Essays about: "Late Bronze Age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Late Bronze Age.

  1. 1. Defining the Unidentified : An osteological re-analysis of an unmarked Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age grave

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

    Author : Vir Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Late Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Gotland; re-analysis; paleopathology microarchaeology; unmarked grave; communal burial; Senneolitikum; äldre bronsålder; Gotland; återanalys; paleopatologi mikroarkeologi; flatmarksgrav; gemensam grav;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a micro-archaeological analysis of the osteological material from theunmarked communal grave L1977:6727, in Sigsarve, Gotland. The grave was found during the ploughing of a field and excavated in 1911. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Vårdprogram och underhållsplan för den historiska trädgården vid soldattorpet Rensmyran

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Marita Bergström; [2020]
    Keywords : soldattorp; vårdprogram; underhållsplan; historisk trädgård; kulturmiljö;

    Abstract : Soldattorpet Rensmyran med anor från sent 1600-tal är beläget på landsbygden sydväst om Uppsala. Torpet Rensmyran drivs som fritidsjordbruk med en liten uppfödning av hästrasen Gotlandsruss. På hag- och åkermark förekommer bete. READ MORE

  6. 5. Challenging Old Truths : Viewing Cultural Hybridity from the Perspective of the Tarand-Graves

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Victoria Gottberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Tarand-grave; cultural hybrid; cultural hybridity; ritual practice theory; the Baltic Sea; Bronze Age; Pre-Roman Iron Age; Roman Iron Age; Åland Islands;

    Abstract : A phenomenon during the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age which in its simplest form could be called ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is an idea which many archaeologists have favoured. However, the term ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is not the most ideal to use when discussing the Baltic Sea during this time in prehistory, as the term is rather simplifying from what would be the more diverse truth. READ MORE