Essays about: "GRK"

Found 5 essays containing the word GRK.

  1. 1. A Place of Passage : Disturbed burials and dispersed human bone remains from the Mid-Neolithic burial ground at Ajvide on Gotland

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

    Author : Anna Sointula; [2023]
    Keywords : Secondary treatment; human bone remains; absent craniums; dispersed bone fragments; ‘skull cult’; burial rituals; CA; Middle Neolithic period; PWC; Gotland.; Sekundär behandling; mänskliga skelettrester; saknade kranier; spridda benfragment; ‘skallkult’; begravningsritual; KA; Mellanneolitikum; GRK; Gotland.;

    Abstract : The Mid-Neolithic site of Ajvide on the Baltic Island of Gotland comprises the burials of 89 individuals within 85 separate burial contexts (Österholm 2008). Some of these individuals were detected with absent skeletal elements, such as the cranium, which have been believed to be represented by the considerable number of dispersed human bone fragments discovered from the site (Burenhult 2002: 33, see also Lundén 2012). READ MORE

  3. 2. Hogging Wealth : Dental analyses and an interdisciplinary study of the importance of pigs in prehistoric economies

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

    Author : Eric Hägglund; [2017]
    Keywords : Teeth analyses; Sus; wild boar; pig; osteology; Linear Enamel Hypoplasia; molars; ethno archaeology; Pitted Ware culture; Ajvide; Durrington Walls;

    Abstract : Studies in zoo-archaeological Neolithic contexts is the study of early animal domestication in relation to humans transitioning into a more sedentary species. Research and documentation are vital for reconstructing the mechanisms behind the threshold event. READ MORE

  4. 3. Development of a Digital Mortar Aiming System

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

    Author : Oskar Wåglund; [2015]
    Keywords : Computational science; Ballistics; Mortar;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the plausibility of developing a portable light-weight artillery computer has been investigated. The main goal of the project has been to replace the traditional methods that the Swedish Armed Forces are using today to find firing solutions for their mortar, the GRK m/84. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigation of design criteria for self-propelled mortar regarding sound pressure levels

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Simon Hallin; [2013]
    Keywords : Mortar; sound pressure measurements; ear protectors; granatkastare; ljudtrycksmätning; hörselskydd;

    Abstract : Behovet av en mer mobil granatkastare har resulterat i en utredning av möjliga koncept som sedan ska gallras bort och resultera i en investering i ett nytt fordonsmonterat granatkastarsystem. Denna rapport beskriver utredningen av en potentiell risk med ett av de potentiella koncepten. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Wild Side of the Neolithic : A study of Pitted Ware diet and ideology through analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in skeletal material from Korsnäs, Grödinge parish, Södermanland

    University essay from Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Elin Fornander; [2006]
    Keywords : archaeology; stable isotopes; carbon; nitrogen; radiocarbon dating; Neolithic; Stone Age; diet; Korsnäs; Södermanland; Pitted Ware Culture; identity; arkeologi; stabila isotoper; kol; kväve; 14C-datering; neolitikum; stenålder; kost; Korsnäs; Södermanland; GRK; gropkeramisk kultur; identitet;

    Abstract : The Pitted Ware Culture site Korsnäs in Södermanland, Sweden presents a, for the region, unique amount of preserved organic material suitable for chemical analyses. Human and faunal skeletal material has been subjected to stable isotope analysis with the aim of examining whether the diet of the Korsnäs people correlates with the seal-based subsistence of Pitted Ware Culture groups on the Baltic islands. READ MORE