Sökning: "grave cult"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden grave cult.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Dödskult under yngre bronsåldern : Hantering av mänskliga ben i östra Mellansverige

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Jonna Bäckvall; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Human bones; late Bronze Age; East-central Sweden; heaps of fire-cracked stones; death cult; settlements; non-classical graves; sacred context; profane context; Människoben; yngre bronsåldern; östra Mellansverige; skärvstenshögar; dödskult; boplatser; icke klassiska gravar; sakrala kontexter; profana kontexter;

    Sammanfattning : For a long time, the human bones that were found outside the classical graves/grave context during the late Bronze Age were severely overlooked in research. It was first during the 1990’s that research took place and archaeologist like Anders Kaliff och Joanna Brück started studying this severely overlooked phenomena. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The mirror in ancient South Italian funerary context : A study of the mirror’s function and symbolic meaning in graves in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto

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

    Författare :Isabella Jäger; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Mirror; grave; Locri Epizefiri; Metaponto; contextual archaeology; iconographical analysis; Dionysiac cult; divination;

    Sammanfattning : The mirror appears frequently in funerary contexts in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto and this thesis endeavours to rebuild the contexts of these mirrors using the approach of contextual archaeology. To explore the mirror’s contemporary function and meaning within the burial record and to discern why mirrors appear within a funerary setting, a chain of contexts is followed from the archaeological material to iconographical analysis, to comparative archaeological data, widening the contextual circles step by step. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Båtgravar – för utvalda män och kvinnor. : En studie av båtgravfälten i Vendel, Tuna i Badelunda och Gamla Uppsala.

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

    Författare :Matilda Hildenborg; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Vendel period; boat grave; ship burial; gender; fertility cult; Vendeltid; båtgrav; skeppsgrav; genus; fruktbarhetskult;

    Sammanfattning : During the Vendel period the elite started to bury their men and women in the boat graves. The boat graves have been interpreted differently depending on if the graves were made for men or women. But the grave goods have one thing in common. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
    Nyckelord :archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. LÄS MER