Essays about: "Burial"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 112 essays containing the word Burial.

  1. 11. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  3. 12. Stockholms stadskyrkogårdars kvaliteter : en platsstudie som lyfter rekreativa kvaliteter och gröna värden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ebba Edlund; Hannah Nordström; [2023]
    Keywords : Stockholm; landskapsarkitektur; S:ta Maria Magdalena kyrkogård; Adolf Fredriks kyrkogård; S:t Johannes kyrkogård; Katarina kyrkogård; kyrkogård; stadskyrkogård; grönyta; stadsplanering; rekreativa stadsmiljöer; parkmiljö; perceived sensory dimensions PSD ; liminal-; spiritual-; multicultural- and multifunctional spaces LSMM ;

    Abstract : Tillgång till grönområden är en grundförutsättning för hållbara städer och människors fysiska och mentala välmående, men växande befolkningar i städerna leder till att befintlig rekreativ grönyta exploateras och byggs bort. Det leder i sin tur till att andra typer av grönstruktur, exempelvis kyrkogårdar och begravningsplatser, används i allt större utsträckning för rekreativa ändamål. READ MORE

  4. 13. Defining the Unidentified : An osteological re-analysis of an unmarked Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age grave

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Vir Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Late Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Gotland; re-analysis; paleopathology microarchaeology; unmarked grave; communal burial; Senneolitikum; äldre bronsålder; Gotland; återanalys; paleopatologi mikroarkeologi; flatmarksgrav; gemensam grav;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a micro-archaeological analysis of the osteological material from theunmarked communal grave L1977:6727, in Sigsarve, Gotland. The grave was found during the ploughing of a field and excavated in 1911. READ MORE

  5. 14. Scandinavian Mummies : Interpreting the preservative qualities of Danish Bronze Age Mounds

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Ellinor Grönkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Burial mounds; Bronze Age; Denmark; Preservation; Oak-log coffins; Gravhögar; Bronsålder; Danmark; Bevarande; Ekstockskistor;

    Abstract : This paper explores/investigates the circumstances around the unusual level of preservation of organic materials within certain mounds in Jutland, Denmark, as well as the scientific benefits of these findings. These mounds contain coffins made from oak-logs and within them mummies of different degree of preservation have been found. READ MORE

  6. 15. Hanging by a thread : A metaphorical analysis of Viking Age tapestries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Simone Liw de Bernardi; [2023]
    Keywords : Viking Age; conceptual metaphor; metaphorical approach; textiles; tapestries; Oseberg; Vestfold; Rolvsøy; Østfold; Överhogdal; Jämtland; ship burial; chamber grave; Viking Age art; Old Norse mythology; Vikingatid; konseptuell metafor; textil; Oseberg; Rolvsøy; Överhogdal; båtgrav; krammargrav; vikingatida konst; fornnordisk mytologi;

    Abstract : Viking Age tapestries are rare, with only a few examples known. Previous interpretations of figurative depictions from the Viking Age have mainly focused on what mythical or legendary gods and heroes these images might depict. READ MORE