Sökning: "picture stones"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden picture stones.

  1. 1. Vikingatida sköldar : Ting, bild och text som associativt fält

    Författare :Kerstin Odebäck; Mats Burström; Anders Andrén; Terje Gansum; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Viking Age; shields; miniature shields; picture stones; rune stones; burials; skaldic poetry; warrior ideal; Norse mythology; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

    Sammanfattning : Shields are among the most iconic artefacts associated with the Viking Age. Even though shields occur frequently in various archaeological and written sources, the function and meaning of shields have been sparsely researched and they have mainly been considered relevant as part of the warrior’s equipment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Bilder av kvinnor och kvinnlighet : genus och kroppsspråk under övergången till kristendomen

    Författare :Eva-Marie Göransson; Elisabeth Arwill-Nordbladh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Gender is a process, a journey. It is in constant change, built up and altered by people who live itSaltering them. In this process, material culture is used both as an agent and as an object of representation.Gotlandic picture stones are the point of departure for this particular gender journey. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hästarnas land : Aristokratisk hästhållning och ridkonst i Svealands yngre järnålder

    Författare :Anneli Sundkvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; horsemanship; art of riding; aristorcracy; boatgraves; falconry; iconography; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to discuss aristocratic horse-keeping and riding in Late Iron Age central Svealand (e. 550-1060 AD). Horse keeping is studied against the background of historical sources. Horses have been kept out of doors all year round in many areas, with or without human supervision. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Nytt ljus på Sandarnakulturen. Om en boplats från äldre stenålder i Bohuslän. : New light on the Sandarna Culture. A Mesolithic dwelling-site from the province of Bohuslän

    Författare :Robert Hernek; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Bohuslän; Huts; Houses; Dwellings; Chronology; Mesolithic; Sandarna culture; Ceremonial axes; Mesolithic art; help-spirit;

    Sammanfattning : In 1997 the author headed an excavation of a Mesolithic settlement site at Timmerås in the province of Bohuslän, western Sweden. The site proved to contain features of an extent with few parallels in southern Scandinavia. Most striking among them was a well-preserved hut, where the floor had been dug down below the ground level. LÄS MER