Sökning: "Archaeology subjects"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 214 avhandlingar innehållade orden Archaeology subjects.

1. 21. Nqabayo’s Nomansland: San Rock Art and the Somatic Past

   Författare :Geoffrey Blundell; Paul Sinclair; Knut Helskog; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; San; Bushman; southern Africa; Nomansland; Eastern Cape; Storm Shelter; rock art; shamanism; Kalahari revisionist debate; body; embodiment; somatic past; postcolonial; colonial; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : The most significant challenge facing modern southern African rock art research is the integration of rock paint­ings into the construction of San history. This challenge is made all the more difficult because of poor chronologi­cal control over the images. LÄS MER

3. 22. Preserving Impermanence : The Creation of Heritage in Vientiane, Laos

   Författare :Anna Karlström; Paul Sinclair; Frands Herschend; Beverley Butler; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Vientiane; Laos; heritage; impermanence; preservation; restoration; destruction; immateriality; materiality; narrativity; Buddhism; animism; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnology; etnologi; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the heritage in Vientiane. In an attempt to go beyond a more traditional descriptive approach, the study aims at bringing forward a discussion about the definition, or rather the multiplicity of definitions, of the concept of heritage as such. LÄS MER

4. 23. Den synliga tron : Runstenskors som en spegling av kristnandet i Sverige

   Författare :Linn Lager; Uaininn O'Meadhra; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; runestone; runestone crosses; systems of classification; Viking Age; conversion; ornamentation; iconography; Christianity; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : One of the aims of this dissertation is to classify the crosses that can be found on the Late Viking Age runestones of Scandinavia. The cross-incised runestones are analysed in relation to the overall runestone production of Scandinavia during the Late Viking Age, with a focus on Sweden. LÄS MER

5. 24. Marks and makers : Appearance, distribution and function of Middle and Late Helladic manufacturers' marks on Aeginetan pottery

   Författare :Michael Lindblom; Gullög Nordquist; Carol Zerner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Pre-firing or potters’ marks; Kolonna; Aegina; Gold Mica pottery; export industry; production; workshops; Lerna; Asine; Aegean prehistory; Bronze Age; Middle Helladic; Late Helladic; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study is an attempt to analyse the systematic marking of vessels produced on the island of Aegina in the Middle and Late Helladic periods. It deals with both the form and function of the marks, applied during the manufacture of functionally different vases. The first two chapters provide a background to the investigation. LÄS MER

7. 25. Living on Another Shore : Early Scandinavian Settlement on the North-Western Estonian Coast

   Författare :Felicia Markus; Anders Kaliff; Göran Hoppe; Kerstin Cassel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Estonia; Estonian Swedes; Scandinavian settlement; Iron Age; early Medieval Period; colonisation; ethnic identity; migration; Baltic Sea; contacts; Christianisation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : Prior to the Second World War, there was a Swedish-speaking population settled on the north-western Estonian coasts. The early history of this group is largely unknown. No colonisation is mentioned in the written sources. The earliest such sources that mention Swedes originate in the late thirteenth century. LÄS MER