Essays about: "place-names"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word place-names.

  1. 1. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Keywords : The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Abstract : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Karolina Jacobsen; [2023]
    Keywords : iron age; Scania; kullaberg; kullen; social structures; GIS; spatial analysis; assemblage theory; affordance theory; entanglement theory; power; resources; older remains; social roles; sites; functions; landscape archaeology; social; culture; activities; cultural landscapes; historical legacies; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. READ MORE

  4. 3. Identifying and Situating the Medieval Ragundaskogen: A Tale of Forest, Fish and Farmers

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

    Author : Alexandra Cochrane; [2021]
    Keywords : Eastern Jämtland; Medieval; Marginality; Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis; Abandoned Farms; Ragundaskogen; Resource Use; Jämtland and Härjedalen Diplomatarium; Niche Construction; Archaeology; Östra Jämtland; Medeltiden; Marginalitet; Medeltiden Agrarkris; Ödesböle; Ragundaskogen; Användandet av resurser; Jämtland och Härjedalen Diplomatarium; Nischkonstruktion; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : In several medieval written sources an area called Ragundaskogen (Eng: Ragunda Forest) is documented in eastern Jämtland. The references in the sources are general and lack specific information about location, meaning and the extent of this area. READ MORE

  5. 4. English Place-Names from a Scandinavian Perspective : A study on place-names in Herefordshire, Cumbria and the areas reachable by Viking ship through the Humber

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Martin Kahnberg; [2021]
    Keywords : place-names; Trent; Ouse; Ure; Swale; Humber; Cumbria; Herefordshire; derivations; Scandinavian; Old Norse; ortnamn; Trent; Ouse; Swale; Humber; Cumbria; Herefordshire; betydelser; skandinaviska; nordiska; fornnordiska;

    Abstract : In an attempt to discern the prevalence of British place-names with a Scandinavian origin this paper is a small linguistic study on place-names in Herefordshire, Cumbria and the areas along rivers Trent and Ouse. Based on modern maps place-names were included in the study. READ MORE

  6. 5. Translating Place Names : A study on English place names in Swedish texts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emelie Wångstedt; [2018]
    Keywords : English; place names; proper nouns; Swedish; translation strategy;

    Abstract : This study looks at English place names in Swedish texts with a focus on which translation strategies are more common today, whether there is a progress from a diachronic perspective from translation to transference, and whether the prominence of each place name affects the chosen translation strategy. The thesis includes a corpusbased study of 299 place names collected from four sources, which were researched in the online newspaper archive found on the website of the National Library of Sweden. READ MORE