Iron Age Mnemonics:: A Biographical Approach to Dwelling in Later Prehistoric Britain

Lindsey Sarah Buster

doi:10.1017/S0959774321000263

Iron Age Mnemonics: A Biographical Approach to Dwelling in Later Prehistoric Britain

Lindsey Sarah Buster

Archaeology

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Abstract

Domestic architecture played a central role in the identity of later prehistoric communities, particularly in creating lasting bonds between the living and the dead. Acting as a conduit of memory and legacy for successive generations of inhabitants, roundhouses straddled the divide between house and memorial. The exceptionally well preserved Late Iron Age settlement at Broxmouth in southeast Scotland demonstrates the potential of biographical approaches in understanding the central role that roundhouses played in fashioning the identity of successive households, and the role of objects in constructing genealogical narratives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	661-674
Journal	Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	4
Early online date	7 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774321000263
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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Keywords

Iron Age
Roundhouse
Memory
Scotland
Biography

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