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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade orden skeletal remains.
16. Environmental regulation of metabolism : from transgenerational effects of nutrition to acute effects of exercise
Sammanfattning : The incidence of metabolic disease has risen rapidly in the last half-century leading to both individual suffering and a burden to society. The importance of physical activity for metabolic health is well known. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that parental food choice and obesity can affect the metabolic health of future generations. LÄS MER
17. Tracking Wild Boar and Hunters : Osteology of Wild Boar in Mesolithic South Scandinavia
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the hunting of wild boar during the Mesolithic in South Scandinavia and the relationship between humans and wild game. The study is based on an analysis of osteological remains from sites in Scania, Sweden, dating from the Late Maglemose Culture to the Early Ertebølle Culture. LÄS MER
18. Norm and difference : Stone Age dietary practice in the Baltic region
Sammanfattning : Stone Age research on Northern Europe frequently makes gross generalizations about the Mesolithic and Neolithic, although we still lack much basic knowledge on how the people lived. The transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in Europe has been described as a radical shift from an economy dominated by marine resources to one solely dependent on farming. LÄS MER
19. Food Cultures in Sápmi : An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the heterogeneous cultural landscape of northern Fennoscandia AD 600–1900
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to highlight the heterogeneous cultural landscape in Sápmi through the study of food. By studying food and the choices of specific foodstuffs in Sápmi AD 600–1900, a greater understanding can be gained on the history of this area during the period. LÄS MER
20. Reading bones : Stone Age hunters and seals in the Baltic
Sammanfattning : This is a study of hunters and seals in the Stone Age in the Baltic. The ambition has been to develop and utilize methods for osteological analyses of archaeological seal bones. The main aims of the zooarchaeological analyses have been to study seal hunting strategies and the formation processes of the faunal remains. LÄS MER