Sökning: "skålgropar"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade ordet skålgropar.
1. Skålgropar på Gotland : En studie om skålgroparnas relation till bronsåldersgravar
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Cup marks is probably the world’s most common famous petroglyphs and it’s also Sweden's most common rock carving motif. In Swedish folklore, cup marks are called älvkvarnar (fairy mills) because fairies were believed to grind their grain in the cups. The cup mark motif has been found both in and near graves, with and without other figures. LÄS MER
2. Arkeologi och folktro : En undersökning av skålgroparnas användning genom tiden
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Cup marks are often described in historical records as belonging to the fairies of Swedish folklore, hence going under the name “fairy mills” or “elf mills” (in Swedish älvkvarn). The name derives from the belief that the fairies used the cups as their mills for grinding seed. LÄS MER
3. En rumslig analys av den gropkeramiskaboplatsen Kärja på sydöstra Södertörn : Fyndbild, utbytesnätverk och neolitiska skålgropar
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kulturSammanfattning : This essay provides an overview of the findings from the Pitted Ware settlement Kärja (RAÄ-nr Västerhaninge 28:1, L-nr L2014:4173) on southeast of Södertörn, East Middle Sweden. The archaeological materials from the settlements are analyzed with anthropological theories regarding kinship and exchanges, combined with a social-constructive perspective of conventional categorizations and chronology. LÄS MER
4. Skålgroparnas placering i landskapet : Vad utgrävningar och kvantitativa analyser kan säga om skålgropar
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : Cupmarks are the most common form of rock art in Sweden, yet it has not been studied as much as the figurative rock art. To understand all the rock art from the Bronze Age in Scandinavia, we need to understand the cupmarks. 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