IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1006: Localities and Local Identities in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, I: Inferring the Local in Late Antique and Early Medieval Archaeology
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | South West & Wales 'Late Antique, Early Medieval & Byzantine Network' |
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Organiser: | Ben Morris, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | James Michael Harland, Department of Arts, Design & Social Sciences, Northumbria University |
Paper 1006-a | Health and Stature in Anglo-Saxon Britain (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Demography, Genealogy and Prosopography |
Paper 1006-b | The Expression of Kinship Identities in Early Medieval Welsh Cemeteries (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Archaeology - Sites, Social History |
Paper 1006-c | Invasive Longhouses in Germania Secunda: How to Catch Migrants in the Act of Integration (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Demography, Geography and Settlement Studies |
Abstract | A variety of Local identities are expressed in several ways within the archaeological record. Whether this is social identity revealed by stature, kinship revealed in cemetery sites, or house plans as an indicator of migrant identity, local identity is a complex topic. We will focus on North Western Europe in the late antique and early medieval periods, to draw out the subtilties of local identities, and how they are portrayed within the archaeological record. |