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Assembly in North West Europe: Collective Concerns for Early Societies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Sarah Semple  and
Alexandra Sanmark
Sarah Semple*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK
Alexandra Sanmark*
Affiliation:
Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK
*
[email: s.j.semple@durham.ac.uk]
[email: Alexandra.Sanmark@uhi.ac.uk]
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Abstract

The archaeological study of assembly practices in the medieval west is often met with scepticism. The reliance on late documentary records and place-names, and the difficulties inherent in defining what actually constituted an ‘assembly’, are just some of the issues that face researchers. This paper brings together some of the first collated and excavated evidence by the HERA TAP project 1, and offers a cross-European perspective, drawing attention to the great variety of systems and types of structure created for the purpose of assembly in the late prehistoric and medieval eras. Selected case studies emphasize the chronological variations in the inception and life-span of assembly places and underline the diverse relationships of designated assembly sites to pre-existing landscapes, resource patterns, and social structures. Connections between the ‘architecture’ and location of these sites, and their role in the creation, maintenance, and signalling of collective identities are suggested.

Les recherches archéologiques sur les pratiques de rassemblement dans l'Ouest médiéval sont souvent accueillies avec scepticisme. La dépendance de vieux archives documentaires et noms de lieux, et les difficultés inhérentes à définir ce qui constitue en réalité un ‘rassemblement’ ne sont que quelques-uns des problèmes auxquels sont confrontés les chercheurs qui tentent de cartographier et décrire les assemblées en Europe médiévale.

Cet article rassemble quelques-unes des premières preuves collectées et mises au jour lors de fouilles par le projet HERA TAP, et offre une perspective intereuropéenne en attirant l'attention sur la grande variété de systèmes et de types de structure créées pour les assemblements pendant les époques préhistoriques récentes et médiévales. Des études de cas choisies soulignent les variations chronologiques dans la création et durée de vie des lieux d'assemblée et mettent en évidence les relations diverses entre les endroits de rassemblement désignés et les paysages préexistants, l'évolution des ressources et les structures sociales. On suggère qu'il existe des connexions entre l'architecture’ et l'emplacement de ces sites et leur rôle dans la création, l'entretien et la signalisation d'identités collectives. Translation by Isabelle Gerges.

Zusammenfassung

Zusammenfassung

Der archäologischen Untersuchung von Versammlungspraktiken im mittelalterlichen Westeuropa wird oft mit Skepsis begegnet. Das Vertrauen auf späte Schriftquellen und Ortsnamen sowie die Schwierigkeiten der grundsätzlichen Definition, was eine ‘Versammlung’ überhaupt ausmacht, sind nur einige der Aspekte, denen sich Forscher, die Versammlungen im mittelalterlichen Europa aufzeichnen und charakterisieren möchten, stellen müssen.

Dieser Beitrag bringt einige der ersten zusammengestellten und ausgegrabenen Belege des HERA TAP-Projektes zusammen und bietet eine Perspektive für ganz Europa, indem der Vielzahl von Systemen und Typen für Strukturen aus der späten Vorgeschichte sowie dem Mittelalter, die dem Zweck der Versammlung dienten, besondere Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet wird. Ausgewählte Fallstudien heben die chronologischen Unterschiede in der Einrichtung und Lebensdauer von Versammlungsplätzen hervor und betonen die verschiedenen Beziehungen von vorgesehenen Versammlungsorten zu vorher existierenden Landschaften, Ressourcemustern und sozialen Strukturen. Verbindungen zwischen der ‘Architektur’ und Örtlichkeit dieser Plätze und ihre Rolle in der Schaffung, Aufrechterhaltung und Anzeige von kollektiven Identitäten werden nahegelegt. Translation by Heiner Schwarzberg.

Keywords

Northern Europeassembly siteslandscapearchitecturecollective identitiesEurope du Nordsites de rassemblementpaysagearchitectureidentités collectivesNordeuropaVersammlungsplätzeLandschaftArchitekturkollektive Identitäten
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European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , 2013 , pp. 518 - 542
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