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31. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. LÄS MER
32. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementSammanfattning : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. LÄS MER
33. Faith-based organizations in multilateral humanitarian aid : A closer look at Country-Based Pooled Funds
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Religion has played a central part in human history and is still a foundation in many societies. Faith-based organizations are in some countries the largest providers of social services and were pioneers in the humanitarian aid sector. LÄS MER
34. ”Kvinnohat eller Trolldom?” : En jämförande studie om häxprocessen och nåjder i Sverige.
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : As the era of Christianity is taking a firm foothold of Europe and Scandinavia during the late 1500s and early 1600s. The prosecution, accusations, and pure terror against anyone who did not fit the mold of a true Christian was faced with doubt, suspicion, and allegations of being in a pact with the Devil. LÄS MER
35. "Det lundomsusade Torup" - Ideologiska och globala perspektiv på ett skånskt godslandskap
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiSammanfattning : In this essay an attempt is made to interpret the landscape at the Scanian estate Torup from two perspectives not commonly used in the study of postmedieval landscapes: the ideological rather than the economical-functional, and the global rather than the local. The landscape is studied through historical maps and images as well as through field observations made during walks in the landscape, and several features are identified which indicate that the landscape was shaped, at least in part, by ideology, which was in turn influenced by global tendencies. LÄS MER
