Essays about: "funerary archaeology"

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

1. 1. Brown impasto at San Giovenale : Technological change and use of a fine-ware ceramic during the Orientalizing period (730–580 BCE)

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

   Author : Viktor Linusson; [2022]
   Keywords : performance characteristics; grooved pottery; ceramic technology; surface treatment; South Etruria; behavioural archaeology; oval hut;

   Abstract : Brown impasto is a fine, commonly burnished ceramic ware in use during the Orientalizing period in South Etruria. In previous scholarship, it has only been described, and understood mainly from funerary contexts. READ MORE

3. 2. White-ground lekythoi in context : An analysis of the geographical distribution, contexts, and value of white-ground lekythoi in the 5th century BCE

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

   Author : Carl William Eliasson; [2022]
   Keywords : White-ground lekythoi; lekythoi; context; value; distribution; geography; pottery; white-ground technique; archaeology; funerary space; domestic space; religious space;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse and interpret the distribution of white-ground lekythoi with a known context from the 5th century BCE. Exploring white-ground lekythoi in context is a complex matter, as many lekythoi lack archaeological documentation. READ MORE

4. 3. Being a royal or a noble at death : Funerary expressions of social status in Macedonia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Georgia Bei; [2022]
   Keywords : royalty; nobility; social status; tomb; deceased; material expression; funerary landscape; Macedonia; Vergina; Hagios Athanasios; Derveni; funerary archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses the funerary expression of social status in Macedonia during the 4th century BCE. Specifically, this thesis aims to examine the royal and the noble status and the way this is expressed in death, by making a distinction between royals and nobles. READ MORE

5. 4. The mirror in ancient South Italian funerary context : A study of the mirror’s function and symbolic meaning in graves in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto

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

   Author : Isabella Jäger; [2021]
   Keywords : Mirror; grave; Locri Epizefiri; Metaponto; contextual archaeology; iconographical analysis; Dionysiac cult; divination;

   Abstract : The mirror appears frequently in funerary contexts in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto and this thesis endeavours to rebuild the contexts of these mirrors using the approach of contextual archaeology. To explore the mirror’s contemporary function and meaning within the burial record and to discern why mirrors appear within a funerary setting, a chain of contexts is followed from the archaeological material to iconographical analysis, to comparative archaeological data, widening the contextual circles step by step. READ MORE

6. 5. The Serapeum project : Discussing the origins, landscape choice and building motivation behind the New Kingdom sacred bull burial site using landscape archaeology.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

   Author : Natanya Newton; [2021]
   Keywords : Amenhotep III; Apis bull; landscape selection; New Kingdom; Khaemwaset; Rameses II; Saqqara; Serapeum.;

   Abstract : Since the discovery of the Apis bull catacombs known as the Serapeum in the 1800’s by Auguste Mariette, Saqqara has become a topic of interest amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists. This in turn has prompted many new research attempts to try and better understand the function and significance of the funerary practices which took place there. READ MORE