Essays about: "Middle Neolithic period"
Found 3 essays containing the words Middle Neolithic period.
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1. A Place of Passage : Disturbed burials and dispersed human bone remains from the Mid-Neolithic burial ground at Ajvide on Gotland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : The Mid-Neolithic site of Ajvide on the Baltic Island of Gotland comprises the burials of 89 individuals within 85 separate burial contexts (Österholm 2008). Some of these individuals were detected with absent skeletal elements, such as the cranium, which have been believed to be represented by the considerable number of dispersed human bone fragments discovered from the site (Burenhult 2002: 33, see also Lundén 2012). READ MORE
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2. Amongst Seals, Cattle, and Boars
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologiAbstract : This study utilises Correspondence Analysis to investigate the subsistence strategies of Scandinavia's Middle Neolithic Culture of the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC). The aim is to understand subsistence strategies' regional and local expressions across larger geographic areas. READ MORE
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3. OSL dating of the Mesolithic site Nilsvikdalen 7, Bjorøy, Norway.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Luminescence dating is a well-established dating method within geological and archaeological research. However, the use of luminescence dating, and more specifically optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), is currently underutilised in Norwegian archaeology. READ MORE