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Bad death in the Early Middle Ages. Atypical burials from Poland in a comparative perspective

2013/09/D/HS3/04452

Keywords:

atypical burials atypical graves funerary customs symbolism early medieval period Slavs Vikings Anglo-Saxons Poland Scandinavia Great Britain

Descriptors:

  • HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)
  • HS3_11: Ethnography and cultural anthropology (incl. descriptions of traditional cultures, anthropology of magic, worship and religion, cultural change and global processes, anthropology of socio-cultural, ethnic and identity phenomena)
  • HS3_1: Early history (ancient, medieval, early modern history), modern and contemporary history (19th - 20th c.)

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Wydział Socjologiczno-Historyczny

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Leszek Gardeła 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 1

Call: SONATA 5 - announced on 2013-03-15

Amount awarded: 196 320 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-03-03

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-03-02

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (7)
  1. Vampire Burials in Medieval Poland. An Overview of Past Controversies and Recent Revaluations
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Academic press:
    Lund Archaeological Review (rok: 2015, tom: 21, strony: 107-126), Wydawca: Lund University
    Status:
    Published
  2. Face Down: The Phenomenon of Prone Burial in Early Medieval Poland
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Academic press:
    Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia (rok: 2015, tom: 10, strony: 99-136), Wydawca: Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego i Fundacja Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego
    Status:
    Published
  1. Jak ugryźć wampira? Kontrowersje w archeologicznych interpretacjach dawnych wierzeń i praktyk rytualnych
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Conference:
    Kongres Archeologii Polskiej (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Naukowe Archeologów Polskich
    Data:
    konferencja 19-21.09.2013
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  1. Bad Death in the Early Middle Ages. Atypical Burials from Poland in a Comparative Perspective
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    Bad Death in the Early Middle Ages. Atypical Burials from Poland in a Comparative Perspective (rok: 2017, tom: 36, strony: 288), Wydawca: Collectio Archaeologica Ressoviensis / Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego i Fundacja Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego
    Status:
    Published
  2. Atypical Burials in Early Medieval Poland: A Critical Overview
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    A Bioarchaeological Perspective of Atypical Mortuary Practices: Geographic and Temporal Investigation (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: red. T. K. Betsinger, A.B. Scott, A. Tsaliki / Wydawca: University Press of Florida
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  3. Reopened Graves in Early Medieval Poland: A Preliminary Study
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła, Kamil Kajkowski, Paweł Szczepanik
    Book:
    Limbs, Bones and Reopened Graves in Past Societies / Kończyny, kości i wtórnie otwarte groby w dawnych kulturach / Seria "Międzynarodowe Spotkania Interdyscyplinarne Motywy Przez Wieki" tom 2 (rok: 2016, tom: 2, strony: 215-266), Wydawca: red. Leszek Gardeła, Kamil Kajkowski / Wydawnictwo: Muzeum Zachodniokaszubskie w Bytowie
    Status:
    Published
  4. Grave Disturbance in Early Medieval Poland
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    Grave Disturbance in Past Societies (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: red. N. Muller-Scheeßel, E. Aspöck, A. Klevnäs / Wydawca: Oxbow Books
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  5. Wczesnośredniowieczne groby komorowe – lustra czy miraże życia? Rozważania nad praktykami funeralnymi na ziemiach polskich
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    Pochówki w grobach komorowych na ziemiach polskich w okresie wczesnego średniowiecza (rok: 2016, tom: Światowit XVIII, strony: 154-175), Wydawca: red. D. Błaszczyk, D. Stępniewska / Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
    Status:
    Published
  6. Worshipping the Dead. Viking Age Cemeteries as Cult Sites?
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    Germanische Kultorte. Vergleichende, historische und rezeptionsgeschichtliche Zugänge / Seria "Münchner Nordistische Studien" tom 24 (rok: 2016, tom: 24, strony: 169-205), Wydawca: red. Matthias Egeler / Wydawnictwo: Herbert Utz Verlag
    Status:
    Published
  7. The Slavic Way of Death. Archaeological Perspectives on Otherworld Journeys in Early Medieval Poland
    Authors:
    Leszek Gardeła
    Book:
    Between the Worlds. Contexts, Sources and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys / Seria Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde" (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: red. Matthias Egeler, Wilhelm Heizmann / Wydawnictwo: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Accepted for publication