TY - JOUR
TI - Creating Memory in Vandal Period Africa
AU - Quast, Dieter
TI - Creating Memory in Vandal Period Africa
AB - The Vandals left no origo gentis even though history is an essential factor for the construction of group identity. But the creation of memory in the Vandal kingdom in North Africa can be reconstructed with archaeological sources. For this an attempt by looking for visualisations in the form of images and inscriptions in Vandal Period Africa is made and interpreted against the background of “creating memory”. These observations are based on “official” visualisations. They are a sort of propaganda and because of this are contained within the content of the ideological superstructure.
The created memory is addressed to the various groups living under Vandal rule. It is addressed to the former Roman administration, to the inhabitants of Carthage and Christianity as a whole. Only in the private sphere could the tradition of a family genealogy be seen, most probably needed for legitimation – and, if there was a need for this, it points to internal conflicts.
VL - 2020
IS - Vol LV
PY - 2020
SN - 0001-5229
C1 - 2719-4841
SP - 215
EP - 234
DO - 10.4467/00015229AAC.20.009.13514
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-archaeologica-carpathica/article/creating-memory-in-vandal-period-africa
KW - Vandal kingdom
KW - North Africa
KW - archaeological sources
KW - masterstory