Essays about: "hunter-gatherer"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word hunter-gatherer.
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1. The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context
University essay fromAbstract : The transformation from a hunter/gatherer population to a farming society in southern Scandinavia is a process of only 300-400 years, primarily from around 4000 BC to around 3700 BC. Farming is then established in most of southern Scandinavia. READ MORE
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2. All Is Fish that Comes to His Net - contextualising subsistence strategy, animal economy and mobility in coastal Sweden's Mesolithic past
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologiAbstract : In an extensive analysis of seven coastal sites that are spread across the East and West coast of southern Sweden, animal economy and specialised hunting is at the forefront of interpreting the subsistence strategy and mobility in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer societies. Through comparative data, the following thesis will observe the differences and similarities between the aforementioned coastal regions of southern Sweden in an attempt to study the possible seasonality and sedentism of residential locations. READ MORE
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3. In the Arms of Our Ancestors: The Universal Social Phenomenon of Human Child Care
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : Care is a fundamental need to all human children, in all cultures and through all of human existence. While child care is universal, its practices are cultural-specific. READ MORE
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4. Patterns of diversity of sex chromosomes and mitochondria in sub- Saharan African populations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : Human genetic diversity is not distributed evenly around the globe, as it decreases along the route of modern human expansion, which originated in Africa. The ancestors of Khoe-San and rainforest hunter gatherers have been linked with the roots of human history and present unmatched diversity. READ MORE
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5. A Minimum Analytical Nodule Analysis (MANA) Based Study : Mobility and sedentism during the Middle and Late Mesolithic in Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Lithic artifacts are used in the understanding of human history. In order to do so, analyses and categorizations are made of the artifacts with the use of several methods and terminology. In this thesis, the minimum analytical nodule analysis (MANA) is used as method to analyze assemblages of lithic artifacts from 16 archaeological sites in Sweden. READ MORE
