Sökning: "sacrificial sites"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden sacrificial sites.
1. Bog Bodies in a Macro Perspective. A Spatial Study of Early Iron Age Scanian Bog Skeletons and Their Cultural Roles as Seen Through the Liminality Perspective
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : This thesis was written with the aims to better understand the spatial relation between the Scanian iron Age bog bodies and the archaeological remains within the surrounding landscape, which in turn would lead to a new theory of understanding the cultural and social aspects of the bog body phenomenon, specifically by applying the liminality perspective. This was done by approaching the material through a wider macro perspective, as opposed to the normally individual-focused micro perspective most used in the bog body research. LÄS MER
2. Saiva-sjöar och sakrala traditioner vid insjöar och vattendrag i Norra Skandinavien
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : In the pre-Christian Sámi era places in the nature were believed to be sacred and connected to different gods or the spirit world. The sacred places often had a sacred place name and several of the sacred place names are still here today. LÄS MER
3. Häst och människa : En social zooarkeologisk undersökning av hästoffer och agens
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Horses have played a large part in many cultures across the world, the Scandinavian Viking Age included. They are frequently found in graves and sacrificial sites, meant to denote, or represent the status and social caste of the humans they served. LÄS MER
4. Samiska offerplatser : En studie av syfte, brukningstid och kontinuitet i den samiska offerkulten
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Sámi sacrificial sites were a central part of the Sámi pre-Christian belief. The Sámi saw the world from a holistic point of view where nature, humans and spirits were all connected. The interest for sacrificial sites have a long history and both older research and some more recent studies are available with new analysis methods. LÄS MER
5. Mellan älvor och offerblod : En undersökning om skålgroparnas uppkomst och betydelse i det fornnordiska landskapet
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The cup marks are the most common form of rock art in Scandinavia and they have been dated from the Mesolithic to the Migration period. In Sweden they are mostly found in the southern parts of the country. They are believed to generally have been made by permanently resident agrarian people from the Bronze age. LÄS MER