Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania
During the Mesolithic and Neolithic, foragers dwelling in the Eastern Baltic, Scandinavia and Fennoscandia regions buried some of their dead on lake islands or other coastal sites. Based on ethnographic accounts, these sites are often understood as liminal places where water separates the lands of t...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/574948 2024-05-19T07:40:08+00:00 Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania Ahola, Marja Lassila, Katri Mannermaa, Kristiina Archaeology Department of Cultures Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) 2024-04-26T09:40:06Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/574948 eng eng Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1751696X.2024.2338055 Ahola , M , Lassila , K & Mannermaa , K 2024 , ' Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania ' , Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture . https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2024.2338055 ORCID: /0000-0003-2279-3788/work/158611302 ORCID: /0000-0002-8510-1120/work/158611593 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/574948 cdfede40-2c6f-4bc8-8d34-61ed49192588 cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess 615 History and Archaeology Mesolithic neolithic hunter-gatherers sensory landscape ritual deposits non-human agents Article publishedVersion 2024 ftunivhelsihelda 2024-04-30T23:51:23Z During the Mesolithic and Neolithic, foragers dwelling in the Eastern Baltic, Scandinavia and Fennoscandia regions buried some of their dead on lake islands or other coastal sites. Based on ethnographic accounts, these sites are often understood as liminal places where water separates the lands of the dead and the living. In this paper, we take a more relational view of place and suggest that a particular combination of spatial perception of landscape and the dynamic nature of coastal sites might have contributed to the social agency of these places, resulting in their use as places for ritual activity. By exploring two Mesolithic–Neolithic burial places, Donkalnis and Spiginas (western Lithuania), with sensory archaeological and artistic approaches, we suggest that the ancient foragers of this region buried human bodies in these locations to be part of the place itself. Similar to other depositional acts, this could have been done to mark the location or communicate with the surrounding world. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository |
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During the Mesolithic and Neolithic, foragers dwelling in the Eastern Baltic, Scandinavia and Fennoscandia regions buried some of their dead on lake islands or other coastal sites. Based on ethnographic accounts, these sites are often understood as liminal places where water separates the lands of the dead and the living. In this paper, we take a more relational view of place and suggest that a particular combination of spatial perception of landscape and the dynamic nature of coastal sites might have contributed to the social agency of these places, resulting in their use as places for ritual activity. By exploring two Mesolithic–Neolithic burial places, Donkalnis and Spiginas (western Lithuania), with sensory archaeological and artistic approaches, we suggest that the ancient foragers of this region buried human bodies in these locations to be part of the place itself. Similar to other depositional acts, this could have been done to mark the location or communicate with the surrounding world. Peer reviewed |
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Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania |
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Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania |
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Doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic–Neolithic ritual sites in western Lithuania |
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doing landscape : sensorial and artistic approaches to donkalnis and spiginas mesolithic–neolithic ritual sites in western lithuania |
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