Essays about: "Iron Age settlements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Iron Age settlements.

  1. 1. Röekillorna unsealed – an osteological analysis of the seal remains at Röekillorna Spring

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Tea Jahrehorn Önnerfors; [2023]
    Keywords : zooarchaeology; osteological research; offerings-and burial; pinnipedia; grey seals; Neolithic; Iron Age; wetlands; pre-historical Scania; Baltic Sea; Röekillorna Spring; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Zooarchaeological studies have played a crucial role in understanding the pre-historic societies of Scania. The analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites has provided insights into the subsistence strategies, economic practices, and cultural beliefs of the people who lived in the region. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparing the Past and the Timeless: Landscape Use, Change, and Affordance in Central Blekinge, Sweden, Between the Iron Age and the Medieval Period

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

    Author : Henrik Bernro; [2021]
    Keywords : Medieval; Middle Ages; Late Iron Age; Affordance; Landscape; GIS; Blekinge; Medelstad; Västra Vång; Hjortsberga; Hjortahammar; Listerby; Edestad; Förkärla; Historical Arcaheology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered an Iron Age temple house in Vång providing new context to the centrality of Iron Age central Blekinge in Sweden, as well as its development into the Medieval period. This thesis aims to examine how that development unfolded using the lens of affordance theory combined with a GIS assisted source pluralistic analysis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Finding a place for old things: The role of pre-Norse features in constructing Norse conceptual landscapes in the Scottish Isles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Jake Clarke; [2020]
    Keywords : Iron Age; Viking Age; Scotland; Picts; Norse; Norway; Orkney Isles; Outer Hebrides; Isle of Lewis; Rousay; landscape archaeology; GIS; perception; memory; monuments; postmodern archaeology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The Viking Age saw the colonisation of most of the isles of Scotland by settlers from Norway. These newcomers brought their own customs, practices and perceptions to the Isles, maintaining close links with the Scandinavian world. READ MORE

  5. 4. Arrangement of space inside Ölandic ringforts. A comparative study of the spatial division within the ringforts Eketorp, Sandby, and Ismantorp

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Fraya-Noëlle Denninghaus; [2019]
    Keywords : Öland; Sweden; ringforts; Eketorp; Ismantorp; Sandby; settlement arrangement; Iron Age; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : In the Iron Age AD, ringforts were constructed on the Swedish island Öland. Most of them contained a settlement inside. The remains of 15 of these ringforts are still preserved in the landscape. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gotlandic Villas : Implications of the distribution of high status finds in Gotlandic Iron Age houses known as “kämpgravar”

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Jonathan Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Kämpgrav; Iron Age settlements; finds; Roman-Scandinavian connections; feasting items; statistical analysis;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to on one hand give a good overview of finds found in gotlandic stonefoundationhouses (kämpgravar) that were commonly built during the Iron Age and on the other hand investigate the possibility of separating some houses from others and trace social stratification and hierarchies based on the finds. The items of special interest for this goal were those that could be connected to wealth such as drinking objects, Roman objects and objects made of silver and gold. READ MORE