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  1. 1. Death's reflection in the water : Mortuary ritual, ancestral worship and the cosmological significance of water on the island of Gotland during the Pitted Ware culture

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Maja Hed; [2021]
    Keywords : ritual; neolithic; grave goods; cosmology; flowing water; divinity; death; Pitted Ware culture; ritual; neolitikum; gravgåvor; kosmologi; rörligt vatten; gudomlighet; död; Gropkeramisk kultur;

    Abstract : The Pitted Ware culture on Gotland presents a multitude of material that allow archeologists to re-construct and visit the socio-economic structure of a middle-neolithic settlement in the Baltic sea. I will be analyzing the archaeological material in accordance to the ocean, and to what we can interpret as ritual and cosmological variables at the site through ritual theory, and with a method of comparative analogy and research. READ MORE

  3. 2. Neolithic farmers in Poland - A study of stable isotopes in human bones and teeth from Kichary Nowe in the south of Poland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Staffan Lundmark; [2016]
    Keywords : stable isotopic study; archaeological science; Neolithic in southern Poland; Kichary Nowe 2 grave-field; diet study on Neolithic bone material; stabila isotoper studie; laborativ arkeologi; neolitikum i södra Polen; Kichary Nowe 2 gravfält; dietstudie på neolitiskt benmaterial;

    Abstract : The diet of the Stone Age cultures is a strong indicator to the social group, thus farmers and hunters can be distinguished through their diet. There is well-preserved and well excavated Polish skeletal material available for such a study but the material has not previously been subject to stable isotopes analyses and therefore the questions of diets has not been answered. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Pitted Ware Site and People of Vendel : A study of the Pitted Ware site Vendel, Vendel parish, Uppland, based on vessel use through analysis of lipid residue absorbed in Pitted Ware pottery

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Mimmi Isacson; [2012]
    Keywords : Pitted Ware Culture; the Neolithic; Middle Neolithic; Vendel; Pottery; Vessel Use; Lipid Analysis; Organic Residue; GC-MS; Gropkermamisk kultur; neolitikum; mellanneolitikum; Vendel; Uppland; Keramik; kärlanvändning; lipidanalys; organiskalämningar; GC-MS;

    Abstract : Analysis of organic residue absorbed in to the walls of ceramic vessels has proved to be a valuable contributor to the knowledge of prehistoric societies. Based on the analysis of absorbed lipids in the wall of ceramic vessels and existing knowledge and theories about the Pitted Ware culture, an attempt of understanding of the Pitted Ware site Vendel is made. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Wild Side of the Neolithic : A study of Pitted Ware diet and ideology through analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in skeletal material from Korsnäs, Grödinge parish, Södermanland

    University essay from Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Elin Fornander; [2006]
    Keywords : archaeology; stable isotopes; carbon; nitrogen; radiocarbon dating; Neolithic; Stone Age; diet; Korsnäs; Södermanland; Pitted Ware Culture; identity; arkeologi; stabila isotoper; kol; kväve; 14C-datering; neolitikum; stenålder; kost; Korsnäs; Södermanland; GRK; gropkeramisk kultur; identitet;

    Abstract : The Pitted Ware Culture site Korsnäs in Södermanland, Sweden presents a, for the region, unique amount of preserved organic material suitable for chemical analyses. Human and faunal skeletal material has been subjected to stable isotope analysis with the aim of examining whether the diet of the Korsnäs people correlates with the seal-based subsistence of Pitted Ware Culture groups on the Baltic islands. READ MORE