Essays about: "The Neolithic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words The Neolithic.

  1. 1. Röekillorna unsealed – an osteological analysis of the seal remains at Röekillorna Spring

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Tea Jahrehorn Önnerfors; [2023]
    Keywords : zooarchaeology; osteological research; offerings-and burial; pinnipedia; grey seals; Neolithic; Iron Age; wetlands; pre-historical Scania; Baltic Sea; Röekillorna Spring; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 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 historia

    Author : Anna Sointula; [2023]
    Keywords : Secondary treatment; human bone remains; absent craniums; dispersed bone fragments; ‘skull cult’; burial rituals; CA; Middle Neolithic period; PWC; Gotland.; Sekundär behandling; mänskliga skelettrester; saknade kranier; spridda benfragment; ‘skallkult’; begravningsritual; KA; Mellanneolitikum; GRK; Gotland.;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. Amongst Seals, Cattle, and Boars

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Thomas Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Osteology; Animal Osteology; Middle Neolithic; Pitted Ware Culture; Subsistence Strategies; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 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 historia

    Author : Vir Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Late Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Gotland; re-analysis; paleopathology microarchaeology; unmarked grave; communal burial; Senneolitikum; äldre bronsålder; Gotland; återanalys; paleopatologi mikroarkeologi; flatmarksgrav; gemensam grav;

    Abstract : 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

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

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    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