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European Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 10, No. 1, 7-30 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1461957108091480

Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstaðir, Iceland

Gavin Lucas

University of Iceland

Thomas McGovern

City University of New York, USA, nabo{at}voicenet.com

Cet article essaie d'interpréter un ensemble insolite de crânes de bétail découverts durant les fouilles récentes de la salle monumentale datant de l'Âge des Vikings de Hofstaðir en Islande. Les analyses ostéologiques des crânes indiquent une décapitation rituelle ainsi que l'étalage des têtes, et nous cherchons à comprendre la signification de ces pratiques par rapport au contexte du site et à la littérature historique et ethnographique plus générale. Apparemment, la décapitation et l'exposition des têtes faisaient partie d'actes de sacrifice effectués saisonnièrement en cet endroit, notamment lors de festins et de rassemblements sociopolitiques. Ces rassemblements servaient aussi bien à dissiper des tensions sociales qu'à renforcer le statut politique.


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