Essays about: "Bronze Age"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 40 essays containing the words Bronze Age.

1. 11. Infants of the Aegean Bronze Age : A study of intramural infant burials in their social context

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

   Author : Sunnervik Sofia; [2021]
   Keywords : Intramural burial; infant burial; Aegean Bronze Age; social change; kinship;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the phenomenon of intramural infant burial during Middle Helladic III–Late Helladic II during the Aegean Bronze Age. Intramural graves of children aged two years or less at Málthi and Ayios Stephanos, two settlements on the Greek mainland, are studied from a number of perspectives: the physical properties of the graves and the buried infants, the spatial and intramural context of the grave, and their relationship to their social and societal context. READ MORE

3. 12. Every picture in its place - A spatial analysis of rock art in Tjust using GIS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Matilda Hildenborg; [2021]
   Keywords : rock art; Bronze age; spatiality; Tjust; GIS; photogrammetry; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Rock art is the closest we have to a written language from the Bronze age. The different motifs make us wonder what stories they tell us, what they are representing and why they were even made in the first place. READ MORE

4. 13. Multiple expressions of the wheel cross motif in South Scandinavian rock carvings : case studies of Tanum and Enköping in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Yani Ma; [2020]
   Keywords : Rock carvings; Southern Scandinavia; wheel cross; intercontextual; materiality; lifeline; comparative analysis; Tanum; Enköping; Hällristningar; södra Skandinavien; hjulkors; interkontextuell; materialitet; livslinje; jämförande analys; Tanum; Enköping;

   Abstract : Scandinavian rock carvings can be described as the special rock art languages that were written by prehistoric humans to express their ideas, beliefs and thoughts. Each piece of figurative motif language might tell a prehistoric story about for instance domestic life, social practice, ritual or cosmology. READ MORE

5. 14. Mortuary Practices in LC Cyprus. A Comparative Study Between Tombs at Hala Sultan Tekke and Other LC Bronze Age Sites in Cyprus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Marcus Svensson; [2020]
   Keywords : Hala Sultan Tekke; Late Cypriote Bronze Age; pit well tombs; chamber tombs; shaft graves; Mycenae.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates differences and similarities in the funerary material of Late Bronze Age Cyprus in order to answer questions about a possible uniqueness of the pit/well tombs at the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke. The thesis also tries to explain why these features stand out as singular, compared to the more common chamber tomb, and the reason for their existence. READ MORE

6. 15. Håga in context – An analysis of the Håga complex in the Bronze Age landscape of the Mälar Valley region

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Rachel Elliott; [2020]
   Keywords : Håga complex; King Björn’s mound; Bronze Age; Middle Sweden; Mälar Valley region; ritual landscapes; ritual practice theory; Hågakomplexet; Kung Björns hög; bronsåldern; Mellansverige; Mälardalen; rituell landskapet; rituellpraktiksteori;

   Abstract : The Bronze Age in Middle Sweden is characterized by several key sites and monuments which have been interpreted by previous research to play an overarching role in the elite ruling system in the Mälar Valley region. King Björn’s mound (a.k.a. READ MORE