Sökning: "Mälar Valley"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden Mälar Valley.

  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. Håga in context – An analysis of the Håga complex in the Bronze Age landscape of the Mälar Valley region

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Rachel Elliott; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Håga complex; King Björn’s mound; Bronze Age; Middle Sweden; Mälar Valley region; ritual landscapes; ritual practice theory; Hågakomplexet; Kung Björns hög; bronsåldern; Mellansverige; Mälardalen; rituell landskapet; rituellpraktiksteori;

    Sammanfattning : The Bronze Age in Middle Sweden is characterized by several key sites and monuments which have been interpreted by previous research to play an overarching role in the elite ruling system in the Mälar Valley region. King Björn’s mound (a.k.a. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Meningsbärande skräp. : Spår av rituella handlingar vid yngre järnåldersgravar i Mälardalen.

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

    Författare :Sofia Lindell; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Iron Age; ritual practice; death; deposit; rubbish; graves;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the range of small finds and other materials often found deposited in the fills and stone settings above later Iron Age graves in the Mälar region of central Sweden. This study investigates how this material, especially potsherds, burnt clay, burnt and unburnt bones and teeth, flint, ice crampons, nails, rivets and knives, were distributed in eight different grave fields in the Mälar valley. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Meningsbärande skräp. : Spår av rituella handlingar vid yngre järnåldersgravar i Mälardalen.

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

    Författare :Sofia Lindell; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Iron Age; ritual practice; death; deposit; rubbish; graves;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the range of small finds and other materials often found deposited in the fills and stone settings above later Iron Age graves in the Mälar region of central Sweden. This study investigates how this material, especially potsherds, burnt clay, burnt and unburnt bones and teeth, flint, ice crampons, nails, rivets and knives, were distributed in eight different grave fields in the Mälar valley. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tingsplatsens ordning : Tingsväsendets organiserande roll i svensk vikingatid

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Arkeologi

    Författare :Axel Löfving; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Anundshög; Arkels tingstad; Aspa löt; central place; commons; Fornsigtuna; law; mounds; rune stones; social organization; stone enclosures; thing assembly ; Tingstad flisor; Viking age;

    Sammanfattning : This essay provides a study of five Swedish locales in the Mälar Valley and Öland, namely Arkels tingstad, Aspa löt, Tingstad flisor, Anundshög and Signhilds kulle/Fornsigtuna, and their possible use as sites of Viking Age thing assemblies. Historical texts, place names and archaeological excavations are queried through the aid of a theoretical assemblage drawing on De Landa, Deleuze & Guattari, as well as Icelandic, British and Scandinavian research. LÄS MER