Sökning: "Human osteoarchaeology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Human osteoarchaeology.

  1. 1. Livet på Gotska Sandön : Ett långtidsperspektiv

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

    Författare :Johanna Starck; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Gotska Sandön; Osteology; Osteoarchaeology; archaeology; hunter-gatherers; seal hunting; Baltic sea.;

    Sammanfattning : Gotska Sandön is the Baltic ocean’s most isolated island, located approximately 40 kilometres north from the closest civilisation. Today the island serves as a national park and a tourist attraction. The remoteness has made the island a difficult place to reach both in the past and today. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Age of the Cremated : On the estimation of age of burnt human remains

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Författare :Emil Åkesson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :age estimation; cremated remains; diploë; suture closure;

    Sammanfattning : The estimation of age is an important aspect in osteoarchaeological analysis. In order to understand people and their fates in past societies, researchers must turn to palaeodemography. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bits & Bobs : Finds from a research excavation of Birka’s rampart: A study with focus on material distribution and metal conservation

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Författare :Mikael Heljeback; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Archaeology; Metal conservation; Birka; Rampart; Iron age; Viking; Excavation; XRF; Comb; Beads; Osteoarchaeology; Ceramics; Hillfort; Artefacts; Database; Corrosion;

    Sammanfattning : In the spring of 2018, a prospection and subsequent research excavation of a previously unstudied area related to the rampart of the Viking age town of Birka, Sweden, was undertaken by students and professors from the archaeological science department affiliated with Stockholm University.The purpose of this paper is to examine and categorise the various excavated finds, the ensuing conservation and preservation of the metal objects as well as to investigate the context and possible function of the site regarding the spatial distribution of said finds. LÄS MER

  5. 4. DET BLANDADE FOLKET : En osteodemografisk studie av Svartbrödraskapets gravgård i medeltidens Gamla stan, Stockholm

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Författare :Linda Sundström; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Medieval; Stockholm; Old Town; Commingled; Osteoarchaeology; Human osteoarchaeology; Monestary; Monks; Cemetary; pathology; Taphonomy; Demography; Medeltid; Stockholm; Gamla stan; Omrört material; Human; Osteoarkeologi; Svartbrödraskapet; Dominikanorden; Kloster; Munkar; Gravgård; Patologi; Tafonomi; Demografi;

    Sammanfattning : This paper deals with the comingled osteoarchaeological material from the medieval monastery affiliated with an order of monks called “Svartbrödraskapet” in Old town, Stockholm, Sweden that was active from ca A.D. 1350 to ca 1528. The aim of this paper is to provide new information about the monastery and its local community. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Digital Marine Osteoarchaeology : The problematization of bodies and bones in water

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

    Författare :Matilda Fredriksson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Digital marine osteoarchaeology; Marine archaeology; Marine osteology; Osteoarchaeology; Bioarchaeology; Birka; Mars; Gribshunden; Mary Rose; Sandby borg; Çatalhöyük; Marine osteoarchaeology; Animal remains; Human remains; Taphonomy; Fluvial transport.;

    Sammanfattning : This master's thesis is intended as a foundation for further development of methods for digital marine osteoarchaeology. The main purpose of this thesis was to examine and problematise the process of locating, documenting, and analyzing skeletal remains in marine archaeological, and other hard to reach sites. LÄS MER