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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 uppsatser innehållade ordet mound.
1. Spår av ättehögar och grifter bland granar, hallonsnår och hönsgårdar. En inventeringsjämförelse av gravfält, stensättningar och gravhögar i de två dalsländska socknarna Brålanda och Dals-Ed.
Kandidat-uppsats,Sammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to compare the number of grave sites, barrows and stone circles in two parishes in the province of Dalsland; Brålanda and Dals-Ed. In this paper the investigation focuses on how the number of placements of remains is described in the records of the people- and antiquities researcher Richard Dybeck and of the dean Anders Lignell. LÄS MER
2. Exploring the impact of Formica exsecta ants on soil properties above the tree line in northern Sweden
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapSammanfattning : Ants are considered ecosystem engineers due to their effect on the soil properties and their ability to alter the flow of energy and nutrients. Many studies have focused on ants in boreal forests,but few have focused on the ant’s effect on the tundra. LÄS MER
3. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. LÄS MER
4. Storhögar i Vänerområdet under Vendeltid, en komparativ undersökning av fornlämnings- miljön i Sunnerby och Skalunda AE1333
Kandidat-uppsats,Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to contribute to a better understanding about two burial mounds and their environment from an archaeological perspective: the Sunnerby mound on Kållandsö and the Skalunda mound on Kålland in the western parts of Sweden. These mounds have been the objekt of recent research; they have been created fairly contemporary during the later Iron Age in the part called the Vendel period. LÄS MER
5. Olika men ändå lika. En jämförelsestudie av konstruktioner, gravgods och ritualer mellan svenska och kontinentaleuropeiska kammargravar under folkvandringstiden
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to compare Migration Period chamber tombs from Central and Western Europe with Migration Period chamber tombs from Sweden, with a specific focus on the constructions, grave goods and traceable rituals in each respective geographical area’s tombs. This comparative study also features three examples of Swedish chamber tombs, located in Högom, Lilla Jored and Lilla Sylta, which are discussed in comparison with the continental chamber tombs, as well as the general view on Swedish chamber tombs. LÄS MER
