Essays about: "archaeology in gotland"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words archaeology in gotland.

1. 1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Bundle Burials at Ajvide/Jakobs : A taphonomic interpretation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Johanna Pettersson Svärd; [2021]
   Keywords : Bundle burials; mortuary archeology; archaeothanatology; taphonomy; archaeology; osteology;

   Abstract : The burial type referred to as bundle burials was a rare occurrence during the Neolithic era and little research has been done on the topic. Three graves from the Ajvide/Jakobs site at Eksta parish, Gotland have been identified as this specific type of burial. READ MORE

5. 4. Digital Marine Osteoarchaeology : The problematization of bodies and bones in water

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

   Author : Matilda Fredriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Digital marine osteoarchaeology; Marine archaeology; Marine osteology; Osteoarchaeology; Bioarchaeology; Birka; Mars; Gribshunden; Mary Rose; Sandby borg; Çatalhöyük; Marine osteoarchaeology; Animal remains; Human remains; Taphonomy; Fluvial transport.;

   Abstract : This master's thesis is intended as a foundation for further development of methods for digital marine osteoarchaeology. The main purpose of this thesis was to examine and problematise the process of locating, documenting, and analyzing skeletal remains in marine archaeological, and other hard to reach sites. READ MORE

6. 5. Hogging Wealth : Dental analyses and an interdisciplinary study of the importance of pigs in prehistoric economies

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

   Author : Eric Hägglund; [2017]
   Keywords : Teeth analyses; Sus; wild boar; pig; osteology; Linear Enamel Hypoplasia; molars; ethno archaeology; Pitted Ware culture; Ajvide; Durrington Walls;

   Abstract : Studies in zoo-archaeological Neolithic contexts is the study of early animal domestication in relation to humans transitioning into a more sedentary species. Research and documentation are vital for reconstructing the mechanisms behind the threshold event. READ MORE