Essays about: "Gotlandic history"

Found 4 essays containing the words Gotlandic history.

  1. 1. Religious Identities in Viking Age Britain: Pagan Imagery in a Colonial Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Margaret Lucille Muth; [2020]
    Keywords : archaeology; colonial identity; iconography; imagery; Norse mythology; preChristian religions; religion; stone monuments; Viking Age Britain; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Death Sells: Thanatourism Theming as a Sustainability Strategy at Gotlands Museum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Katherine Uziallo; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainable destination development; destination development; sustainable tourism; tourism; heritage tourism; dark tourism; thanatourism; museums; new museology; Gotlands Museum; Gotland; Gotlandic history; sustainability;

    Abstract : Over the past century the phenomenon of thanatourism, or dark tourism, has become increasingly popular, with tourists now able to encounter death at a wide range of sites across the world. While much scholarship has focused on tourism at sites of disaster and atrocity, less research has taken place into thanatourism in a museum context. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Gotlandic rural militia : A study of the invasion of Gotland 1361 in response to a modern narrative

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Thomas Neijman; [2017]
    Keywords : Middle Ages; medieval Scandinavia; medieval; history; archeology; battle of Wisby; battle of Visby; medeltid; tvärvetenskap; historiebruk; korsbetningen; historia; arkeologi;

    Abstract : De moderna beskrivningarna av Gotlands invasion 1361 delar ett ofta använt narrativ, där de gotländska och danska arméerna beskrivs som motsatser. Den danska armén sägs ha bestått av proffs, som var välutbildade och välutrustade. READ MORE

  5. 4. Applying Geoarchaeological Methods on an Iron Age site : Part two of a two-part study discussing Archaeological Prospection for Ytings, Gotland

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Jessica Coleman; [2017]
    Keywords : Geoarchaeology; Gotland; Iron Age; Magnetic Susceptability; Phosphate analysis;

    Abstract : Geoarchaeology has had a long history within archaeology around the world, but not so much so in Gotlandic archaeology. This study is aimed at drawing attention to this by using magnetic susceptibility (MS) and phosphate (P) analysis of an Iron Age site at Ytings, Gotland. READ MORE