Sökning: "Contemporary archaeology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 96 uppsatser innehållade orden Contemporary archaeology.
1. Gropar i sten - Arkeologi och folklore kring estniska skålgropsstenar
Kandidat-uppsats,Sammanfattning : The country of Estonia holds over 1800 known cup-marked stones, but their origin is clouded in mystery and even more questions. There is no way to accurately date these ancient monuments as of today, but there are different patterns to explore connected to other archaeological monuments, geographical scatter and folklore. LÄS MER
2. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. LÄS MER
3. Vantar av läder från det svenska örlogsskeppet Vasa 1628 : Arbete och materiell kultur i en maritim kontext
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The collections of the Vasa Museum in Stockholm Sweden not only include the world’s only complete 17th century warship, the famous Vasa who sank on her maiden voyage outside Stockholm in the summer of 1628, but also a unique and extensive collection of dress artifacts, fragments from clothes in textile and leather recovered during the excavation of the ship. This study aims to present historical narratives about the labour, knowledge of craft and everyday life of the ship’s crew by analysing leather mittens and other types of artifacts related to the work on board as material culture, aided by early modern Dutch depictions in art showing work being done on large ships contemporary with Vasa. LÄS MER
4. “When you see me, weep” : The archaeology of the hunger stones of Europe.
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of hunger stones and their resurgence due to climate change-induced droughts, shedding light on their evolving societal significance. The initial focus lies on understanding the origins of the term and exploring how humanity has historically adapted to and remembered climatic transformations. LÄS MER
5. Bog Bodies in a Macro Perspective. A Spatial Study of Early Iron Age Scanian Bog Skeletons and Their Cultural Roles as Seen Through the Liminality Perspective
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : This thesis was written with the aims to better understand the spatial relation between the Scanian iron Age bog bodies and the archaeological remains within the surrounding landscape, which in turn would lead to a new theory of understanding the cultural and social aspects of the bog body phenomenon, specifically by applying the liminality perspective. This was done by approaching the material through a wider macro perspective, as opposed to the normally individual-focused micro perspective most used in the bog body research. LÄS MER
