Sökning: "hill-forts"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade ordet hill-forts.

  1. 1. Fornborgar i Halland - Morfologi, klassificering, kulturlandskap och regionalitet

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Alexander Jonsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Halland; Scandinavia; Bronze age; Iron age; Hill fort; Fornborg; Enclosure; Hägnadsanläggning; Morphology; Cultural landscape; Regional patterns; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies hallandic hillforts through both field research and computer analysis. The research questions concern morphology, classification, cultural landscape, and regional variation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. An Homage to the Ancestors : A study of the secondary use of ancient fortifications as burial grounds during the Late Iron Age on Gotland

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Lauren Bokor; [2019]
    Nyckelord :ancient fortifications; hill-forts; ring-forts; Iron Age; ancestral worship; memory; landscape; Fornborgar; höjdborgar; ringborgar; järnålder; förfädersdyrkan; minne; landskap;

    Sammanfattning : Fortifications are a common type of ancient monument found throughout Scandinavia, and while the functions of forts are studied and debated quite heavily, the re-use of these structures is less known. On Gotland, there exist 84 ancient fortifications, of which approximately one-third have burials or registered graves within or in close proximity to their locations. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Den svenska vallanläggningens ursprung: Låt brons och keramik leda vår väg

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Linus Olsson Eriksson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Rampart enclosure; hill fort; Baltic Sea; Sweden; bronze; Bronze Age; ceramics; Lausitz; Únětice; enclosures; trade; bronsålder; brons; vallanläggning; fornborg; Sverige; keramik; Östersjön;

    Sammanfattning : The function and symbolism of the Swedish bronze age rampart enclosures has been debated since the late 1800´s. Arguments highlighting their function as fortifications and/ or as ritual centres has been passed back and forth in what today seems to be a subject in a standstill. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Domarringarnas placering i landskapet : En studie av nordligaste Smålands järnåldersbygd

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Fredrik Palmqvist; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Domarringar; stenkretsar; järnåldern; ortnamn; folkvandringstid; romersk järnålder; Småland; Norra Vedbo; Jönköpings län;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay I analyze the stone circles known as domarringar in northern Småland. In order to understand the stone circles, one must understand the society that built them, I argue. Therefore I first date them so I can put them in a context. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Glimmande artefakter och vendeltida social struktur : En studie av järnålderslandskapet i Vallstena socken på östra Gotland

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Sakarias Lindgren; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Vendel period; Vallstena; Valstenarum; Gotland; Bjärges; Grave fields; Trade; Communication; Central places; Vendeltid; järnålder; Vallstenarum; Gotland; Bjärges; gravfält; handel; kommunikation; centralplatser;

    Sammanfattning : The exclusive bronze and gold objects found in the Iron Age ship and rider burials of Vendel, Valsgärde and Sutton Hoo are well known. Less known, however, is the grave field of Vallstenarum on Gotland, where some similar finds have been made. LÄS MER