Sökning: "mortuary rituals"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden mortuary rituals.

  1. 1. The Mesolithic Skeletons of Motala Canal

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Viktor Larsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Prehistory; Stone Age; Ritual; Skeletal Remains; Kanaljorden; Mesolitikum; Stenåldern;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is about the Mesolithic of Motala Canal and the depositions that have been found there, including a large number of animal bones. I would argue the most important discovery at this site was the human skulls, which will be the main topic of this essay. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Bundle Burials at Ajvide/Jakobs : A taphonomic interpretation

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Johanna Pettersson Svärd; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Bundle burials; mortuary archeology; archaeothanatology; taphonomy; archaeology; osteology;

    Sammanfattning : The burial type referred to as bundle burials was a rare occurrence during the Neolithic era and little research has been done on the topic. Three graves from the Ajvide/Jakobs site at Eksta parish, Gotland have been identified as this specific type of burial. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Shifting Memories: Burial Practices and Cultural Interaction in Bronze Age China : A study of the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries in the Tarim Basin

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

    Författare :Yunyun Yang; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Burial practice; mortuary rituals; social identities; ancestral memories; the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries; Bronze Age; the Tarim Basin; Begravningsseder; gravritualer; social identitet; släktminnen; Xiaohe-Gumugou gravfälten; bronsåldern; Tarimbäckenet;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the burial practices in the Bronze Age Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, north-west China, in order to understand how people constructed their social identities and delivered the social cognitions through generations. The Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, as the main sites of the Xiaohe cultural horizon, have central roles for the understanding of the formation of the Bronze Age cultural groups and the cultural interactions between the west and the east in the Tarim Basin. LÄS MER

  5. 4. En hårdkokt historia : En studie av äggskalfynd från vikingatida gravkontext med särskilt fokus på Uppland och Gotland

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

    Författare :Anna Jelicic; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Archaeological eggshells; Viking Age; mortuary practice; Uppland province; Gotland; context of discovery; rite of passage; ritual phase;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines archaeological eggshell finds from cremation graves in the Swedish province of Uppland as well as inhumation graves from the island of Gotland. All graves are dated to the Viking Age, however, the chronology varies by the region, with the period´s ending placed around year 1050 AD in Uppland and around year 1150 AD at the island of Gotland. LÄS MER