Essays about: "bronsålder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word bronsålder.

  1. 1. Rock Art in No Man’s Land - A case study of the inland rock art at Högsbyn, Dalsland

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    Author : Christoffer Magnusson; [2023-09-18]
    Keywords : sociokulturella system; socialsemiotik; 3D dokumentering; Brastad; Högsbyn; hällristningar i inlandet; kustnära hällristningar; Nordisk bronsålder;

    Abstract : Hällristningar från den nordiska bronsåldern har en hög koncentration i det kustnära Bohuslän. Forskningen har således fokuserat på detta område. Mindre uppmärksamhet har getts till hällristningar inåt land. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Scandinavian Mummies : Interpreting the preservative qualities of Danish Bronze Age Mounds

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

    Author : Ellinor Grönkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Burial mounds; Bronze Age; Denmark; Preservation; Oak-log coffins; Gravhögar; Bronsålder; Danmark; Bevarande; Ekstockskistor;

    Abstract : This paper explores/investigates the circumstances around the unusual level of preservation of organic materials within certain mounds in Jutland, Denmark, as well as the scientific benefits of these findings. These mounds contain coffins made from oak-logs and within them mummies of different degree of preservation have been found. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finding the Lady of the Lake : A Geospatial Analysis of Bronze Age Lake Deposition Sites

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : julia Schulte Koskinen; [2022]
    Keywords : GIS; landscape archaeology; Bronze Age; lake; deposits; deposition sites; central Sweden; GIS; landskapsarkeologi; bronsålder; sjö; depåfynd; depåer; mellansverige;

    Abstract : During the Bronze Age, bronze items were sacrificed to the gods by leaving them in the landscape. When making these sacrifices, known as deposits, the Bronze Age people followed certain landscape rules. These rules, and other similarities between the sites, can be rediscovered by analyzing the attributes of the sites. READ MORE

  6. 5. Shifting Memories: Burial Practices and Cultural Interaction in Bronze Age China : A study of the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries in the Tarim Basin

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

    Author : Yunyun Yang; [2019]
    Keywords : Burial practice; mortuary rituals; social identities; ancestral memories; the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries; Bronze Age; the Tarim Basin; Begravningsseder; gravritualer; social identitet; släktminnen; Xiaohe-Gumugou gravfälten; bronsåldern; Tarimbäckenet;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the burial practices in the Bronze Age Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, north-west China, in order to understand how people constructed their social identities and delivered the social cognitions through generations. The Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, as the main sites of the Xiaohe cultural horizon, have central roles for the understanding of the formation of the Bronze Age cultural groups and the cultural interactions between the west and the east in the Tarim Basin. READ MORE