Open AccessCholeric Cemeteries in the Landscape of the Northern Part of the Polish Jurassic Highland
Author(s) -
Aleksandra Krupa-Ławrynowicz,
Olgierd Ławrynowicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fasciculi archaeologiae historicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-7069
pISSN - 0860-0007
DOI - 10.23858/fah34.2021.004
Subject(s) - ethnography , archaeology , geography , prospecting , field (mathematics) , landscape archaeology , history , geology , landscape design , mining engineering , engineering , civil engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
This paper presents the results of ethnographic and archaeological research into potential places of epidemic burial (choleric cemeteries) in two communes in the northern part of the Polish Jurassic Highland, Janów and Mstów. In their descriptions and analysis, ethnographic sources (local memory, accounts provided by inhabitants) and archaeological sources (non-destructive prospecting, probing research) were applied. Apart from presentation of field material, the aim of the paper is to indicate the potential of a combined ethnoarchaeological method applied in research to the contemporary past and to the landscape understood as cultural heritage.