Essays about: "grave goods"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words grave goods.

1. 6. Impacts on recyclability and sustainability in hanger production by replacing polystyrene with the biocomposite DuraSense® Pure S40 Impact D

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Luisa Fernanda Santiesteban García; [2020]
   Keywords : Gabi Envision; LCA; wood fibers; moulding; biocomposite;

   Abstract : Biocomposites have gained increasing attention in recent years. The environmental impacts of common plastics have led researchers and industrials to develop alternatives to fully petro-sourced materials (Beigbeder et al., 2019). READ MORE

3. 7. The Intersections of Labour Division - An intersectional archaeological and osteological study of labour division, based on the Ljungbacka grave field in Scania, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

   Author : Theresa Hedenstedt; [2020]
   Keywords : labour; labour division; intersectionality; queer theory; gender theory; corporeality; sex; gender; Iron Age; Viking Age; Scania; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis, The intersections of labour division – an intersectional archaeological and osteological study of labour division, based on the Ljungbacka grave field in Scania, Sweden, has been written with the intention of exploring new ways to approach, interpret and understand labour division. This has been done by practically applying intersectional theories to the Ljungbacka grave field, Lockarp parish, Scania by analysing the grave goods in correlation with the osteological results, with a focus on not only biological sex, but also on age, corporeality and status. READ MORE

4. 8. Dressing up the environmental potential for product-service systems: A comparative life cycle assessment on consumption in rental clothing vs. linear business models

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Emma Johnson; [2020]
   Keywords : product-service system; life cycle assessment; rental clothing; environmental impact; business model; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Science General;

   Abstract : Alternative business models such as product-service systems (PSSs) have been cited as a solution for the impacts from consumption and fast fashion, but there is a lack of evidence supporting the environmental claims of such business models for clothing. The research aimed to understand if rental clothing business models such as PSSs have the environmental benefits often purported by identifying ways to define the function of rental clothing, and quantifying the environmental impacts of rental clothing in a life cycle assessment (LCA). READ MORE

5. 9. A Coin for the Afterlife

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

   Author : Hanna Emgård Ryberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Obolus; Scandinavia; Viking Age; Coins; Grave Goods; Birka; Hedeby; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Emgård Ryberg, H. 2018. A Coin for the Afterlife. Charon’s Obols in Viking Age Scandinavia? Lund University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. READ MORE

6. 10. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
   Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE