Sökning: "Scandinavian settlement"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden Scandinavian settlement.

  1. 1. Cereal husbandry and settlement : Expanding archaeobotanical perspectives on the southern Scandinavian Iron Age

    Författare :Radoslaw Grabowski; Karin Viklund; Hans Peter Stika; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cereal cultivation; iron age; southern Scandinavia; archaeobotany; settlement archaeology; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi; Archaeology; arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The here presented PhD project explores the phenomenon of cereal cultivation during the Iron Age (c. 500 BC – AD 1100) in southern Scandinavia. The main body of the thesis consists of four articles. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Bygden, byarna och buan : studier av bebyggelsenamnen i Hackås och Ovikens socknar, med ett särskilt avsnitt om fäbodnamnen

    Författare :Josefin Devine; Lars-Erik Edlund; Mats Wahlberg; Tom Schmidt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; place-names; Sweden; Jämtland; onomastics; etymology; settlement names; continuity; summer farms; transhumance; ortnamn; Sverige; Jämtland; onomastik; namnforskning; etymologi; bebyggelsenamn; kontinuitet; fäbodnamn; fäbodväsende; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk; Namnforskning;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to investigate the etymological background of the settlement names in the parishes of Hackås and Oviken in the province of Jämtland, and use the names to elucidate the settlement history of the area. Another purpose is to discuss the relationship between, and the semantic development of, the name element and common noun ås. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Gudarnas platser : Förkristna sakrala ortnamn i Mälarlandskapen

    Författare :Per Vikstrand; Svante Strandberg; Bente Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; onomastics; place-names; toponymy; ancient Scandinavian religion; sacral names; holy places; Sweden; Uppland; Södermanland; Västmanland; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is the employment of a material-based investigation to create a platform for further research into sacral place-names in Scandinavia. The objective has been to delimit and evaluate a corpus of potential sacral place-names within an area selected for study, i.e. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Post- och järnvägsstationers namn i Götaland 1860-1940 : Namngivning i spänningsfältet mellan allmänna och enskilda intressen : name-giving and the tension between public and private interests

    Författare :Eberhard Löfvendahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; Sub-post offices; railway stations; place-names; name sources; parish names; farms; villages; large estates; industrial communities; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : Up to the middle of the 19th century the distribution of mail, public as well as private, was, to a large extent, a duty imposed on farmers. Demands from farmers to be relieved of this duty resulted in the Government giving the Post Office authority to set up post offices of a new, relatively simple kind (poststationer, or sub-post offices). LÄS MER