Essays about: "Glass artefacts"
Found 3 essays containing the words Glass artefacts.
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1. 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/ArkeologiAbstract : 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
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2. Bits & Bobs : Finds from a research excavation of Birka’s rampart: A study with focus on material distribution and metal conservation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratorietAbstract : In the spring of 2018, a prospection and subsequent research excavation of a previously unstudied area related to the rampart of the Viking age town of Birka, Sweden, was undertaken by students and professors from the archaeological science department affiliated with Stockholm University.The purpose of this paper is to examine and categorise the various excavated finds, the ensuing conservation and preservation of the metal objects as well as to investigate the context and possible function of the site regarding the spatial distribution of said finds. READ MORE
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3. Personal stories to visual representation : ‘The stories of Zili’
University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och designAbstract : I represented a person’s stories and memories of childhood through the material called glass, and found a method to approach personal stories. To do this, the medium to express my conception that is express of the personal experience and extreme situation on glass was based. READ MORE
