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Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / / Bonnie Effros



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Autore: Effros Bonnie <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / / Bonnie Effros Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages) : illustrations, map
Disciplina: 393.9/09364
Soggetto topico: Merovingians - Funeral customs and rites
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Gaul
Soggetto geografico: Gaul Social life and customs
Gaul Antiquities
France History To 987
Soggetto non controllato: ancient world
anthropology
antiquity
archaeology
aregund
art history
burial
celtic world
ceremonies
childeric
class
customs
dark ages
death
dying
early middle ages
europe
excavations
france
frankish kingdoms
french history
funerals
funerary
gaul
grave artifacts
graves
history
medieval history
medieval society
medieval
merovingian archaeology
merovingian graves
merovingians
monarchy
mortuary
nation
nonfiction
race
religion
rites
royalty
rulers
saint brice
social science
sociology
tombs
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-262) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Map and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Antiquaries, historians, and archaeologists: creating a cultural context for early medieval graves -- 2. Modern Assessments of Merovingian Burial -- 3. Grave goods and the ritual expression of identity -- 4. The visual landscape: Cemeterial topography and community hierarchy -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and assesses what contemporary archaeology can tell us about the Frankish kingdoms. Working at the intersection of history and archaeology, and drawing from anthropology and art history, Effros emphasizes in particular the effects of historical events and intellectual movements on French and German antiquarian and archaeological studies of these grave goods. Her discussion traces the evolution of concepts of nationhood, race, and culture and shows how these concepts helped shape an understanding of the past. Effros then turns to contemporary multidisciplinary methodologies and finds that we are still limited by the types of information that can be readily gleaned from physical and written sources of Merovingian graves. For example, since material evidence found in the graves of elite families and particularly elite men is more plentiful and noteworthy, mortuary goods do not speak as directly to the conditions in which women and the poor lived. The clarity and sophistication with which Effros discusses the methods and results of European archaeology is a compelling demonstration of the impact of nationalist ideologies on a single discipline and of the struggle toward the more pluralistic vision that has developed in the post-war years.
Titolo autorizzato: Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35670-4
9786612356704
0-520-92818-0
1-59734-743-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780246703321
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Serie: Transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 35.