Essays about: "Germanic"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the word Germanic.

  1. 11. The Woman Behind It All. Searching for Social Roles of Women in Late Iron Age Central Blekinge

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia

    Author : Antonia Hellstam; [2019]
    Keywords : Key words: warrior society; social role of women; cremation grave material; Beowulf; Lady with mead cup; Blekinge; Västra Vång; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : With the aim of widening the picture of a Late Iron Age warrior society in central Blekinge by studying the social role of its women, female cremation burials have been identified and their material studied. Artefacts and their combinations have been interpreted and their suggested meanings compared with contemporary iconography as well as with Anglo-Saxon and Norse literary sources. READ MORE

  3. 12. Quantifying loanwords: A study of borrowability in the Finnish lexicon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Sandra Cronhamn; [2018]
    Keywords : loanwords; Finnish; Uralic languages; language contact; borrowing; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The current study set out to investigate patterns of loanwords in a sample of 1,460 lexical meanings in the Finnish lexicon by means of quantitative methods. The methodology used was borrowed from the Loanword Typology project (Haspelmath & Tadmor 2009a), and consisted of a template including various fields, where information about each lexical item was coded. READ MORE

  4. 13. A Coin for the Afterlife

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

    Author : Hanna Emgård Ryberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Obolus; Scandinavia; Viking Age; Coins; Grave Goods; Birka; Hedeby; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Emgård Ryberg, H. 2018. A Coin for the Afterlife. Charon’s Obols in Viking Age Scandinavia? Lund University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. READ MORE

  5. 14. Once upon a time in Germania Magna. The relation between terra sigillata and the historical events in the northwestern and northeastern Europe (1-400 CE)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Matea Cavka; [2018]
    Keywords : terra sigillata; germania magna; roman empire; historical events; distribution; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : During the period of the Roman Imperial Period the area north of the Roman limes, Germania Magna, was influenced from the Roman Empire. The varied interactions between the Romans and the Germanic population, living beyond the northern frontier, has broadly been studied during centuries. READ MORE

  6. 15. Separated by gender? A contribution to the debate on Roman Imperial Period burial grounds in northern Germany

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Rebecka Jonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Archaeology; gender; Roman Imperial Period; GIS; Elbe Germanic people; burial ground analysis; intersectionality; genderscript; spatial analysis;

    Abstract : This study concerns 28 Roman Iron Age Germanic burial grounds located in proximity to the river Elbe (dt. "Elbegermanen"). READ MORE