Mediating Marginality: Mounds, Pots and Performances at the Bronze Age Cemetery of Puric-Ljubanj, Eastern Croatia

Mediating Marginality explores the Bronze Age Cemetery of Purić-Ljubanj in eastern Croatia, revealing a marginalized cultural group with a strong community identity through landscape modification and skill deployment. It emphasizes the importance of ongoing research for the modern community's benefit.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 158 pages
Publication date: 14 April 2022
Publisher: Archaeopress

Mediating Marginality is a comprehensive study that delves into the Bronze Age Cemetery of Purić-Ljubanj in eastern Croatia, spanning eight years of excavation and survey. It also incorporates data from an ongoing landscape project, shedding light on an extensive cultural group living on the margins between well-known groups like the Belegiš and West Serbian variant of the Vatin cultural complex. The monograph explores the significance of marginality for these people and how they built a strong community identity through landscape modification. It examines the deployment of skill, knowledge, and performance scales to interrogate the social world created by the mound builders of Spačva-Ljubanj. Despite their apparent marginalization, the study reveals that they were far from impoverished and had created a thriving cultural heritage. The monograph concludes with a discussion of how the project intends to move forward, focusing on how the modern community can benefit from continued research in the area.

Weight: 6436g
Dimension: 290 x 203 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789699722