Sökning: "Antler"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Antler.

  1. 1. Spill : Om djur, hantverk och nätverk i Mälarområdet under vikingatid och medeltid

    Författare :Johnny Karlsson; Jan Storå; Anders Andrén; Mats Roslund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft; Osseous; Antler; Horn; Bone; Teeth; Walrus tusk; Elk; Red deer; Reindeer; Networks; Trade; Exchange; Birka; Sigtuna; Uppsala; Strängnäs; Nyköping; Viking; Medieval; Social Agency; Economic Agency; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the use of various osseous raw materials in craft activities in the Mälaren region during the Middle Ages. Places studied are: Birka, Sigtuna, Nyköping, Strängnäs and Uppsala. The aim is to capture both chronological and spatial changes in the use of osseous raw materials. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mating behaviour and sexual selection in non-lekking fallow deer (Dama dama)

    Författare :David Stenström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Fallow deer; mating behaviour; sexual selection; scent marking; plasticity of behaviour; antler asymmetry; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines both behavioural and morphological traits influencing male mating success in non-lekking fallow deer (Dama dama). The thesis contains results based on behavioural observations and experimental studies made on Öland and around Uppsala, Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Points on Production : Taphonomic research on Mesolithic osseous assemblages in Sweden

    Författare :Sara Gummesson; Jan Storå; Ola Magnell; Kenneth Ritchie; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Osteoarchaeological patterns; Taphonomic analysis; Osseous craft; Mesolithic; Spatial studies; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Osteoarchaeological materials are influenced by many consecutive factors, from human hunting strategies, consumption patterns and waste disposal to mechanical and chemical changes in bone structure and shape. Here Mesolithic osteoarchaeological patterns have been examined in relation to the production of bone and antler artefacts. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Stone Age Companions: Humans and animals in hunter-gatherer burials in north-eastern Europe

    Författare :Aija Macane; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; human–animal relationships; relational ontologies; companionship perspective; burial archaeology; mortuary practices; zooarchaeology; hunter-gatherers; Stone Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; north-eastern Europe; southern Sweden; Latvia; central European Russia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationships between humans and animals in their mutual environment and how these relationships were expressed in the burial practices of northern foragers. The empirical research material consists of animal remains, particularly animal tooth pendants, deposited in graves at Zvejnieki (Latvia), Skateholm I and II (Sweden) and Sakhtysh II and IIa (Russia) cemeteries. LÄS MER