Essays about: "archaeological science"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words archaeological science.

  1. 16. Tools of the Trade : An analysis using conservation and SEM of the context and iron material from the excavation of House X in the city block Humlegården 3 in Sigtuna

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Tomas Engerdahl; [2012]
    Keywords : archaeological science; laborativ arkeologi; iron; järn; Sigtuna; smithy; smedja; early middle ages; Viking age; Scanning electron microscope; SEM;

    Abstract : Sigtuna’s trade and production has been the subject of an increasing amount of archaeological investigations during the last 30 years. However, most of the research has been conductedregarding the buildings, coin mints and precious metal objects. This thesis will instead research one of the basics of the production, namely the iron. READ MORE

  3. 17. Interpreting in 3D - Employing 3D modeling in field archaeology from research and public communication perspectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Carolina Ask; [2012]
    Keywords : 3D modeling; visualization; model; reconstruction; field archaeology; public archaeology; computer vision; digital archaeology; virtual reality; virtual heritage; transparency; paradata; contextual experiment; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the use of digital technology on the border between science and public communication. The author argues for a public archaeology that goes beyond an arranged communication, where only one final truth about the past is presented. READ MORE

  4. 18. Optimal Foraging Theory - OFT : Background, Problems and Possibilities

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Ingegärd Enander Malmros; [2012]
    Keywords : Darwinism; diet-breadth; evolutionary ecology; Marginal Value Theorem; MVT; Optimal Foraging Theory; OFT; patch choice; prey choice; Gotland;

    Abstract : Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) has its origin in processualistic ideas in 1960s with traces back to the dawn of the archaeological science in the 19th century. The OFT model is based on the construction of an individual’s food item selection understood as an evolutionary construct that maximizes the net energy gained per unit feeding time. READ MORE

  5. 19. Devaluing the mitqal : Inherent Trading Fees in the Metrics of Birka

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet; Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Joakim Schultzén; [2009]
    Keywords : archaeological science; metrology; viking age; Birka; Sigtuna; 3D scanner; weights; laborativ arkeologi; metrologi; vikingatid; Birka; Sigtuna; 3D skanner; viktlod;

    Abstract : Abstract: Previous research on the Viking Age trade centre of Birka has suggested the parallel use of two harmonising standard weight units, differing in mass by five percent. As an explanation to this phenomenon, this paper puts forward a hypothesis of a trading fee, embedded in the weights. READ MORE

  6. 20. Distinguished by Culture : A study of lipid residue content in Neolithic potsherds from Trössla and Överåda in the parish of Trosa-Vagnhärad, Södermanland, Sweden

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Annesophie Ohlberger; [2009]
    Keywords : Archaeological science; Södermanland; Trosa-Vagnhärad; Neolitic; lipid residue analysis;

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