Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lara Band - University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History
Description
The data was collected for 'The Åland Islands Question' - A New Perspective? A comparative study of three burial grounds on Åland, in Finland and in Sweden, an unpublished MA dissertation at the University of Leicester. The data collection comprises a database with details of sizes, shapes and inscription details for 304 memorials and the commemoration details for 440 people from cemeteries in Norrtälje, Sweden (Norrtälje kyrkogård); Mariehamn, Åland, Finland (Mariehamns begavningsplats) and Pargas, Finland (Pargas kyrkogård) from the years 1881 - 1939. In the accompanying files are photographs of each memorial, of the cemeteries and notes on methodology.
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Purpose:
These data were collected for an MA dissertation, in order to explore ideas of Ålandic identity through the material culture of memorialisation, as well as t
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
School of Archaeology and Ancient History
Unit of analysis
Population
Memorials at the Norrtälje (Sweden), Mariehamn (Åland, Finland) and Pargas (Finland) cemeteries from the years 1881-1939.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1881 – 1939
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Norrtälje Municipality, Finland, Åland Islands
Research area
HISTORY
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
History and Archaeology, History, Archaeology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
19th century, memorialisation, 20th century, commemoration, graveyard
Band, Lara (2011). 'The Åland Islands Question' - A New Perspective? Unpubl. MA thesis. University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History.
Band, L 2013. Memorialisation in Norrtälje, Mariehamn and Pargas: 1881-1939. Journal of Open Archaeology Data 2:e11, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/joad.ab
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.ab
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Associated documentation
Description
The XLS file comprises a database covering all three cemeteries. The ZIP file "Database NOR MAR PAR" contains the database in three separate CSV files, one for each cemetery. The remaining ZIP files contain JPG format photographs from the cemeteries in Norrtälje, Mariehamn and Pargas respectively. These photos are downsized versions of the original pictures.The original photographs can be ordered from SND by e-mail: request[at]snd.gu.se.
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Data format / data structure
Text
Still image
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lara Band - University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History
Keywords
19th century, 20th century, graveyard, commemoration, memorialisation
Time period(s) investigated
1881 – 1939
Collection methodology
Photography
Type of archaeological remains
Copyright
Lara Band