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dc.contributor.authorKnüsel, Christopher J.*
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-21T09:26:37Z
dc.date.available2009-10-21T09:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.citationKnüsel, C.J. (2002). More Circe Than Cassandra: The Princess of Vix in Ritualised Social Context. European Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 275-307.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/3723
dc.descriptionNoen
dc.description.abstractRitual and ritual specialists have often been dissociated from power in the writings of prehistorians and archaeologists. From ethnographic and ethnohistoric accounts, however, ritual specialists often exert disproportionate control over the maintenance, manipulation, and elaboration of social codes and practices. Their roles in ritual practice (orthopraxy in non-literate societies) and its effect on decision-making accord them considerable social and political importance. Due to this involvement they become the targets of ritual sanctions that include punitive rites, ritualized deaths, and suppression during periods of rapid social change, both from within their own societies and from without. The present article derives from a re-analysis of the Vix (Côte-d'Or, Burgundy) human skeletal remains, specifically with reference to the age, sex and health status of the interred individual. An evaluation of the social roles of this so-called `Princess' is then attempted, integrating this biological information with that derived from a consideration of the grave inclusions and their imagery in the context of competitive feasting and social change in the late Hallstatt period.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectBurgundyen
dc.subjectHallstatt Perioden
dc.subjectPoweren
dc.subjectRitualistsen
dc.subjectVixen
dc.titleMore Circe Than Cassandra: The Princess of Vix in Ritualised Social Context.en
dc.status.refereedYesen
dc.typeArticleen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/146195702761692329


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