Sökning: "totemism"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet totemism.

  1. 1. Stenålder i Mälardalen

    Författare :Alexander Gill; Anders Carlsson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mythology; animals; ancestors; totemism; pottery; agriculture; gardens; beaches; linear cemeteries; narrative explanation; emplotment; archaeological hermeneutics; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the signifi cance of certain places during the Early- and Middle Neolithic is examined. By investigating the meaning of places, narratives of the Neolithic based upon the archaeological constructions of the “Funnel Beaker culture”, the ”Pitted Ware culture”, and the “Battle Axe culture” are questioned. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Shell Age Economics : Marine Gathering in the Kingdom of Tonga, Polynesia

    Författare :Thomas Malm; Humanekologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; chieftainship; cosmology; demography; marine tenure systems; tragedy of the commons ; seaweeds; marine invertebrates; gender roles; indigenous knowledge; maritime anthropology; Tongans; Tonga; Oceania; Polynesia; totemism; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This monograph analyses marine gathering in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga from ecological, social and cognitive perspectives. The overarching issues explored are (1) the significance of marine gathering in the past and present, (2) how seaweeds and marine invertebrates have been perceived, classified, named and used, (3) how they have been implicated in social relations, and (4) how the integration of the islands into the modern world system has affected the marine environment and the exploitation of its resources. LÄS MER