Skeletons of two men

Titel

Skeletons of two men

Beskrivning

These bones are from a grave in Västerbjärs in the Gothem area in Sweden and is a part of the collections of The National Historical Museum in Sweden and the permanent exhibition "History of Sweden". The bones are also represented in the traveling LGBT exhibition "Article 1".

Alternate Description

With whom do we choose to live together with? In many prehistoric graves we find different combinations of people who have been buried together. In the picture lie two men – and the same grave originally contained what was probably a fetus.
What was these people’s relationship when they were alive? Did they live together – perhaps during a part of their lives? Did they fit in or were they outsiders?
What is a family?
Many graves contain remains from several individuals; both adults and children and today we assume that these people lived together, probably with several other people. But does our interpretation of the grave reflect life as it was lived?
The expression ”nuclear family” was coined in the USA in the 1940s to denote husband, wife and the children they had together. But the nuclear family is a long way from being “normal”. Despite legislation and social norms it does not seem to be society, the church or the politicians who decide what a family is.

Identifierare

SE_UNSTRAIGHT_110

Typ

Autre

Other

Åtkomsträttigheter

accessible to public

Status

completed

Redigerat datum

2015-08-13T19:58:51+02:00

Skapat datum

2013-01-07T18:38:39+01:00