Essays about: "greek archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words greek archaeology.

  1. 1. Tuning the grave : Early auloi as grave goods

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

    Author : Karl Appelgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Ancient music; auloi; music archaeology; archaeology of death and burial; Antik musik; auloi; musikarkeologi; begravningsarkeologi;

    Abstract : The aulos was the most important wind instrument in the ancient Greek world. In this thesis, the eight pre-Hellenistic graves in which auloi have been found are investigated with the aim of understanding auloi as grave goods. READ MORE

  3. 2. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Keywords : Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Abstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. The Site of an Unidentified Greek Settlement? New Surveys in Coda Volpe on Eastern Sicily

    University essay from

    Author : Michael Bratell; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Archaeology; Archaic Age; Catania; Coda Volpe; Greek Colonization; Micro-archaeology; Periphery; Post-Colonial Theory; Sicily; Survey; Symaetus;

    Abstract : This study examines Greek colonisation’s potential for archaeology in relation to Coda Volpe district on eastern Sicily where necropoleis indicate the existence of unidentified both Greek and Roman settlements. Recent initial surveys near the Simeto delta suggests the location of a periphery, without any previous systematic study, prospecting or geophysical survey. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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