Sökning: "Viking Age towns"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Viking Age towns.
1. People in Between : Ethncity and Material Identity, a New Approach to Deconstructed Concepts
Sammanfattning : In questions concerning ethnicity and cultural identity in prehistory, there is a great divide between the conclusions maintained on a theoretical level of discussion and the interpretations given to material remains, when these theories are practiced on the archaeological material. Inherited scientific and political structures, usage and ideas contribute to our understanding of ethnicity and the everyday use of the concept, and influence archaeological interpretations. LÄS MER
2. Animal husbandry in the Viking Age town of Birka and its hinterland : excavations in the black earth 1990-95
Sammanfattning : The Birka Excavations 1990-95 provided a unique opportunity to excavate a Swedish Viking Age town stratigraphically, allowing the finds - including extensive and well-preserved faunal remains - to be dated accurately. This in turn has given the opportunity to study the nature and development of Viking Age animal husbandry in a new, closer perspective. LÄS MER
3. En hiar atti rikR : Om elit, struktur och ekonomi kring Uppsala och Mälaren under yngre järnålder
Sammanfattning : In the Late Iron Age, the Mälaren region contained a clearly stratified society and many sites in the landscape indicate the presence of an upper stratum, an elite. This concept – elite – may perhaps be seen as problematic, but in this case it is decidedly more neutral, and considerably less limiting and excluding than many other concepts. LÄS MER
4. Norberg och Järnet : Bergsmännen och den medeltida industrialiseringen
Sammanfattning : This thesis is an archeological study of continuity and change in mining and settlement 1000 – 1500. At the time for the earliest possible introduction of mining, in the mid-10th century, the primary area for Norbergs’ mining district was sparsely settled, but in the late Viking Age and/or early Middle Ages, the analyses demonstrate a significant agricultural expansion. LÄS MER
5. Spill : Om djur, hantverk och nätverk i Mälarområdet under vikingatid och medeltid
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
