Sökning: "mortuary traditions"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden mortuary traditions.

  1. 1. Bogged down: Human preservation and decomposition. Using forensic scoring methods to assess three bog bodies from Denmark, England & Ireland.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Jennifer Carey; [2021]
    Nyckelord :bog bodies; bog body research; human remains; Denmark; England; Ireland; forensics; decomposition; preservation; taphonomy; depositional environment; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This work looks at three case studies from bog body research in Denmark, England and Ireland in order to investigate the variation of human decomposition in different depositional environments and the application of forensic methods to the area of bog body research in archaeology. The work attempts to assess the chosen case studies using an established forensic scoring method by Heaton et al (2010) and discusses the possible benefits of using an appropriately adapted scoring method for bog body research. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Portrait mummies in context

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

    Författare :Alexandra Boender; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Portrait mummy; Egypt; Hellenistic; Roman; cultural hybridization; mortuary traditions;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis aims to expand and acquire new knowledge on the emergence of portrait mummies during the Roman period in Egypt and their socio-religious status. The emergence and decorative program of these mummies are commonly understood as an artistic expression of Hellenistic Greek and Roman settlers in Egypt. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Rituellt, traditionellt eller funktionellt : en osteologisk analys och jämförelse av två förromerska gravfält från Skogome i Bohuslän och Smörkullen i Östergötland

    Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Författare :Emelie Franzén; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Cremations; comparative analysis; pre- Roman iron age; mortuary traditions;

    Sammanfattning : This paper concerns a comparative analysis between two pre-Roman burial ground and the cremated individuals buried there, Skogome cemetery in Bohuslän and Smörkullen cemetery in Östergötland. The comparative analysis consists of several parts that concern both cemeteries inner and outer burial customs, and the osteological analysis of a total of 18 cremated invidvidulas. LÄS MER