Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation: Between Text and Practice

Published by Berghahn Books 2018

Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation

Between Text and Practice

Edited by: Barbara Hausmair , Ben Jervis , Ruth Nugent and Eleanor Williams

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785337666

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About this book

How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swedish migrants to North America, the relationship between people and animals in Anglo-Saxon England, these case studies explore the use of archaeological evidence in understanding the relationship between rules, lived experience, and social identity.

Author / Editor information

Barbara Hausmair is a post-doctoral researcher at the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany where she previously held a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Fellowship. She gained her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, Austria and studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Reading, U.K. as a visiting Ph.D. student.

Ben Jervis is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology at Cardiff University, U.K. having gained his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton in 2011. He has published widely on topics including medieval urbanism and the application of archaeological theory to the study of medieval objects.

Ruth Nugent gained her Ph.D. from the University of Chester, U.K. where she is currently a Visiting Lecturer. Her work has been published in ‘Medieval Archaeology’ and she has presented her work at major conferences, including the International Medieval Congress.

Eleanor Williams gained her Ph.D. from the University of Southampton, U.K. where she is currently a Visiting Fellow. She has published with CAHMER, presented on her research at a number of conferences in England and France, and with colleagues from the University of Southampton, organized a major conference on ‘Buildings and Bodies’ in 2014.

Barbara Hausmair is a post-doctoral researcher at the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany where she previously held a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Fellowship. She gained her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, Austria and studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Reading, U.K. as a visiting Ph.D. student.

Reviews

“This is a high-quality and far-ranging, …dense and rich, edited collection with subject matter spanning 1500 years of historical archaeological research from Northern, Western and Central Europe together with two North American chapters. As such, it constitutes a great achievement by four academics working collaboratively and drawing upon their very different geographical, chronological, and thematic expertise.” • Archaeological Journal

“This wide-ranging collection of substantive case studies does demonstrate the central importance of rules in shaping human behavior, social hierarchies, and change, although I think few archaeologists would question this proposition. One of its main contributions is shining a spotlight on the explicit study of rules and regulations. This is an emphasis that derives from particular social theories, but the volume and its authors offer many new insights that will be of interest to all historical archaeologists.” • Historical Archaeology

“The impact of rules on the archaeological record has been the focus of many scholars. This volume provides a solid theorized overview of the theme, offering an extensive biography of previous works.” • Charlotte Newman, English Heritage

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation An Introduction Barbara Hausmair, Ben Jervis, Ruth Nugent and Eleanor Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Networks
Introduction: Rules, Networks and Different Kinds of Sources Natascha Mehler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 1. Rules, Identity and a Sense of Place in a Medieval Town The Case of Southampton’s Oak Book Ben Jervis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 2. Meat for the Market The Butchers’ Guild Rules from 1267 and Urban Archaeology in Tulln, Lower Austria Ute Scholz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 3. Rubbish and Regulations in the Middle Ages A Comparison of Urban and Rural Disposal Practices Greta Civis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 4. How to Plant a Colony in the New World Rules and Practices in New Sweden and the Seventeenth-Century Delaware Valley Magdalena Naum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part II. Space and Power
Introduction: Rules and the Built Environment Harold Mytum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 5. Embodied Regulations Searching for Boundaries in the Viking Age Marianne Hem Eriksen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 6. What Law Says That There Has to Be a Castle? The Castle Landscape of Frodsham, Cheshire Rachel Swallow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 7. Shakespearian Space-Men Spatial Rules in London’s Early Playhouses Ruth Nugent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter 8. US Army Regulations and Spatial Tactics The Archaeology of Indulgence Consumption at Fort Yamhill, Oregon, United States, 1856–66 Justin E. Eichelberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Chapter 9. Religion in the Asylum Lunatic Asylum Chapels and Religious Provision in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Katherine Fennelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Chapter 10. Prison-Issue Artefacts, Documentary Insights and the Negotiated Realities of Political Imprisonment The Case of Long Kesh/Maze, Northern Ireland Laura McAtackney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Part III. Corporeality
Introduction: Maleficium and Mortuary Archaeology Rules and Regulations in the Negotiation of Identities Duncan Sayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Chapter 11. Gone to the Dogs? Negotiating the Human-Animal Boundary in Anglo-Saxon England Kristopher Poole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Chapter 12. Adherence to Islamic Tradition and the Formation of Iberian Islam in Early Medieval Al-Andalus Sarah Inskip Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Chapter 13. Break a Rule But Save a Soul Unbaptized Children and Medieval Burial Regulation Barbara Hausmair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Chapter 14. Medieval Monastic Text and the Treatment of the Dead An Archaeothanatological Perspective on Adherence to the Cluniac Customaries Eleanor Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Chapter 15. ‘With as Much Secresy and Delicacy as Possible’ Nineteenth-Century Burial Practices at the London Hospital Louise Fowler and Natasha Powers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
The Archaeology of Rules and Regulation Closing Remarks Duncan H. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 356
Keywords: Archaeology; History: Medieval/Early Modern; Sociology; History (General)

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Published: January 29, 2018
ISBN: 9781785337666