Sökning: "boat burials"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden boat burials.

  1. 1. Burial textiles : Textile bits and pieces in central Sweden, AD 500–800

    Författare :Anita Malmius; Birgit Arrhenius; Kerstin Lidén; Gunilla Eriksson; Eva Andersson Strand; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; textiles; boat-graves; Merovingian Period; Vendel; Valsgärde; Birka; elite burials; archaeology; Sweden; Migration Period; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the role and use of archaeological textiles (AT) deposited in inhumation and cremation burials in Sweden dating from 500–800 AD. The AT are studied in their burial context, including all other grave goods, emphasizing that they were as important as a source for understanding society in prehistory as they are today. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Ship and Society : Maritime Ideology in Late Iron Age Sweden

    Författare :Gunilla Larsson; Ola Kyhlberg; Mats G. Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ships; Seafaring; Society; Late Iron Age; shipbuilding methods; symbols; sacrifices; boat burials; ideology; leiðangr; long distance journeys; river routes.; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the relation between ship and society against a background of ideological and technological changes in Late Iron Age Sweden. It discusses the factors behind the development of ‘a maritime society’, why ships and seafaring came to play an important role that was also reflected in the use of the ship as a symbol and a metaphor in a military context, as well as in religion, administration, jurisdiction and social life. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Den yngre järnålderns gravskick i Uppland : Framväxten av den arkeologiska bilden och en materialitet i förändring

    Författare :Jhonny Therus; Neil Price; Frands Herschend; Anders Kaliff; Alison Klevnäs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Late Iron Age; Viking Age; burial practice; bridging practice; monument gravity; historical gravity; grave; memory; hǫrgr; amulet ring; cosmology; cremation; Christianization; settlement archaeology; mortuary behaviour; dispersed burial; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines archaeological approaches to burials and changing mortuary practices during the Late Iron Age (c. 500-1100 AD) in central Eastern Sweden. Understanding the change in mortuary practices is fundamental to the study of the Late Iron Age. LÄS MER