Essays about: "prehistory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word prehistory.

  1. 1. The Mesolithic Skeletons of Motala Canal

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Viktor Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Prehistory; Stone Age; Ritual; Skeletal Remains; Kanaljorden; Mesolitikum; Stenåldern;

    Abstract : This essay is about the Mesolithic of Motala Canal and the depositions that have been found there, including a large number of animal bones. I would argue the most important discovery at this site was the human skulls, which will be the main topic of this essay. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Sane Voice amidst the Madness : The Prehistory of the 2023 World’s Stance on the Verge of a Nuclear War between the East and the West as a Logical Aftermath of the Post-Cold War History. How and Why Do We End Up in a State of a Cold War Again?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Vasil Shaptun; [2023]
    Keywords : Cold War; NATO; Russia; Post-Cold War; USA;

    Abstract : “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein Today we live in very interesting times for researchers but at the same time very dangerous for the whole human existence and our planet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Skeuomorphs what art thou? A skeuomorphic perspective on material preference and categorisation in prehistory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Alice Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Skeuomorphism; material properties; material categorisation; material preference; material perception; material interpretation; affordance; cultural spheres; reflexive methodology; archaeological terminology; imitation; original; centre and periphery; metaphorical material; meaningful material; southwestern French Aurignacian; ivory beads; south Scandinavian neolithic; flint daggers; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Past material categorisation and preference in archaeological research are often heavily influenced by modern material perception, through the use of modern language and modern terminological connotations. This thesis seeks to clarify material categorisation and preference in the past, by studying two different skeuomorphs; Aurignacian shell skeuomorphs made from ivory, and south Scandinavian metal dagger skeuomorphs made from flint. READ MORE

  5. 4. Late use of chipped stone tools: A case study of Viking age and Medieval material from middle Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Mikael Lindahl; [2022]
    Keywords : Viking age; Middle age; Lithics analysis; Use-wear analysis; Affordance; Entanglement; Värmland; Mälardalen; Skramle; Birka; Scrapers; Fur-production; trade; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Stone tools define earlier prehistory but the extent of their usage in later periods remains uncertain, as the archaeological community tends to focus on trademark materials from respective time periods. Accordingly, usage of chipped stone such as quartz and flint in later periods, tends to be ignored or regarded as residual from earlier Stone age activities, resulting in that valuable knowledge is lost. READ MORE

  6. 5. Settlement and Interactions in Pacific Prehistory : An Overview of Modern Genetic Research

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Mira Anna Beatrice Lumbye; [2021]
    Keywords : Pacific; Polynesia; South America; prehistory; migration; genetics; aDNA;

    Abstract : The Pacific is the part of the world that was last settled by humans. The colonization occurred in different stages which can be discerned through various methods, one of them DNA analysis of humans as well as other species of animals and plants associated with human settlement. READ MORE