Sökning: "burial rites"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden burial rites.

  1. 1. Innovationsmiljöer i bronsålderns samhälle och idévärld : kring ny teknologi och begravningsritual i Västergötland

    Författare :Eva Weiler; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; megaliths; bronze; moulds; technology; innovation; communication; distribution; ideology; personified symbols; two-dimensional pictures; burial rites; Fornlämningar; Gravar; Bronsarbeten; Gravskick-- Sverige -- Västergötland; Sverige-- Västergötland -- Småland -- Skåne -- Halland;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to elucidate on the factors that lay behind general occurrences in society that diversely develop according to the variance in social and cultural backgrounds. The thesis encompasses the period between 2000-500 BC and concentrates on the effects of the introduction of a new technology (metal working) and new burial rites on the society in SW Sweden (Västergötland). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Krigarna i Odins sal : Dödsföreställningar och krigarkult fornnordisk religion

    Författare :Andreas Nordberg; Ulf Drobin; Anders Hultgård; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Othin; Valhall; war; warband; aristocracy; aristocratic hall; the afterlife; burial customs; Hel; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The crucial question in this study concerns the relationship between the motifs of Valhall and Othin in the epically worked out myths, and the more vague and intuitive religious beliefs. Archaeological remains as well as Old Norse literature constitute the source material. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Gränsland : Konstruktion av tidig barndom och begravningsritual vid tiden för kristnandet i Skandinavien

    Författare :Lotta Mejsholm; Anne-Sofie Gräslund; Anders Carlsson; Svante Norr; Grete Lillehammer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the process of Christianisation in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia through the social constructions of infancy and the beginnings of human life, as expressed in the ideals and practices seen in written and archaeological evidence. ‘Childhood’ is regarded as a social construction defined by, and therefore also reflecting, contemporary society. LÄS MER