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Memories of migration? The ‘Anglo-Saxon’ burial costume of the fifth century AD
- Author(s):
- James M. Harland (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Archaeology, Early Medieval, Late Antiquity, Medieval Studies, Old English / Early Medieval England
- Subject(s):
- Anglo-Saxons--Study and teaching, Archaeology, Middle Ages, Civilization, Classical, History, Ancient, Ethnicity
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Anglo-Saxon studies, Early medieval archaeology, Late Antiquity, Early Middle Ages
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/wqze-3328
- Abstract:
- It is often claimed that the mortuary traditions that appeared in lowland Britain in the fifth century AD are an expression of new forms of ethnic identity, based on the putative memorialisation of a ‘Germanic’ heritage. This article considers the empirical basis for this assertion and evaluates it in the light of previously proposed ethnic constructivist approaches. No sound basis for such claims is identified, and the article calls for the development of new interpretative approaches for the study of early medieval mortuary archaeology in Britain.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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