Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Got- land based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We explore whether erected stones and demarcations on the south to south-west side of the Bronze Age cairns are the norm and whether this phenomenon oc- curred during the Bronze Age. We also discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of cairn milieus for ritual purposes.
Highlights
Through empirical studies of Bronze Age cairns and stone ship settings on Gotland, we want to explore the practices tied to these materialized expressions
We suggest that the physical ship setting works as a liminal mediator, but the ship took on a new meaning connected to the rise of a maritime institution on Gotland during the Late Bronze Age
In this paper we have discussed Bronze Age cairn environments and socalled south stones and widened the concept to south stone structures that are one or more uprights attached to the cairns to the south and south-west of the cairn
Summary
We discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Gotland based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of cairn milieus for ritual purposes
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