Essays about: "Southern Scandinavia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words Southern Scandinavia.

  1. 1. Are Skyscrapers Too Tall? : The Case of Southern Stockholm

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Alvar Elmgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Skyscrapers; Shadows; Visibility; Tellus Towers; Sweden;

    Abstract : The number of skyscrapers are increasing rapidly across the world. Interest is growing considerably in places such as Asia and Europe. Because of their height skyscrapers have a strong symbolic value and can help a city attract interest. READ MORE

  3. 2. Den gudomliga hästen? Hästen i sydskandinavien under bronsåldern

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Madeleine Horvath; [2023]
    Keywords : imaging; bronze-age; petroglyphs; horse-gear; iconography; cosmology; status.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This essay is an analysis of the horse during the scandinavian bronze age, more specifically southern scandinavia with a breaking point at circa Gothenburg. The questions regard whether or not the horse was a high status animal during older to younger bronze age in the region and whether or not we can argue this based on rock carvings, horse gear and other pictorial renderings where the horse is present. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fortificationscapes in southern Sweden : A consideration of the different reasons for fortifications in the 17th century AD compared to pre-history

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : andré nylander; [2023]
    Keywords : Landscape analysis; Fortificationscape; Scandinavia; Viewshed;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling studerar befästningar i deras landskapssammanhang. Den undersöker vilka faktorer som bidragit till byggandet av befästningar, var de finns och förhållandet mellan bosättning och befästningar. Fokus ligger på stadsborgen från 1600-talet e.Kr. READ MORE

  5. 4. The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context

    University essay from

    Author : Roger Cederberg; [2022-11-15]
    Keywords : Neolithic; Southern Scandinavia; Dolmen; Passage grave; C14; Bohuslän;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 5. A re-investigation of hummocky moraine formed from ice sheet decay using geomorphological and sedimentological evidence in the Vomb area, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Tim Bjermo; [2022]
    Keywords : glacial geomorphology; remote sensing; LiDAR; sedimentology; glacitectonite; deformation structures; hummocky moraine; quaternary geology; deglaciation; glacial geomorfologi; fjärranalys; sedimentologi; glacitektonit; deformationstrukturer; småkullig morän; backlandskap; moränlandskap; kvartärgeologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Glacial sediment-landform assemblages have long been used to reconstruct the dynamics of ice sheets throughout the Quaternary time period, particularly so for the period of the last glaciation in northern Europe and southern Scandinavia. One such sediment-landform assemblage is hummocky moraine, which has previously been used as an all-encompassing descriptive terminology strongly associated with dead ice meltout and passive deglaciation. READ MORE