Sökning: "maritime history"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 32 avhandlingar innehållade orden maritime history.
16. Grasping Technology, Assessing Craft. Developing a Research Method for the Study of Craft-Tradition
Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with the subject of craft and technology and the intricate connection between man, his objects and society. When archaeologists study social and cultural structures and phenomena, it is understood that the objects have been created and crafted by people, but the weight of this fact is not always recognized. LÄS MER
17. The Transport Amphorae from Euesperides : The Maritime Trade of a Cyrenaican City 400–250 BC
Sammanfattning : The present thesis is a study of Mediterranean trade 400-250 BC through an examination of transport amphorae from the ancient Cyrenaican city of Euesperides (Benghazi), Libya. The material comes from excavations conducted from 1999-2006 by the Society for Libyan Studies. LÄS MER
18. Seaward Landward : Investigations on the archaeological source value of the landing site category in the Baltic Sea region
Sammanfattning : There is a tendency in archaeology dealing with watercraft landing sites in a wider context to assume a direct relationship between sites in coastal and shore-bound areas and the practise of landing, without any deeper practical or theoretical exploration of the reality of any such relationship. This problem has its origins in the poor archaeological and conceptual definitions of watercraft landing sites obstructing any real understanding of the role of these sites in the maritime cultural landscape. LÄS MER
19. Det frivillige fartøyvernet i Noreg - Historisk bakgrunn, omfang og motivasjon
Sammanfattning : Voluntary Ship Preservation in Norway: — Historical Background, Scope and Motivation Introduction: Today historic ships are recognised and publicly valued as an important part of Nor-way’s cultural heritage, with substantial annual government funding for preservation. State funds finance not only docking and repairs of listed ships at commercial shipyards, but also encourage volunteer activity with provision of parts and materials for projects that can take a decade or more to achieve the typical aim of making a historic vessel once again seaworthy. LÄS MER
20. Seascape Dialogues : Human-sea interaction in the Aegean from Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines human-sea interaction based on embodied and embedded action in the littoral and island regions of the Aegean from Late Neolithic (4800 BCE) to the end of Late Bronze Age I (1600 BCE). Fundamental to this approach is the concept of seascapes, defined here as a place or agent created by a human mind set. LÄS MER
