Essays about: "settlement archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words settlement archaeology.

  1. 1. Holmöarna archipelago and its forgotten Iron Age period : Uncovering the past through morphology and GIS-analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Alexander Bodén; [2023]
    Keywords : Holmön; Holmöarna archipelago; Västerbotten; Umeå; Iron Age; landscape archaeology; settlement archaeology; computational archaeology; Sweden; northern Sweden; hut foundation; cooking storage pit; cairn; labyrinth; compass rose; seamark; fishing village;

    Abstract : The geographical focus area of this essay is Holmöarna archipelago, which is a very large group of islands that are located a short distance to the east of the city Umeå, in northern Sweden, Västerbotten county. This essay is an attempt to uncover and provide knowledge regarding Holmöarna archipelago’s forgotten Iron Age period through the means of GIS-analysis, literary studies, a field visit, as well as morphological comparisons of ancient artefacts and monuments from the area. READ MORE

  3. 2. Judging a loaf by its appearance : A protocol to study bread and bread-like fragments based on the study cases of Gamla Uppsala, Valsgärde, and Gnista

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

    Author : Sara Scaglia; [2023]
    Keywords : Bread; Organic charred remains; Uppland; Experimental archaeology; Archaeobotany; Lipid analyses.; Bröd; organiska förkolnade lämningar; Uppland; experimentell arkeologi; arkeobotanik; lipidanalyser;

    Abstract : Bread is an important cultural and social marker, and it occurs in many contexts, often preserved as carbonised. However, as bread fragments are typically small and anonymous, their total value of them is not appreciated. Often bread material is grouped simply as organic and not considered. READ MORE

  4. 3. Testing the prehistoric settlement predictors: A performance evaluation of environmental variables in north-western Scania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : André Hjulström; [2022]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This paper goes over the process of evaluating the environmental variables, which are most likely to predict the locations of prehistoric settlements in a Scanian setting. This is accomplished by selecting variables which have shown to be successful in previous similar study areas and testing the spatial correlation between each variable and known settlement presence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Brown impasto at San Giovenale : Technological change and use of a fine-ware ceramic during the Orientalizing period (730–580 BCE)

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

    Author : Viktor Linusson; [2022]
    Keywords : performance characteristics; grooved pottery; ceramic technology; surface treatment; South Etruria; behavioural archaeology; oval hut;

    Abstract : Brown impasto is a fine, commonly burnished ceramic ware in use during the Orientalizing period in South Etruria. In previous scholarship, it has only been described, and understood mainly from funerary contexts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Settlement location : and its spatial relation to graves in Örnsköldsvik municipality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : André Nylander; [2022]
    Keywords : Landscape archaeology; Settlement; Grave; Placement; Spatial relation; Viewshed; Isostatic rebound; Sweden; Norrland; Rumslig relation; landhöjning; Norrland;

    Abstract : I denna magisteruppsats kommer strategiska lägen och boplatsers relation till gravar att studeras. Arbetet riktas in på Arnäs och Själevad socken i Örnsköldsvik kommun som ligger in Västernorrlands län. Mer specifikt så är det järnåldersboplatser i Skommarskatan, Gene, Vågnäs and Sörvåge som inkluderas i uppsatsen. READ MORE