Abstract This paper emphasizes the landscape as a key factor in the long-term standing of one of Norway's largest prehistoric burial grounds: the Iron Age cemetery of Hereid, located in the village of Eidfjord in the Hardanger region. A recent field investigation generated important new data on the Hereid site, which has contributed to the high-resolution analysis of the cemetery presented here. The paper explores the wider ‘meshwork’ of people, animals, farm settlement, outfield resources and tracks within a new materialist perspective to argue that the Hardanger landscape served as a co-agent when constructing a regional mortuary order. Theories of relational agency are used to investigate whether Hereid's geography and topography can explain its scale and continuity. It is argued that Eidfjord constituted a focal point for wayfaring to and from the Hardangervidda mountain plateau, and the significance of the site is closely tied to its favourable location with regard to these communication routes and outfield resources. Beyond this case, the funerary settings in other large and medium sized cemeteries in Hardanger mirror Hereid remarkably. They all draw our attention to landscapes that facilitated movement and demonstrate the societal importance of burials and cemeteries in a long time perspective.

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赫里德公墓：挪威西部哈当厄尔铁器时代太平间景观中的关系机构和地形

摘要 本文强调景观是挪威最大的史前墓地之一的长期存在的关键因素：位于哈当厄尔地区 Eidfjord 村的赫里德铁器时代墓地。最近的一次实地调查在 Hereid 遗址上产生了重要的新数据，这有助于对这里介绍的墓地进行高分辨率分析。该论文以新的唯物主义视角探索了人、动物、农场定居点、外场资源和轨道的更广泛“网状结构”，以论证哈当厄尔景观在构建区域太平间秩序时起到了共同作用。关系代理理论被用来研究赫里德的地理和地形是否可以解释其规模和连续性。有人认为，埃德峡湾是往返哈当厄维达山高原的一个焦点，该地点的重要性与其在这些交通路线和外场资源方面的有利位置密切相关。除此以外，哈当厄尔其他大中型墓地的葬礼布置也与赫里德的情况十分相似。它们都将我们的注意力吸引到促进移动的景观上，并从长期的角度展示了墓地和墓地的社会重要性。