Essays about: "experimental archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words experimental archaeology.

  1. 1. Judging a loaf by its appearance : A protocol to study bread and bread-like fragments based on the study cases of Gamla Uppsala, Valsgärde, and Gnista

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

    Author : Sara Scaglia; [2023]
    Keywords : Bread; Organic charred remains; Uppland; Experimental archaeology; Archaeobotany; Lipid analyses.; Bröd; organiska förkolnade lämningar; Uppland; experimentell arkeologi; arkeobotanik; lipidanalyser;

    Abstract : Bread is an important cultural and social marker, and it occurs in many contexts, often preserved as carbonised. However, as bread fragments are typically small and anonymous, their total value of them is not appreciated. Often bread material is grouped simply as organic and not considered. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Tailoring: A Qualitative Study of Craft Knowledge

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Therese Holmgren; [2022-07-05]
    Keywords : reconstruction; eighteenth century; dress history; craft knowledge; hand sewing;

    Abstract : This thesis researches the craft knowledge in eighteenth-century sewing through case studies and reconstructions. With the theoretical framework of experimental archaeology, craft science and object-based research, it was found that reconstructions can be a suitable method to research and document craft knowledge and skills of hand sewing. READ MORE

  4. 3. Taphonomic Markers and 3D-Modelling - A Non-Intrusive Method for Micromorphological Distinction of Metal and Stone Butchering Tools

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Gianni Bello Cifuentes; [2021]
    Keywords : Osteology; Experimental Archaeology; 3D-modelling; Photogrammetry; Microphotogrammetry; Taphonomy; Bone Surface Modification; Cut Marks; Butchery Patterns; Digital Visualisation; Digital Zooarchaeology; Digital Osteology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Digital tools in (zoo)archaeology have great potential for education, mediation, and research. Microphotogrammetric 3D-modeling offers new non-intrusive analytical approaches to old problems and questions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Secrets of the Spearhead : Developing Continuum Mechanical Simulations and Organic Residue Analysis for the Study of Scandinavian Flint Spearhead Functionality

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Fredrik Lundström; [2019]
    Keywords : spearhead; lithics; flint; projectile point; functionality; organic residue analysis; continuum mechanical analysis; experimental archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis is a pilot study, designed to test and develop methods suitable for the study of Scandinavian flint spearhead functionality. The functionality of projectile and lithic point armament has not been studied for almost 30 years in Scandinavia. Meanwhile, methods used to analyse lithic projectiles have developed considerably. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tall Tales : Ancestry and Artistry of Vertical Video

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Mats Ulenius; [2018]
    Keywords : vertical video; portrait mode; media archaeology; history of film style; shot composition;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of the 2010’s, consumers have increasingly picked up the habit of using smartphones to shoot and watch video in portrait mode – vertical video. The format has also spread to professional film making in the form of advertising, fiction film and other genres produced for viewing on vertically oriented screens – especially smartphone screens. READ MORE