Essays about: "Lovö"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Lovö.

  1. 1. Queering the Normal? : An intersectional study of gender identities and roles in the Late Iron Age cemeteries at Lovö, Sweden

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

    Author : Leticia Tate; [2024]
    Keywords : Archaeology; Gender Studies; Queer Theory; Cemeteries; Burials; Iron Age; Scandinavia; Grave Goods; Intersectionality; Lovö; Identity; Arkeologi; genusvetenskap; queerteori; kyrkogårdar; begravningar; järnåldern; Skandinavien; gravgods; intersektionalitet; Lovö; identitet;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the relationship between grave goods and the identity of buried individuals. The interpretation of sex and gender, as well as gendered grave goods in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, is of a particular focus. READ MORE

  3. 2. Age of the Cremated : On the estimation of age of burnt human remains

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Emil Åkesson; [2019]
    Keywords : age estimation; cremated remains; diploë; suture closure;

    Abstract : The estimation of age is an important aspect in osteoarchaeological analysis. In order to understand people and their fates in past societies, researchers must turn to palaeodemography. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Beads come Together : Late Iron Age glass beads as past possessions and present sources

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

    Author : Moa Råhlander; [2017]
    Keywords : Bead; beads; glass; viking; Iron Age; beadmaking; making; craft; pearl; Råhlander; Moa; Lovö; Kent; production; collection; pärlor; vikingatid; glas; glaspärlor; pärla; Råhlander; Moa; pärltillverkning; produktion; tillverkning; Lovö; kent;

    Abstract : This study aims to demonstrate the potential for understanding first millennium glass beads not as individual representatives of types, but as collections of objects brought together and curated by owners. It uses the author’s experience as a skilled bead maker to investigate processes of bead production and mechanics of bead collection current in Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England in the period of 6th to 9th century AD. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
    Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of ozonation/filtration on the raw water from Lake Mälaren

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Nina Larsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Drinking water treatment; ozonation; filtration; chemical coagulation; pilot plant; lab-scale experiments.;

    Abstract : Syftet med examensarbetet var att undersöka effekterna av ozonering och filtrering på råvattnet från sjön Mälaren. Studien är utförd i en pilotanläggning på Lovö vattenverk, Stockholm Vatten AB, under våren 2004. En negativ effekt med den konventionella reningen är den stora konsumtionen av kemiska koagulanter. READ MORE