Essays about: "grave rituals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words grave rituals.

1. 1. The Sound of Silence : Experiencing the memory grove as a site of commemoration

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Lindfeldt; [2022]
   Keywords : memory grove [in Swedish: minneslund]; post-mortem relations; absence presence; post-mortem rituals;

   Abstract : The memory grove [in Swedish: minneslund] is becoming an increasingly popular custom of burial in Sweden. Unlike traditional Swedish burial customs, the memory grove is a collective and anonymous gravesite, unmooring the obligation and cost of traditional grave maintenance. READ MORE

3. 2. Animals in burial contexts : an investigation of Norse rituals and human-animal relationships during the Vendel Period and Viking Age in Uppland, Sweden

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

   Author : Hannah Strehlau; [2018]
   Keywords : human-animal relationships; burial ritual; Scandinavia; Vendel Period; Viking Age;

   Abstract : The deposition of animals in graves was an essential aspect of burial practice in Scandinavia during the Vendel Period and Viking Age (550–1050 AD). While this rite occurs in many different regions, it is most clearly observed in the boat-graves from the famous cemeteries in Swedish Uppland, such as Vendel and Valsgärde, as well as in a number of high-status cremation graves. READ MORE

4. 3. Buttering up the dead : An archaeological study of the relationship between burial urns and grave gifts from the scandinavian Roman Iron Age from Uppland, Sweden, using lipid-and elemental analyses

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

   Author : Annika Sundström; [2016]
   Keywords : Broby bro; lipid residues; GC-MS; pXRF; XRF; Uppland; Sweden; ceramics; sherds; Scandinavian Roman Iron Age; grave rituals; a7000;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker begravningsurnor som deponerats under romersk järnålder i grav A7000 i Broby bro, Täby Socken, Sverige. Materialet som undersöks är en del av forskningsprojektet; Broby bro – en plats där världen passerar. READ MORE

5. 4. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
   Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE

6. 5. Death as an architect of societies: Burial and social identity during the Viking Age in South-western Scania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Franciszek Satalecki; [2014]
   Keywords : Viking Age; death and burial; Social Identity; Human Sacrifice; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore the subject on how burial was used by Viking Age population of South-western Scania to express their social identity. As opposed to most earlier research concerning Viking Age burials I utilise regional, mourner-centred and practice-based approach. I am following observations conducted for burials in Denmark by J. READ MORE