Sökning: "Nordic Iron Age"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 uppsatser innehållade orden Nordic Iron Age.
1. Människooffer i järnålderns mossar : En analys av mänskliga kvarlevor från nordiska våtmarker
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : Studies of human sacrifice during the Iron Age in the Nordic countries have long been based on historical literary sources. Scientific studies of human sacrifice often lack archaeological material in the form of human skeletons. This is because of the difficulty in detecting injuries on human bones that can be linked to lethal violence. LÄS MER
2. Mellan människor och djur : En studie om djurens inverkan under den yngre järnåldern
Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudierSammanfattning : This essay concerns the relationship between humans and animals during the Late Iron Age, 450-1050 AD, in the Nordic region. The archaeological and osteological material studied is animal style ornamentation and inhumation and cremation graves. The essay is based on a human-animal perspective and is inspired by Human-Animal Studies (HAS). LÄS MER
3. Över tröskeln där mötet sker : Liminalitet i yngre järnålderns trosföreställning bland nordbor och samer
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : During late Nordic iron age there were two main cultures in Scandinavia; the Norse and the Sami. This essay seeks to do two things. Firstly, to determine differences and similarities in how said cultures viewed liminality, that is the border line, or threshold, between two 'areas'. LÄS MER
4. Järnålderns gudomliga tvillingar? : Mytologiskt tvillingskap i Skandinaviens materiella kultur
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This essay examines the Proto-Indo-European motif of the Divine Twins, as it has been interpreted in Scandinavia during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Because of the difference in opinion between archaeological researchers regarding when the Divine Twins disappeared, an examination of the material culture that has been connected to this motif is undertaken. LÄS MER
5. The Tripartite Ideology : Interactions between threefold symbology, treuddar and the elite in Iron Age Scandinavia
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Amongst the Iron Age Scandinavian elite, there are several supra-regional and multifaceted tripartite (or threefold) symbolic expressions. These include expressions found in art, artefacts and monuments, such as the triangular stone-settings, or Sw. treuddar, which may be the strongest manifestation in the landscape. LÄS MER