Essays about: "Medieval period"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words Medieval period.

  1. 1. To Gender or Not to Gender : A critical reassessment of how gender is – and can be – approached in archaeology, exemplified in two Scandinavian burial assemblages dating to the early Medieval period

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

    Author : Jessica Sander; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender; theory; Queer Archaeology; burial assemblage; Vivallen; Klinta; Genus; teori; Queer Arkeologi; gravkontext; Vivallen; Klinta;

    Abstract : Gender research in archaeology is a complex topic that puzzled scholars for decades. The past 50 years of it has seen a lot of theorizing, heated discussions, and requests for new additions to the archaeological toolkit so that this type of research can get a proper launch. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reconstructing Past Climate by Using XRF and Loss of Ignition on Loess from Adventdalen, Svalbard : Rekonstruktion av tidigare klimat genom attanvända XRF analys och antändningsförlust på lössavlagringar från Adventdalen, Svalbard

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Albin Andreasson; Noa Lind; [2023]
    Keywords : Svalbard; loess soil; XRF; weathering; climate change;

    Abstract : By analyzing the texture, composition and chemical composition of loess soils, the reconstruction ofpast climate regimes is enabled, which can improve our understanding of current and future climatechange. Properties such as grain size and composition, mineralogy, organic matter and chemicalcomposition can provide information about which environmental factors were present during thedeposition of the sediment, which can lead to a detailed picture of the climate history of a site. READ MORE

  4. 3. Roots of Institutional Transformation: Hamburg in the late 16th and early 17th centuries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lorenzo Siemann; [2023]
    Keywords : Hamburg; early modern; merchants; institutions; institutional development; Hanse; Hanseatic League; Business and Economics; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the beginnings of Hamburg’s institutional transformation from a predominantly Hanseatic-style city to a Northern European financial and economic center. Existing literature has repeatedly pointed out the importance of migrants in the diffusion of economic institutions in the early modern period. READ MORE

  5. 4. For Whom the Bugle Calls – Past and Present of Third-Party Enforcement in International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Hilda Malm Hansson; [2022]
    Keywords : public international law; legal history; enforcement; third state; sanctions; countermeasures; neutrality; sovereignty; non-intervention; collective security; international conflicts; United Nations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the phenomena of third-party enforcement in public international law, in a historical as well as in a contemporary perspective. To that end, it traces the role of such enforcement measures from the past into the present. READ MORE

  6. 5. Internal stability of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls : Calculations procedures for practical design

    University essay from KTH/Jord- och bergmekanik

    Author : Emil Davidsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Geosynthetics; GRS-walls; internal stability;

    Abstract : Reinforced soil constructions have a long history, and various types of the soil reinforcement havebeen in use since the medieval period. Geosynthetic reinforced soil walls (GRS-walls) while beingcommon throughout the world, in not included in the current Eurocode for geotechnical design, SSEN1997-1. READ MORE