The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe
During the Early Bronze Age in northern Europe, tree-like features appear in henges, burials, and rock art in ways that differ from earlier periods. Rather than investigating this phenomenon in symbolic or metaphorical terms, a concept of tree-ness is explored that focuses on the real constitution o...
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| description | During the Early Bronze Age in northern Europe, tree-like features appear in henges, burials, and rock art in ways that differ from earlier periods. Rather than investigating this phenomenon in symbolic or metaphorical terms, a concept of tree-ness is explored that focuses on the real constitution of trees and what trees actually do. It is suggested that the accentuation of tree-ness in Early Bronze Age ritual contexts can be related to an ontological shift in conjunction with emerging bronze technology in which different entities can merge or take advantage of each other’s generative properties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f16b207b2b74aa08c59e6ad7775a7852022-12-21T21:35:27ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602018-10-014137338510.1515/opar-2018-0024opar-2018-0024The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern EuropeFahlander Fredrik0Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Lilla Frescativägen 7,Stockholm, SwedenDuring the Early Bronze Age in northern Europe, tree-like features appear in henges, burials, and rock art in ways that differ from earlier periods. Rather than investigating this phenomenon in symbolic or metaphorical terms, a concept of tree-ness is explored that focuses on the real constitution of trees and what trees actually do. It is suggested that the accentuation of tree-ness in Early Bronze Age ritual contexts can be related to an ontological shift in conjunction with emerging bronze technology in which different entities can merge or take advantage of each other’s generative properties.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2018-0024bronze agetreesrock artoak-coffin burialhenges |
| spellingShingle | Fahlander Fredrik The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe Open Archaeology bronze age trees rock art oak-coffin burial henges |
| title | The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe |
| title_full | The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe |
| title_fullStr | The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe |
| title_short | The Relational Life of Trees. Ontological Aspects of “Tree-Ness” in the Early Bronze Age of Northern Europe |
| title_sort | relational life of trees ontological aspects of tree ness in the early bronze age of northern europe |
| topic | bronze age trees rock art oak-coffin burial henges |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2018-0024 |
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