Face Down: The Phenomenon of Prone Burial in Early Medieval Poland

dc.contributor.authorGardeła, Leszek
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-25T10:22:42Z
dc.date.available2017-07-25T10:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the phenomenon of prone burial in early medieval Poland in the period between the 10th and 13th centuries. Among individuals treated this way were mainly adult men, but several examples of prone burials of females have also been discovered. Over the years prone burials from Poland have been interpreted by many archaeologists in the light of so-called ‘antivampire’ practices which were allegedly intended to protect the society against the living dead. By adopting an intercultural perspective, this article seeks to nuance these one-sided views and attempts to demonstrate that prone burials may have held a much wider range of meanings. It is argued that they may have been burials of criminals or various social deviants and that in some instances they could have perhaps signalled a religious and post-mortem act of penance.pl_PL.UTF-8
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the National Science Centre and conducted within the framework of a research project entitled “Bad Death in the Early Middle Ages. Atypical Burials from Poland in a Comparative Perspective” (DEC-2013/09/D/HS3/04452). The author is also supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).pl_PL.UTF-8
dc.identifier.citationAna­lecta Archa­eolo­gica Res­so­viensia, vol. 10 (2015), s. 99–136pl_PL.UTF-8
dc.identifier.issn2084-4409
dc.identifier.urihttp://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/2912
dc.language.isoengpl_PL.UTF-8
dc.language.isopolpl_PL.UTF-8
dc.publisherFundacja Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznegopl_PL.UTF-8
dc.publisherInstitute of Archaeology Rzeszów Universitypl_PL.UTF-8
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/*
dc.subjectatypical burialspl_PL.UTF-8
dc.subjectPolandpl_PL.UTF-8
dc.subjectprone burialspl_PL.UTF-8
dc.subjectSlavspl_PL.UTF-8
dc.subjectvampirespl_PL.UTF-8
dc.titleFace Down: The Phenomenon of Prone Burial in Early Medieval Polandpl_PL.UTF-8
dc.title.alternativeOdwróceni. Fenomen pochówków na brzuchu w Polsce wczesnośredniowiecznejpl_PL.UTF-8
dc.typearticlepl_PL.UTF-8

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