Essays about: "Sigtuna"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Sigtuna.

  1. 1. Ekologi & estetik : om förhållandet mellan ekologiska och estetiska värden inom dagvattenhantering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Edvinsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Ekologisk dagvattenhantering; ED; LOD; biodike; regngård; regnbädd; gestaltning; ekologi; estetik; landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : Ekologisk dagvattenhantering, ED, är ett högaktuellt område där det i dag sker en enorm utveckling. Då jag började skriva denna uppsats, 2009/2010, var läget ett helt annat. Jag var frustrerad och förskräckt över att det fanns så mycket kunskap men så lite vilja att arbeta med dessa frågor “på riktigt”. READ MORE

  3. 2. Studying Historical Continuity

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Jim Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sigtuna;

    Abstract : The aspect of being historical conscious have during the past years become more present in the debate of architectural production. Politicians, architects and the general public are all divided in witch direction to head. The goal in my thesis is to change the narrative in how to approach contemporary additions in a historical context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Orð Víkinganna. The level and scale of literacy in the Viking World : The cases of Birka and Sigtuna.

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

    Author : Themistoklis Zacharopoulos; [2021]
    Keywords : Viking Age; Sweden; literacy; Birka; Sigtuna; runes; inscriptions; styli; writing tools; GIS; archaeolinguistics; archaeological research; Vikingatiden; Sverige; läs och skrivkunnighet; Birka; Sigtuna; runor; inskriptioner; styli; skrivverktyg; GIS; arkeolingvistik; arkeologisk forskning;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to study the level and scale of literacy as it expanded in Viking towns during the 8th-12th century. In order to get an understanding of this spread, I have worked with two case-studies of Viking towns, as they were founded and prospered during and by the end of the Viking Age in Sweden; the town of Birka located in Björkö Island in Lake Mälaren, and the town of Sigtuna located in the province of Uppland, in central Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Traces of the Past : XRF analysis of soils samples from a medieval churchyard in Sigtuna, Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Jeremy Hobbs; [2020]
    Keywords : XRF; multi- element analysis; soil samples; Sigtuna; early medieval archaeology; urban archaeology; church; churchyard.;

    Abstract : Sigtuna is one of the first settlements in Sweden considered to be a proper town. Taking over Birka´s function as a central trading hub when it was founded in the late 10th century AD, Sigtuna was characterized by its early connection to Christianity, and many churches were built there. READ MORE

  6. 5. From Bloomery Furnace to Blast Furnace : Archeometallurgical Analysis of Medieval Iron Objects From Sigtuna and Lapphyttan, Sverige

    University essay from KTH/Materialvetenskap

    Author : Andreas Helén; Andreas Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : During the Early Middle Ages, the iron production in Sweden depended on the bloomery furnace, which up to that point was well established as the only way to produce iron. Around the Late Middle Ages, the blast furnace was introduced in Sweden. READ MORE