Sökning: "house-symbolism"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade ordet house-symbolism.

  1. 1. Huset vid vägens slut : en studie om hussymbolik under bronsåldern i relation till gravar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Författare :Julia Hillberg; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Nordic Bronze Age; house symbolism; house urns; cult houses; longhouses; trade; Mediterranean area; ancestor cult; Nordisk bronsålder; hussymbolik; husurnor; kulthus; långhus; handel; Medelhavet; förfäderskult;

    Sammanfattning : During the Nordic Bronze Age, houses were not exclusively connected with profane contexts, but did also feature in burial places, a peculiar fact when considering the careful separation of settlements and graves. What kind of houses do we find in these sacred contexts? What did these houses stand for? Why was the house symbolism chosen to accompany the dead? And why did the house symbolism flourish during the Nordic Bronze Age? To answer these questions three representatives for the house symbolism in Sweden are discussed in more detail, such as the burial in longhouses, peculiar houses called cult houses and house urns. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Dödsfärd och livsrum : skeppssättningar och hussymbolik på den yngre bronsålderns gravfält i Sydskandinavien

    Magister-uppsats, Humanvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Ulrika Söderström; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Late Bronze Age; gravemonuments; ship-settings; ship-shaped stone settings; house-symbolism; house urns; cult-houses; Gotland; Domarlunden; Lugnarohögen; Snäckedal; cosmology;

    Sammanfattning : Many archaeologists have been intrigued by how often symbolic houses of varying forms are used on the burialgrounds of the Scandinavian Bronze Age. Some scholars even claim that to deal with the dead did not mean to set them apart from the world of the living during this period. LÄS MER