary practices}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.919497.23}},
  doi          = {{10.2307/jj.919497.23}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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