Ingroup identification, identity fusion and the formation of Viking war bands

Raffield, Ben; Greenlow, Claire; Price, Neil; Collard, Mark

doi:10.1080/00438243.2015.1100548

Cited by 48 publications

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“…Defensive site plans in themselves reinforce solidarity: fortifications demarcate and define the social group of insiders versus outsiders (Kenzle 1997), as do circular villages, which Rautman (2016, 137) argues are the product of defensive aggregation, creating ‘a defined physical and social safe haven in an uncertain world’. Solidarity is also sustained by normative behaviours (Raffield et al 2016). Collective action theory (Blanton & Fargher 2008; Carballo 2013; DeMarrais 2016) implies that defence might involve strong expectations governing the roles and responsibilities of group members, since collective defence is a critically important ‘public good’ for which free-riding cannot be tolerated.…”

Section: Coalescence and Defensive Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coalescence and Defensive Communities: Insights from an Andean Hillfort Town

Arkush

2017

CAJ

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Defensive and fortified settlements are often places of relatively dense nucleation by people with few viable alternatives, resulting in the imperative need to establish consensual rules for living together. What behaviours and attitudes were adopted in defensively nucleated places? Recent investigations at Ayawiri (Machu Llaqta), a densely settled hillfort town of the western Titicaca Basin of Peru inhabited c. ad 1300–1450, shed light on the nature of social life within the defensive community and the workings of social distinction, priority in settlement, conformity and publicity. I draw on the evidence from Ayawiri to discuss how defensive settlements create and reinforce certain ways of living by reformulating the basic logics of sociality and the material and spatial realms through which they work.

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Section: Coalescence and Defensive Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coalescence and Defensive Communities: Insights from an Andean Hillfort Town

Arkush

2017

CAJ

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“…As the social and economic position of Mieszko and the closest circle of his family grew, the emerging Western Slavic elites began to develop new ways of manifesting their identity through distinctive social practices and characteristic ‘material markers’ (see Price, 2014; Raffield et al, 2016: 40–41 for Viking Age Scandinavia) or group-specific material culture such as clothing, jewellery, weapons, and equestrian equipment. These items were largely recovered in graves, hoards, strongholds, and other settlements.…”

Section: The Turbulent Tenth Centurymentioning

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“…The themes explored here are inspired by a recent article by Raffield and colleagues (2016), concerning ingroup identification and identity fusion in Viking Age warbands. Referring to the work of psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists specializing in aspects of group dynamics (e.g.…”

Section: The Turbulent Tenth Centurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Slavs and Snakes: Material Markers of Elite Identity in Viking Age Poland

Gardeła

Kajkowski²

2020

Eur. j. archaeol

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This article offers a new perspective on a diverse corpus of high-status Western Slavic objects from the domain of the Piast dynasty in Poland, dated between the tenth and eleventh centuries ad. It is proposed that the lavish zoomorphic decorations, often depicting snakes, found on jewellery, weapons, and equestrian equipment reflected Western Slavic pre-Christian religious ideas and served as material markers of elite identity. The results of this study lead to a more nuanced understanding of Western Slavic worldviews and their material expressions, paving the way for new investigations into cultural interactions both within and beyond the Slavic homelands.

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“…It is through the tensions of collaboration and conflict that cultural dynamics are most evident (Angelbeck ; Ikehara ; Raffield et al. ; Rautman ; Sharratt ). In “‘Circling the Wagons’ and Community Formation: Interpreting Circular Villages in the Archaeological Record,” Alison Rautman () suggests that the circular settlement pattern of Pueblo villages in Salinas Missions National Monument likely did reinforce inward‐focused corporate identities and collective action.…”

Section: Tensions Of Collaboration and Conflictmentioning

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Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

Halperin

2017

American Anthropologist

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Ideas of collaboration and cooperation are often implicit, taken-for-granted elements in archaeological models and theorizing. Overshadowed by a growing archaeological preoccupation with warfare, violence, conflict, and crisis, cooperative acts and collaborative dispositions appear to lack the same emotional resonance and changestimulating properties that attract archaeological attention. Nonetheless, many archaeological publications in 2016 directly take on notions of collaboration in thinking about the past and our roles as archaeologists and as citizens of the future. This review underscores the significance of thinking about collaboration and cooperation as ambiguous, ambivalent, multiscalar, and dynamic. At issue is not just the creation of community but also of getting things done and, of course, celebrating, revising, or reworking the intended or unintended consequences of those actions over the generations. [archaeology, collaboration, cooperation] RESUMEN Las ideas de colaboración y cooperación son a menudo elementos implícitos, que se dan por sentados en los modelos y teorización arqueológicos. Opacados por una creciente preocupación arqueológica por la guerra, la violencia, el conflicto, y la crisis, a los actos cooperativos y disposiciones colaborativas parecen faltarles la misma resonancia emocional y propiedades estimulantes de cambio que atraen la atención arqueológica. No obstante, muchas publicaciones arqueológicas en 2016 empiezan directamente a tratar las nociones de colaboración, reflexionando acerca del pasado y nuestros roles como arqueólogos y como ciudadanos del futuro. Esta revisión enfatiza la importancia de considerar la colaboración y cooperación como ambiguas, ambivalentes, de múltiples escalas, y dinámicas. En cuestión no sólo está la creación de comunidad, sino también el lograr que se hagan las cosas, y por supuesto, celebrar, revisar, o rehacer las consecuencias planeadas o no planeadas de esas acciones sobre generaciones. [arqueología, colaboración, cooperación]

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Ingroup identification, identity fusion and the formation of Viking war bands

Cited by 48 publications

References 33 publications

Coalescence and Defensive Communities: Insights from an Andean Hillfort Town

Coalescence and Defensive Communities: Insights from an Andean Hillfort Town

Slavs and Snakes: Material Markers of Elite Identity in Viking Age Poland

Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

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