Essays about: "Neolithic"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the word Neolithic.
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1. Röekillorna unsealed – an osteological analysis of the seal remains at Röekillorna Spring
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologiAbstract : Zooarchaeological studies have played a crucial role in understanding the pre-historic societies of Scania. The analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites has provided insights into the subsistence strategies, economic practices, and cultural beliefs of the people who lived in the region. READ MORE
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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 historiaAbstract : 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
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5. The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context
University essay fromAbstract : The transformation from a hunter/gatherer population to a farming society in southern Scandinavia is a process of only 300-400 years, primarily from around 4000 BC to around 3700 BC. Farming is then established in most of southern Scandinavia. READ MORE