Sökning: "Polynesien"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet Polynesien.

  1. 1. Vittnesarkivet: En ekofenomenologisk kartläggning av ett nukleärt kulturarv gällande atombombsprovsprängningarna i Franska Polynesien

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Författare :Anton Öhman; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Nukleärt kulturarv; anti-nukleär rörelse; atombombsprov i Stilla havet; eko-fenomenologi; vittnande; kulturanalys; aktivistiska arkiv; Franska Polynesien; Nuclear heritage; anti-nuclear movement; Pacific nuclear testing; eco phenomenology; witnessing; cultural analysis; activist archive; French Polynesia; MACA; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a cultural analysis of an archive that contributes to the understanding of nuclear culture and heritage. The empirical material are documents from the anti-nuclear movement in French Polynesia and the archiving process of these documents. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stratified Polynesia : A GIS-based study of prehistoric settlements in Samoa and Rapa Nui

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

    Författare :Olof Håkansson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :GIS; social structure; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Easter Island; settlement; hierarchy; archaeological method on spatial relations; stratification; chiefdom; the noble savage; spatial analysis; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai; GIS; social struktur; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Påskön; bosättning; hierarki; arkeologisk metod på spatiala relationer; stratifikation; hövdingadöme; den ädle vilden; spatial analys; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai;

    Sammanfattning : The overall objective of this study is, to understand how the prehistoric individual experienced her “being in the world”. This is done by examining the spatial relationships of prehistoric remains in order to understand hierarchies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Crematorium of Hanga Hahave on Rapa Nui (Easter Island): What stories can the skeletal remains reveal. 

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Sigourney Nina Navarro; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Crematoria; Hanga Hahave; Rapa Nui; Easter Island; Cremations; Osteology; Osteoarchaeology; Entanglement; Human remains; Burnt bones; Relic; Burial; Offering; Cannibalism;

    Sammanfattning : This paper uses an osteological approach and applies the study of entanglement in an attempt to understand the crematoria on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), which represent a unique tradition within the ceremonial spheres of the Polynesian area. Skeletal remains from the crematorium of ahu Hanga Hahave, which consist of both cremated - and unburned remains, have been analysed to reveal the different practices that took part in the cremation process and to identify the individuals that were deposited in such structure. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Påskön. Myten om Rapa Nui

    Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Ivan Dahlstrand; [2009-11-09]
    Nyckelord :Rapa Nui; Påskön; Easter Island; Isla de Pascua; Påskömyten; miljöhistoria; avskogning; kolonialism; Polynesien;

    Sammanfattning : This essay will examine the historical picture of the island Rapa Nui as it is portrayed in popular science and in ecohistorical literature of the university of Gothenburg. This historical picture states that the inhabitants of the island cut down a lot of trees in the process of transporting the big and heavy statues, moai, from the quarry to the platforms along the coastline of the island. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Heliga sopor : skärvstenshögen utifrån ett polynesiskt perspektiv

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Författare :Joakim Wehlin; [2004]
    Nyckelord :Bronsålder; Gotland; Sverige; Polynesien; Skärvsten; Etnoarkeologi; röse;

    Sammanfattning : In Scandinavia the general idea of the Bronze Age society is that it was organised as chiefdoms. The model for what they looked like is taken from the anthropological studies of the Polynesian chiefdoms. The aim of my study is to investigate a Scandinavian Bronze Age feature, known as cairns mainly containing fire-cracked stone. LÄS MER