Sökning: "Western Sicily"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Western Sicily.

  1. 1. Encountering Environments. Natural conditions for subsistence and trade at Monte Polizzo, Sicily, 650-550 BC

    Författare :Cecilia Sandström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Sicily; Western Sicily; Monte Polizzo; Elymian; Indigenous; Iron Age; Archaic; Ancient environment; Archaeology; Geoarchaeology; Landscape Archaeology; Ecology; Geomorphology; Rivers; Ancient navigability; Subsistence; Land use; Trade; Trade routes; Transport amphorae; Connectivity; Household economy; Palynology; Exchange; Selinus; Motya; Segesta;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen our knowledge about indigenous western Sicilians commonly called the Elymians and, ultimately, to recognise them as independent actors in Sicilian history. A vital part of this endeavour is to assess the Elymian role in regional trade and to evaluate the subsistence challenges they faced. LÄS MER

  3. 2. La Famiglia : The Ideology of Sicilian Family Networks

    Författare :Eva Carlestål; Jan Ovesen; Johan Leman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Sicily; anthropology; family; matrifocality; kinship; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi; HUMANITIES and RELIGION;

    Sammanfattning : Anthropological data from fieldwork carried out among a fishing population in western Sicily show how related matrifocal nuclear families are tightly knit within larger, male-headed networks. The mother focus at the basic family level is thereby balanced and the system indicates that the mother-child unit does not function effectively on its own, as has often been argued for this type of family structure. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Hyperlipidaemia : an evaluation of management and attitudes among doctors and knowledge and attitudes in the population

    Författare :Birgitta Danielsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :hyperlipidemia; attitude of health personnel; attitude to health; physicians; general practice; occupational health services; internal medicine; risk factors; coronary disease; patient care management; medical decision making; guidelines;

    Sammanfattning : An evaluation of management and attitudes among doctors and knowledge and attitudes in the population Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the main cause of death in the western world, and hyperlipidaemia is one of the major risk factors. Lipids have been the focus of much discussion among both doctors and the public. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hjalmar Gullberg och bysantinismen – ”som paradoxer i tid och rum”

    Författare :Helena Bodin; Jostein Børtnes; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hjalmar Gullberg; modern Swedish poetry; Byzantinism; Byzantine aesthetics; travel literature; Translation Studies; Romanos Melodos; Carsten Høeg; modern Greek poetry; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The relation between modern Western literature on the one hand and Byzantine themes and aesthetics on the other has not yet been satisfactorily examined. This dissertation presents a study of the relation between the work of the modern Swedish poet Hjalmar Gullberg (1898-1961) and Byzantinism. LÄS MER