Essays about: "funerary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word funerary.

  1. 1. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Oskar Bransell; [2023]
    Keywords : South-west portals; grave cult; ancestor worship; necromancy; doors of the dead ; Viking Age; Sydvästportar; gravkult; förfädersdyrkan; nekromanti; de dödas dörrar ; Vikingatiden;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nullis honoribus functus : Emotions, honour, and family among slaves and freedmen in the Roman Empire

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Fabio Spalla; [2023]
    Keywords : Slaves; freedmen; emotionology; honour; dishonour; family; epitaphs.; Slavar; frigivna; emotionologi; ära; skam; familj; epitafier.;

    Abstract : Research on Roman slavery has mainly been focued on questions of market economy since the beginning of the twentieth century. With the interest in the treatment of slaves and their experience of slavery, the master-slave relationship has been the object of increased interests, until recent exploration of the influence of freed slaves' culture on traditional practices. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Rest In Facebook : A Mixed Method Research on Digital Mourning Practices on Italian Facebook Public Pages Dedicated to Bereavement

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Aura Guerci; [2022]
    Keywords : Mourning; Facebook; Existentialism; Continuing Bonds; Italy; Public Pages; Death; Digital; Thanatechnology;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand digital mourning practices on Italian Facebookpublic pages dedicated to bereavement, by studying how the users interact with eachother and the platform.Italian funerary rites are richly engraved in the culture, however, mourningpractices have been increasingly changing, especially in the last decade. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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