Essays about: "early Bronze Age"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words early Bronze Age.
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1. 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 historiaAbstract : 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
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2. Challenging Old Truths : Viewing Cultural Hybridity from the Perspective of the Tarand-Graves
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : A phenomenon during the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age which in its simplest form could be called ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is an idea which many archaeologists have favoured. However, the term ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is not the most ideal to use when discussing the Baltic Sea during this time in prehistory, as the term is rather simplifying from what would be the more diverse truth. READ MORE
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3. Land cover changes in Southern Sweden from the mid-Holocene to present day: insights for ecosystem service assessments
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from pollen information. READ MORE
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4. 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 historiaAbstract : 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
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5. Vegetation history and human-environment interactions through the late Holocene in Konar Sandal, Kerman, SE Iran
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : The Jiroft valley, in southeastern Iran, was an important agricultural centre since the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BCE). The valley is characterized by harsh environmental settings: hot climate with poor rainfall. However, more optimal conditions may have prevailed earlier that supported ancient settlements. READ MORE
