Sökning: "Mälar Valley"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mälar Valley.

  1. 1. Gräddat : Brödkultur under järnåldern i östra Mälardalen

    Författare :Liselotte Bergström; Gustaf Trotzig; Neil Price; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carbonised bread; food culture; Mälar Valley; Helgö; Birka; morphology; cell-structure analysis; reconstructive examination; gender; Roman Iron Age; Migration period; Vendel period; Viking Age; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the carbonised bread findings from sites and cremation graves dated to the first millennium AD occurring in the eastern Mälar Valley region. The finds have been analysed by various methods including cell-structure analysis, chemical analysis, experimental and reconstructive examination, 14C-dating and statistical comparison. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Klädd Krigare : Skifte i skandinaviskt dräktskick kring år 1000

    Författare :Annika Larsson; Anne-Sofie Gräslund; Svante Norr; Lise Bender Jorgenssen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Archaeology; warrior; viking age; armour; rigsthula; bayeux tapestry; birka; coin; sigtuna; runic; baptism; rus; khazar; metal wire; textile; christianisation; silk road; canute the great; mercenaries; trade route; dresscode; virtuous woman; kingship; frisian cloth; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : Using textiles as clues, it is shown that, like in the rest of Scandinavia, there is a legible societal shift in favour of a new Christian organization as early as around year 1000 even in the central parts of what is now Sweden, including the, according to Adam of Bremen, “pagan” Mälar valley. During a period of at least a hundred and fifty years, the Mälar valley with Birka in the centre had enjoyed eastern trade, which is reflected in the rich finds of oriental textile fragments in the Birka graves. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Bebyggelse i förändring : Uppland från slutet av yngre bronsålder till tidig medeltid

    Författare :Hans Göthberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Houses; house chronology; settlement structure; agrarian change; social development; settlement development; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation discusses settlements from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages in eastern Middle Sweden, especially the Mälar valley area, with a focus on Uppland. Chronologically, the emphasis is in the Early Iron Age. A large number of the settlements were discovered during investigations in the late 80s and early 90s. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Prestigeekonomi under yngre stenåldern : Gåvoutbyten och regionala identiteter i den svenska båtyxekulturen

    Författare :Roger Edenmo; Kjel Knutsson; Karl-Göran Sjögren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Stone Age; Middle Neolithic; Boat Axe Culture; Corded Ware Culture; Boat Axe; Battle Axe; Gift exchange; Regional identity; Prestige; Economy; Value; Typology; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis identifies and discusses some fundamental changes that took place during the middle neolithic period in Sweden, with the introduction of the Boat Axe Culture. The possibility of intrepreting the Corded Ware Cultures by way of networks, identified through the regional designes of battle axes, are proposed. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Mästare och minnesmärken : Studier kring vikingatida runristare och skriftmiljöer i Norden

    Författare :Magnus Källström; Rune Palm; Inger Larsson; Michael Lerche Nielsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rune carvers; Runic inscriptions; Rune-stones; Viking Age; Personal names; Åsmund Kåresson; Rune-stone custom; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to determine what can be known about the people who were able to write runes during the Viking Age. The investigation is based on the runecarvers’ own statements about themselves and their work, which is normally found in the signature or the carver formula of the inscriptions. LÄS MER