Search for dissertations about: "Archaeometallurgy"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Archaeometallurgy.

  2. 1. Steel Making Hunter-Gatherers in Ancient Arctic Europe

    Author : Carina Bennerhag; Kristina Söderholm; Eva Hjärthner-Holdar; Sara Hagström Yamamoto; Roine Wiklund; Marianne Skandfer; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iron Metallurgy; Archaeometallurgy; Ancient Steel; Arctic Europe; Hunter-Gatherers; Landscape; Climate; Taskscape; Historia; History;

    Abstract : Based on findings made by Norrbotten County Museum around 2010 in the vicinity of Sangis in Arctic Sweden of advanced iron and steel production in a hunter-gatherer setting dated to the pre-Roman Iron Age (c. 200-50 BC), the aim of the present thesis is twofold. READ MORE

  4. 2. Casting Identities in Central Seclusion : Aspects of non-ferrous metalworking and society on Gotland in the Early Medieval Period

    Author : Ny Björn Gustafsson; Lena Holmquist; Heidemarie Eilbracht; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeometallurgy; Non-ferrous; Archaeological prospection; Metal detection; Geophysical survey; Sweden; Magnetometry; Gotland; Iron Age; Viking Period; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to investigate and interpret late Iron Ageand Early Medieval traces of non-ferrous metalworking on the islandGotland, Sweden. Gotland was not, based on the archaeological record, anintegrated part of the common Scandinavian culture. READ MORE

  5. 3. Technology, Ideology and Environment : The Social Dynamics of Iron Metallurgy in Great Zimbabwe, AD 900 to the Present

    Author : Ezekia Mtetwa; Paul Sinclair; Anneli Ekblom; Bertram Mapunda; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Great Zimbabwe; Iron Metallurgy; Urbanism; Innovation; Landscape; Social Dynamics; Natural Draft; Forced Draft; Southern Africa; Archaeometallurgy; Anthracology; Archaeometry; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis provides insights into the nature and organization of iron technology associated with past and present communities of Great Zimbabwe in southern Africa. Written accounts, ethnographic enquiries and, results of archaeological field surveys and excavations are combined to provide the first detailed account of Great Zimbabwe’s iron production technologies. READ MORE