IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 501: Ritual and the Household, I: Anglo-Saxon Settlements
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Society for Medieval Archaeology |
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Organiser: | Vicky Crewe, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
Moderator/Chair: | Dawn Hadley, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
Paper 501-a | Deposition in Context: Patterns and Interpretation of Anglo-Saxon Placed Deposits (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life |
Paper 501-b | Appropriating the Past: Reuse of Prehistoric Monuments in Anglo-Saxon Settlements (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life |
Paper 501-c | Women's Ritual Spaces in Early Anglo-Saxon Settlements (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life, Women's Studies |
Abstract | The potential for identifying archaeological evidence of votive activities which represent the expression of ideological belief has, until recently, largely been ignored in settlement studies of the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods in Britain. This is not least because such votive or ritual acts can, of course, be archaeologically elusive and ambiguous. Nonetheless, the realm of everyday life might well have been a particularly suitable place to express the world views and ideological beliefs which structured that life. Thus, these two sessions on 'Ritual and the Household' will comprise papers which demonstrate the potential for ideological and ritual expression in households and settlements of the 5th to 15th centuries. |