RT Article
T1 They Are Preserved Forever: Visualising the Memorialisation of Archipelagic Religious and Community Identities
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 11
A1 Moore, James D.
A1 Gibbon, Sarah Jane 1976-
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1795299959
AB In this article, we respond to the Special Issue theme by addressing the complexities of religious identities in archipelagic communities where the dual role of the sea as conduit and barrier has impacted the parish system, farming estates and community life. The focus is primarily on nineteenth and twentieth century testimonies and material evidence, approached within a broader chronological context going back to the Middle Ages. Using qualitative GIS mapping of the habitations of the people memorialised in two burial grounds in Orkney, we visualise the active role of the islander in constructing identities linking people and place at parish, community and personal levels. The results show that the people with memorial stones were buried within a long-established parochial structure but did not adhere to ecclesiastical norms, with district burial grounds being favoured over a single parish churchyard. We conclude that this approach demonstrates the complexities of identities within an island community and identify its applicability in other contexts combining material culture and historical documentation to investigate religious island identities.
K1 GIS
K1 Island Archaeology
K1 historical archaeology
K1 Material Culture
K1 memorialisation
DO 10.3390/rel12110999