Sökning: "fornborgar"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 uppsatser innehållade ordet fornborgar.

  1. 1. Stenbyar & fornborgar : En korrelationsstudie av ortnamnet Stenby och fornborgar i östra Mellansverige

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Författare :Kerstin Jensen-Urstad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Stenby; placenames; Mälar Valley region; hillfort; hilltop settlement; Migration Period; landscape;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on the observation that in the Lake Mälaren region, places with the name Stenby ("stone village") tend to be located next to hillforts. I have researched the occurrence of the place name Stenby with medieval evidence for the name in eastern central Sweden and found sixteen that are located in the Mälaren Valley region. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Eskilstunas Fornborgar : En GIS-baserad analys av relationen mellan fornborgarna och dess landskapsrum

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Tobias Blad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Fornborg; GIS; Arkeologi; Siktanalys;

    Sammanfattning : The excavations conducted on the Swedish prehistoric hillforts are very limited. However, a lot of people are drawn to them because of their impressive size, which include preserved walls that can reach over three metres in height. They are frequently associated with legends about giants who once lived there. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Fornborgar på Öland

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Eva Ekström Johnsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :gaul; migration period; ring-forts; roman empire; roman iron age; öland;

    Sammanfattning : The island Öland is rich in prehistoric archaeological finds. The ringforts at Ölandwere constructed during the Roman Iron Age and the Migration Period. Contact withthe Roman Empire is known from finds of gold and of objects of Roman character. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Fornborgar i Halland - Morfologi, klassificering, kulturlandskap och regionalitet

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Alexander Jonsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Halland; Scandinavia; Bronze age; Iron age; Hill fort; Fornborg; Enclosure; Hägnadsanläggning; Morphology; Cultural landscape; Regional patterns; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies hallandic hillforts through both field research and computer analysis. The research questions concern morphology, classification, cultural landscape, and regional variation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Torsburgen ett återbesök

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Mattias Ekström; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Torsburgen; yngre romersk järnålder; fornborgar; murkonstruktioner yngre järnålder;

    Sammanfattning : This paper is a study of the Swedish fornborg Torsburgen on Östergarnslandet, Gotland. This is the largest fornborg on Gotland and it has an area of 112 hectares. LÄS MER