Essays about: "Animal osteology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Animal osteology.

1. 1. Amongst Seals, Cattle, and Boars

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

   Author : Thomas Larsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Osteology; Animal Osteology; Middle Neolithic; Pitted Ware Culture; Subsistence Strategies; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This study utilises Correspondence Analysis to investigate the subsistence strategies of Scandinavia's Middle Neolithic Culture of the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC). The aim is to understand subsistence strategies' regional and local expressions across larger geographic areas. READ MORE

3. 2. All Is Fish that Comes to His Net - contextualising subsistence strategy, animal economy and mobility in coastal Sweden's Mesolithic past

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

   Author : Hanna Rosenborg; [2022]
   Keywords : Blå Jungfrun; coastal landscapes; mesolithic; osteology; zooarchaeology; mobility; diet; sedentism; subsistence strategy; hunter-gatherer; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : In an extensive analysis of seven coastal sites that are spread across the East and West coast of southern Sweden, animal economy and specialised hunting is at the forefront of interpreting the subsistence strategy and mobility in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer societies. Through comparative data, the following thesis will observe the differences and similarities between the aforementioned coastal regions of southern Sweden in an attempt to study the possible seasonality and sedentism of residential locations. READ MORE

4. 3. Osteological Markers of Nutritional Stress on the Swedish Island of Öland: Physiological Effects of Environmental Fluctuations during the Scandinavian Iron Age

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Claire Maeve Callahan; [2020]
   Keywords : Old World Drought Atlas; Dendroclimatology; Nutrition; Osteology; Multiple Correspondence Analysis; Skeletal Pathology; Dietary Isotopes; Environmental Reconstructions; Historic Climate; Iron Age; Sweden; Baltic Region; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The shift to agriculture as the main form of subsistence practice allowed past peoples the freedom and potential to exploit their natural and man-made environment for personal and societal gain. Decades of archaeological excavations conducted on the Swedish island of Öland have amassed a wealth of information regarding the subsistence and settlement patterns of Iron Age societies. READ MORE

5. 4. Digital Marine Osteoarchaeology : The problematization of bodies and bones in water

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

   Author : Matilda Fredriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Digital marine osteoarchaeology; Marine archaeology; Marine osteology; Osteoarchaeology; Bioarchaeology; Birka; Mars; Gribshunden; Mary Rose; Sandby borg; Çatalhöyük; Marine osteoarchaeology; Animal remains; Human remains; Taphonomy; Fluvial transport.;

   Abstract : This master's thesis is intended as a foundation for further development of methods for digital marine osteoarchaeology. The main purpose of this thesis was to examine and problematise the process of locating, documenting, and analyzing skeletal remains in marine archaeological, and other hard to reach sites. READ MORE

6. 5. 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