Sökning: "medieval scandinavia"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 uppsatser innehållade orden medieval scandinavia.
1. Borgholms slott-Försvarsverk och maktdemonstration
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiSammanfattning : Borgholms castle on Öland is a medieval fortification built on the eastern border of today's Sweden. But when it was built around 800 years ago the borders, power structure and ownership over the Baltic sea were split between several powers. LÄS MER
2. De dog i Grekland : Skandinaviska runstenar och grekiska färder
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Scandinavia has a rich history of the raising of runestones, monuments in stone of varying sizes for honoring the fallen. Among these there exist a group of runestones that mention a land far away from the cold winds of the north, the land of the Byzantine Empire, stretching from the Balkans to the edge of Anatolia with Greece at its center. LÄS MER
3. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. LÄS MER
4. Tillgång, efterfrågan och miljöerbjudanden - En studie av landskapets roll i den tidigmedeltida kolonisationen av nordvästra Skånes skogsbygder
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiSammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to examine which significance the landscape and its inherent properties, resources and economical potential had in the processes that led up to a medieval society in Scandinavia. By making the role of the landscape visible in societal changes, the understanding of expansion and regression, economical strategies and spatial relations can be further broadened. LÄS MER
5. Late use of chipped stone tools: A case study of Viking age and Medieval material from middle Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Stone tools define earlier prehistory but the extent of their usage in later periods remains uncertain, as the archaeological community tends to focus on trademark materials from respective time periods. Accordingly, usage of chipped stone such as quartz and flint in later periods, tends to be ignored or regarded as residual from earlier Stone age activities, resulting in that valuable knowledge is lost. LÄS MER
