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  1. 1. Massgravar : En metodstudie med utgångspunkt i osteoarkeologi och rättsmedicin.

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

    Författare :Linda Sjögren; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Mass graves; osteological analysis; methodology; comingled remains; archaeology; forensic anthropology; Massgrav; osteologi; metodologi; beblandade kvarlevor; arkeologi; forensisk antropologi;

    Sammanfattning : This essay focuses on how the osteological analysis is carried out in studies of different types of mass graves. The analysis is based on 20 studies of different types of mass graves. LÄS MER

  3. 2. With sword and mace? : Searching for blunt force trauma from the cranial material of the Battle of Good Friday

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Författare :Anniina Laine; [2020]
    Nyckelord :trauma; trauma analysis; Middle Ages; Uppsala;

    Sammanfattning : The crania from a mass grave associated to the Battle of Good Friday (1520) in Uppsala were re-examined in this study. The total skeletal material has been analysed before, but blunt force trauma was excluded and therefore a comprehensive trauma pattern could not be presented. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Barnskrik i Hades? : Attityder till döda spädbarn i antika Grekland.

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Sofie Svedlund; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Mass grave; Agora; Athens; child burials; infanticide; Hekate; Demeter; infant-graves; infant; death; Hades; Kylindra; Messene; Eretria; Euboia; restless dead; demons; Greek vase-paintings; gravestelai; Ampharete; aoroi; amphidromia; massgrav; aten; athen; agora; infanticid; spädbarnsgrav; rastlösa döda; demoner; demoner grekland; grekiska demoner; grekiska vaser; barngravar;

    Sammanfattning : In Homer’s work Iliad, Achilles is harassed in the sleep by the ghost of his friend Patroclus who demands a burial by him to be able to find peace. From this we get an understanding of how important it was for the ancient Greeks that their dead were given a proper burial for the soul to enter Hades and be able to find peace. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Concerning Mass Graves : The use, development and identities within mass graves during the Scandinavian Iron age and Middle ages.

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

    Författare :Mattias Frisk; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Iron Age; Middle age; mass grave; beowulf; social identity; warfare; violence; weapon deposition; Järnålder; Medeltid; Massgrav; Beowulf; våld; sociala identiteter; krigföring; vapendeponi;

    Sammanfattning : This master thesis deals with the subject of mass graves as a result of war and violence; how, where and why they are created, what they represent and how they are used throughout the Scandinavian Iron Age and Middle Ages. To analyze and discuss these questions, I have used nine case studies as well as several literary sources such as Beowulf, Tacitus and Jordanes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vikings’ demise on foreign soil – a case of ethnic cleansing? : The discovery of two mass graves containing the remains of Scandinavians in Anglo-Saxon England

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Författare :Eva Josefsson Bernhardsdotter; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Vikings; Anglo-Saxons; England; ethnic cleansing; mass grave; St Brice’s day; Scandinavia; isotope analysis; vikingar; anglosaxer; England; etnisk rensning; massgrav; Sankt Brice; Skandinavien; isotopanalys;

    Sammanfattning : The discovery of two mass graves in England in 2010 containing the remains of Scandinavian men in their prime from the Viking age against the historical backdrop of Anglo-Saxon England has elicited questions as to whether or not they were victims of ethnic cleansing. Literature studies combined with the results from the post-excavation analyses render the conclusion that the victims in the grave, most likely, were not subjected to ethnic cleansing. LÄS MER