Essays about: "Massgrav"

Found 3 essays containing the word Massgrav.

  1. 1. With sword and mace? : Searching for blunt force trauma from the cranial material of the Battle of Good Friday

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Anniina Laine; [2020]
    Keywords : trauma; trauma analysis; Middle Ages; Uppsala;

    Abstract : The crania from a mass grave associated to the Battle of Good Friday (1520) in Uppsala were re-examined in this study. The total skeletal material has been analysed before, but blunt force trauma was excluded and therefore a comprehensive trauma pattern could not be presented. READ MORE

  3. 2. Concerning Mass Graves : The use, development and identities within mass graves during the Scandinavian Iron age and Middle ages.

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

    Author : Mattias Frisk; [2015]
    Keywords : Iron Age; Middle age; mass grave; beowulf; social identity; warfare; violence; weapon deposition; Järnålder; Medeltid; Massgrav; Beowulf; våld; sociala identiteter; krigföring; vapendeponi;

    Abstract : This master thesis deals with the subject of mass graves as a result of war and violence; how, where and why they are created, what they represent and how they are used throughout the Scandinavian Iron Age and Middle Ages. To analyze and discuss these questions, I have used nine case studies as well as several literary sources such as Beowulf, Tacitus and Jordanes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vikings’ demise on foreign soil – a case of ethnic cleansing? : The discovery of two mass graves containing the remains of Scandinavians in Anglo-Saxon England

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Eva Josefsson Bernhardsdotter; [2012]
    Keywords : Vikings; Anglo-Saxons; England; ethnic cleansing; mass grave; St Brice’s day; Scandinavia; isotope analysis; vikingar; anglosaxer; England; etnisk rensning; massgrav; Sankt Brice; Skandinavien; isotopanalys;

    Abstract : The discovery of two mass graves in England in 2010 containing the remains of Scandinavian men in their prime from the Viking age against the historical backdrop of Anglo-Saxon England has elicited questions as to whether or not they were victims of ethnic cleansing. Literature studies combined with the results from the post-excavation analyses render the conclusion that the victims in the grave, most likely, were not subjected to ethnic cleansing. READ MORE