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Queering the Normal?: An intersectional study of gender identities and roles in the Late Iron Age cemeteries at Lovö, Sweden
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 30 credits / 45 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Ifrågasätter det normala? : En intersektionell studie av könsidentiteter och roller på yngre järnålderskyrkogårdar på Lovö, Sverige (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the relationship between grave goods and the identity of buried individuals. The interpretation of sex and gender, as well as gendered grave goods in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, is of a particular focus. A comparative analysis of 163 graves was carried out using an intersectional theoretic perspective, statistical analysis, and a database, with the Lovö cemeteries serving as the case study. The results of this analysis revealed certain patterns and variances that demonstrate a relationship between the grave goods assemblages that were chosen and aspects of an individual’s identity, including gender for some grave goods, but a lack of a correlation for other grave goods. Thus, it concluded that “normal” burials are influenced by factors such as facets of one’s identity, community standing and social status, familial ties and kinship, and lived experiences, with each grave tailored to suit the individual, and that gender as a whole has little influence on how a burial is constructed. 

Abstract [sv]

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att analysera sambandet mellan gravgods och begravda individers identitet. Tolkningen av kön och genus, samt könsbestämda gravgods i yngre järnålders Skandinavien, av särskilt fokus. En jämförande analys av 163 gravar genomfördes med ett intersektionellt teoretiskt perspektiv, statistisk analys och en databas, med Lovö kyrkogårdar som fallstudie. Resultaten av denna analys avslöjade vissa mönster och varianser som visar ett samband mellan de gravgodssammansättningar som valts ut och aspekter av en individs identitet, inklusive kön för vissa gravgods, men en brist på en korrelation för andra gravgods. Således drog den slutsatsen att "normala" begravningar påverkas av faktorer som aspekter av ens identitet, samhällsställning och social status, välbekanta band och släktskap och levda upplevelser, med varje grav skräddarsydd för att passa individen, och att kön som helhet har liten påverkan på hur en begravning är uppbyggd. 

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2024. , p. 55
Keywords [en]
Archaeology, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Cemeteries, Burials, Iron Age, Scandinavia, Grave Goods, Intersectionality, Lovö, Identity
Keywords [sv]
Arkeologi, genusvetenskap, queerteori, kyrkogårdar, begravningar, järnåldern, Skandinavien, gravgods, intersektionalitet, Lovö, identitet
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523285OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-523285DiVA, id: diva2:1838348
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Archaeology
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Master’s Programme in the Humanities – Archaeology
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