Sökning: "stensättningar"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet stensättningar.
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. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. LÄS MER
3. De stenbundna skeppen i trädens skugga : En studie kring skeppsformade monument från yngre bronsålder på Öland
Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : Ship formed monuments from the Late Bronze Age on the island of Öland, southeast Sweden, have never been thoroughly dealt with in previous research, despite the fact that the region is suggested to have had a key-role in maritime trade networks. This thesis aims to address the ship formed monuments on Öland in relationship to the monuments in northern Småland and the island of Gotland. LÄS MER
4. Kremeringar, deponeringar och laddade ben : En granskning av gravbegreppet i bronsålderns och äldre järnålderns arkeologi
Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudierSammanfattning : It is a well known archaeological concern that the remains of human bones left from the bronze age and early iron age Scandinavia are not nearly enough to represent the estimated population of the time. Furthermore the bones of each find rarely represent a whole individual. LÄS MER
5. Tunas brandgravar : stensättningar och individer i förändring
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljöSammanfattning : The Iron Age cemetery at Tuna in Badelunda parish, Västmanland, is a complex and unique burial ground used for only 69 graves during a period of roughly 700 years, between 300 - 1050 AC. The individuals buried at Tuna show an impressive variety of gravegods as well as stonesettings formed above the grave. LÄS MER