Essays about: "Archaeology"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 338 essays containing the word Archaeology.

1. 41. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

3. 42. Judging a loaf by its appearance : A protocol to study bread and bread-like fragments based on the study cases of Gamla Uppsala, Valsgärde, and Gnista

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

   Author : Sara Scaglia; [2023]
   Keywords : Bread; Organic charred remains; Uppland; Experimental archaeology; Archaeobotany; Lipid analyses.; Bröd; organiska förkolnade lämningar; Uppland; experimentell arkeologi; arkeobotanik; lipidanalyser;

   Abstract : Bread is an important cultural and social marker, and it occurs in many contexts, often preserved as carbonised. However, as bread fragments are typically small and anonymous, their total value of them is not appreciated. Often bread material is grouped simply as organic and not considered. READ MORE

4. 43. The Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability in Medieval Helsingborg - A Population Analysis of the Skeletal Material from the Convent of S:t Nicolai

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

   Author : Henrik Wendt; [2023]
   Keywords : Bioarchaeology of Disability; Disability Studies; Osteology; Bioarchaeology; Trauma; Medieval Helsingborg; S:t Nicolai; Middle Ages; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Disability is an aspect that forms a significant part of the human condition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability. That accounts for roughly 15 % of the entire human population, and therefore it has been sometimes referred to as the world's largest minority. READ MORE

5. 44. Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Tailoring: A Qualitative Study of Craft Knowledge

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

   Author : Therese Holmgren; [2022-07-05]
   Keywords : reconstruction; eighteenth century; dress history; craft knowledge; hand sewing;

   Abstract : This thesis researches the craft knowledge in eighteenth-century sewing through case studies and reconstructions. With the theoretical framework of experimental archaeology, craft science and object-based research, it was found that reconstructions can be a suitable method to research and document craft knowledge and skills of hand sewing. READ MORE

6. 45. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Andra Tudor; [2022]
   Keywords : poverty; subaltern; Viking Age; urban spaces; identity; social hierarchies; medieval; early medieval Scandinavia; housing; Kaupang; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. READ MORE