Sökning: "Classical archaeology and ancient history"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 85 avhandlingar innehållade orden Classical archaeology and ancient history.

  1. 21. Polygonal columns in Greek architecture

    Författare :Therese Emanuelsson-Paulson; Arja Karivieri; Lena Sjögren; Henrik Gerding; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Column; Shaft; Capital; Base; Doric; Polygonal; Facet; Octagonal; Flute; Greek architecture; Classical archeology; Classical architecture; Geometric; Archaic; Classical; Hellenistic; Greece; Albania; Turkey; Cyprus; arkeologi med inriktning mot antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Archaeology and Classical Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the use of polygonal columns in Greek architecture from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period. The main purpose of the research is to study the development, distribution, design, function and use of polygonal columns in order to create a new understanding on how they fit in the development of Greek architecture. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Constructing Athenian Masculinities : Masculinities in Theophrastus' Characters and Menander's Comedies

    Författare :Henrik Berg; Gullög Nordquist; Margaretha Fahlgren; David Konstan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theophrastus; Menander; Athenian masculinities; R. W. Connell; early Hellenistic Athens; Theophrastus’ Characters; the comedies of Menander; hegemonic masculinity; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the construction of masculinities in Theophrastus’ Characters and Menander’s comedies. As these works were written in early Hellenistic Athens during a period of great political and social changes, there is reason to assume that also the construction of gender changed. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Stenålder i Mälardalen

    Författare :Alexander Gill; Anders Carlsson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mythology; animals; ancestors; totemism; pottery; agriculture; gardens; beaches; linear cemeteries; narrative explanation; emplotment; archaeological hermeneutics; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the signifi cance of certain places during the Early- and Middle Neolithic is examined. By investigating the meaning of places, narratives of the Neolithic based upon the archaeological constructions of the “Funnel Beaker culture”, the ”Pitted Ware culture”, and the “Battle Axe culture” are questioned. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Age of rust. : Court and power in the Severan age (188-238 AD)

    Författare :Viktoria Laeben-Rosén; Gullög Nordquist; Mats Cullhed; Charlotte Wikander; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; court; power; Severan; Julia; empress; imperial; favourite; legitimacy; senate; influence; access; palace; Rome; ceremony; Commodus; Severus; Caracalla; Pertinax; Macrinus; Elagabal; Julianus; Maximinus; Gordian; Plautianus; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; amici; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : The Severan age has become known as a time when Syrian empresses brought eastern influences to Rome and transformed the stable principate into an absolutist state ready for the dominate. Every tie to the old principate was broken in a conscious attempt to change the fundamental structure of society. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Hellenistic Democracies : Freedom, Independence and Political Procedure in Some East Greek City-States

    Författare :Susanne Carlsson; Kerstin Höghammar; Mats Lundström; Vincent Gabrielsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; democracy; demokratia; demos; exclusiveness; independence; autonomia; hegemonic power; hellenism; city-states; poleis; desicion-making process; foreign policy; decrees; epigraphy; Iasos; Kalymna; Kos; Miletos; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : Freedom from external control is one prerequisite for democracy. In the hellenistic period the Greek city-states are thought to have lost their independence due to the establishment of the hellenistic hegemonies, and thereby also lost their possibilities of democratic government and of pursuing a foreign policy of their own. LÄS MER