Sökning: "Stone age"

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  1. 1. Det mesolitiska Västmanland - ett landskapsperspektiv

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Erika Andersson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :ecology; landscape; Middle Stone Age; resources; Scandinavia; spatial analysis; spatial distribution;

    Sammanfattning : The Mesolithic period in Sweden lasted generally between 9500-4000 BC and is characterised by the dynamic landscape. People usually lived in smaller groups by the coast, sustained by the forests and the sea’s resources. The study is limited to central Sweden, specifically the province of Västmanland. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    Master-uppsats,

    Författare :Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Nyckelord :The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Sammanfattning : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Spår av ättehögar och grifter bland granar, hallonsnår och hönsgårdar. En inventeringsjämförelse av gravfält, stensättningar och gravhögar i de två dalsländska socknarna Brålanda och Dals-Ed.

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Marianne Larsson; [2023-06-22]
    Nyckelord :Province of Dalsland; Iron Age; Barrow Mound; Stone circle Grave stones; Cemetery; People- and antiquities researcher Richard Dybeck; Dean Anders Lignell; Inventory of ancient monument;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to compare the number of grave sites, barrows and stone circles in two parishes in the province of Dalsland; Brålanda and Dals-Ed. In this paper the investigation focuses on how the number of placements of remains is described in the records of the people- and antiquities researcher Richard Dybeck and of the dean Anders Lignell. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Oskar Bransell; [2023]
    Nyckelord :South-west portals; grave cult; ancestor worship; necromancy; doors of the dead ; Viking Age; Sydvästportar; gravkult; förfädersdyrkan; nekromanti; de dödas dörrar ; Vikingatiden;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Settling for Settlements : En studie av stenålderslokaler med utgångspunkt på Södertörn och begreppet boplats

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

    Författare :Thomas Sallery; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Arkeologi; Stenålder; Boplats; Södertörn; Mälardalen; Neolitikum; Mesolitikum;

    Sammanfattning : This paper will analyze archaeological material from a number of Stone Age sites, starting in the area of Södertörn, Sweden. There has been plenty of research on the Swedish Stone Age, however, there is an issue of classifying all Stone Age sites as settlements, regardless of what the archaeological material tells us. LÄS MER