Essays about: "Stone Age"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the words Stone Age.

  1. 16. Läplanteringars betydelse för jordbruket och biologisk mångfald : med fokus på uppbyggnad och artsammansättning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Rawan Allawi; Ida Ek Mitchell; [2021]
    Keywords : läplanteringar; biologisk mångfald; vindskydd; jordflykt; vegetation; artval; struktur; kvalitéer; uppbyggnad;

    Abstract : Ever since the Stone Age, nature and man have collaborated in the change in the cultural landscape with all its components. The basis for the function of this circulation is partly about how and to what extent man uses nature's resources, and partly how nature itself responds to the changes. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Tripartite Ideology : Interactions between threefold symbology, treuddar and the elite in Iron Age Scandinavia

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

    Author : Austin Main; [2020]
    Keywords : treudd; tripartite; odal; ancestral worship; liminality; Iron Age; Old Norse religion;

    Abstract : Amongst the Iron Age Scandinavian elite, there are several supra-regional and multifaceted tripartite (or threefold) symbolic expressions. These include expressions found in art, artefacts and monuments, such as the triangular stone-settings, or Sw. treuddar, which may be the strongest manifestation in the landscape. READ MORE

  4. 18. Religious Identities in Viking Age Britain: Pagan Imagery in a Colonial Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Margaret Lucille Muth; [2020]
    Keywords : archaeology; colonial identity; iconography; imagery; Norse mythology; preChristian religions; religion; stone monuments; Viking Age Britain; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. READ MORE

  5. 19. The mysterious grinding grooves

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

    Author : Sören Gannholm; [2020]
    Keywords : Grinding grooves; Gotland; Neolithic; excavation; 14C-dating; archaeoastronomy;

    Abstract : On the Island of Gotland, there is a phenomenon called grinding grooves, Sw. slipskåror. They occur in bedrock and boulders. About 3600 are known on the island today and having a length of less than half a meter to over one meter. READ MORE

  6. 20. Västergarn Boat Rivets in Context : Case Study : The Missing Boatyard

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Richard Koehler; [2020]
    Keywords : Marine craft; boatyard; WBS; supply-chain; Knärr; Cig; boat; ship; maritime community; interdisciplinary;

    Abstract : Gotland has a rich material cultural heritage from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages thanks to the island's strategic location in the middle of the Baltic Sea; especially true for the Viking Age when Gotlanders had extensive trade contacts with the east dating from the mid 12th century and Gotland’s economy was dominated by such contacts. This essay deals with Gotland's maritime infrastructure and its development between about 1100 and 1400 based on a case study of boat rivets from the medieval settlement of Västergarn. READ MORE