Essays about: "grave goods"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words grave goods.

  1. 11. Early Lyres in Context - A Comparative Contextual Study on Early Lyres and the Identity of Their Owner/User

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Julia Hillberg; [2015]
    Keywords : identity; grave; context; Scandinavian; continental; Anglo-Saxon; bridge; Germanic round-lyre; Music Archaeology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Prehistorical musical instruments have been explored in archaeology more systematically since the 1970s when music archaeology was established as a field of study. The new awareness initially led to studies centred on retrieving musical instruments that had been missed and were now lost in archives. New discoveries, too, are very object-oriented. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Scandinavian settlement at Grobiņa : the connections between the settlement, the local population and Gotland

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Daniel Gunnarsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Grobiņa; Couronians; Gotland; Baltic Sea; Circular disc brooches; Latvia; trade centres; Vendel Age; Grobin; Kurland; Gotland; Lettland; Östersjön; dosformade spännen; handelsplatser; vendeltid;

    Abstract : In the town of Grobiņa in Latvia several cemeteries with grave goods and burial traditions that could be linked to Gotland have been excavated, as well as cemeteries of local type. The town itself has been interpreted as the site of a Vendel age settlement, possibly beginning around 650 AD. READ MORE

  4. 13. Anonymous artefacts and revealing runes : Scandinavian runic artefacts from a gender perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Elin Andersson; [2012]
    Keywords : gender; Viking Age; Scandinavia; runic inscriptions; grave goods; genus; vikingatid; Skandinavien; runristade föremål; gravgods;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to examine a group of runic artefacts dated to the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) from a gender perspective. The analysed material consists of 59 runic artefacts from Scandinavia, which differ in regards to base material, context and content. READ MORE

  5. 14. The consequences of a deletion of the nautical fault

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Jansson; [2007-09-25T08:38:21Z]
    Keywords : Sjörätt; Maritime law;

    Abstract : Summary When a vessel is involved in an accident like grounding or collision there is often some sort of damage to the ship or even the total loss of the ship. Let us say the ship is damaged and there is a seawater leakage or similar, then it is likely that the cargo will also be damaged. READ MORE