Sökning: "Elk"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Elk.

  1. 1. Med älgen i huvudrollen : Om fångstgropar, hällbilder och skärvstensvallar i mellersta Norrland

    Författare :Ylva Sjöstrand; Anders Andrén; Kerstin Cassel; Lise Nordenborg Myhre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Stone Age; Northern Sweden; Nämforsen; rock art; pit falls; mounds of burnt stone; affordances; James J. Gibsson; chronology; theories of meaning; key symbols; neolithisation; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The importance of the elk (Alces alces) in the Stone Age societies of northern Sweden constitutes the major focus of this thesis. The point of departure is a simple but crucial observation: this animal is the common denominator between the three stationary types of remains known in this region from the period 4000-1800 BC. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The rhythm of rock art animals : Picturing reindeer, elk and bear around the seasonal cycle in Stone Age Alta

    Författare :Helena Günther; Fredrik Fahlander; Ingrid Fuglestvedt; Kristin Armstrong Oma; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rock art; Stone Age hunters; the Arctic; Alta; Northern Fennoscandia; reindeer; elk; bear; traditional contextualised knowledge; human animal relations; human environmental relations; zoo semiotics; ecological community; ethology and animal imagery; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

    Sammanfattning : The Stone Age rock art of Fennoscandia is dominated by pictures of animals. Yet it is its role in the social and cognitive processes within human society that has been the major focus for research. In the thesis, rock art is explored in the lives of people as being part of a larger ecological community. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Traffic Safety Potential and Effectiveness of Lane Keeping Support

    Författare :Simon Sternlund; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Traffic Safety; AES; Lane keeping; Effectiveness; LDW; Lateral positioning; ELK; CLRS;

    Sammanfattning : In the road transport system, crashes due to lane departure account for a large proportion of the most severe crashes that passenger car occupants are exposed to. While Electronic Stability Control (ESC) effectively prevents lane departure due to loss of control, lane departure due to unintentional drifting has not been addressed to the same extent. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Spill : Om djur, hantverk och nätverk i Mälarområdet under vikingatid och medeltid

    Författare :Johnny Karlsson; Jan Storå; Anders Andrén; Mats Roslund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft; Osseous; Antler; Horn; Bone; Teeth; Walrus tusk; Elk; Red deer; Reindeer; Networks; Trade; Exchange; Birka; Sigtuna; Uppsala; Strängnäs; Nyköping; Viking; Medieval; Social Agency; Economic Agency; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    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

  7. 5. Människor i utmark

    Författare :Eva Svensson; Historisk arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; local societies; social practice; human strategies; pitfalls for elk; bloomery furnaces; shielings; outland agriculture; outland haymaking; rural settlement; soapstone quarries; forest farmers; tar production; households; landscape archaeology; Outand use; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to illuminate the complex and varied uses of the forested outlands, from the Iron Age, through the Middle Ages, to Early Modern times. Material evidence from the landscape of Värmland, in Western Sweden, will be examined, focusing on the local societies of Dalby and Gunnarskog. LÄS MER