Search for dissertations about: "Lithic analysis"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Lithic analysis.

2. 1. Tools and technology : Lithic technological analysis of Neolithic axe morphology

   Author : Deborah Olausson; Arkeologi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Lithic technology; Neolithic; flint axes; stone axes; practical trials; style;

   Abstract : Through practical experiments, edge-wear analysis, and the study of archaeological collections, the dissertation explores the complex relationship between style and function in a specific class of artifacts: the Neolithic axe. The results of the three-part approach described above, when applied for instance to thin-butted axes from the Funnel Beaker Culture, indicated that there was no clear-cut cass of unusable prestige axes, but rather that axe length more likely reflected practical rather than stylistic considerations. READ MORE

4. 2. Lithics in the Scandinavian Late Bronze Age : Sociotechnical change and persistence

   Author : Anders Högberg; Arkeologi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Lithic technology; Late Bronze Age; Sociotechnical change; Persistence; Large Blade Knives; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Late Bronze Age; Sociotechnical change and Persistence; Lithic analysis; South Scandinavia;

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5. 3. Points on Production : Taphonomic research on Mesolithic osseous assemblages in Sweden

   Author : Sara Gummesson; Jan Storå; Ola Magnell; Kenneth Ritchie; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Osteoarchaeological patterns; Taphonomic analysis; Osseous craft; Mesolithic; Spatial studies; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : Osteoarchaeological materials are influenced by many consecutive factors, from human hunting strategies, consumption patterns and waste disposal to mechanical and chemical changes in bone structure and shape. Here Mesolithic osteoarchaeological patterns have been examined in relation to the production of bone and antler artefacts. READ MORE

6. 4. Transitions : a landscape approach to social and cultural changes in southern Mozambique 5000 BC-1000 AD

   Author : Marjaana Kohtamäki; Paul Sinclair; Anneli Ekblom; Stephanie Wynne-Jones; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hunter gatherers farmers african archaeology ceramics lithics iron landscape; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The discussion of interactions between foragers and farmers in southern Africa has conventionally been linked to the migrations of Bantu-speaking farmers and their associated material culture. Further, the transition from foraging to farming has typically been interpreted as a rapid replacement of the former lifestyle by the latter, allegedly superior socio-economic package. READ MORE

7. 5. The use of stone and hunting of reindeer : a study of stone tool manufacture and hunting of large mammals in the central Scandes c. 6000-1 BC

   Author : Lena Holm; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; High mountains; hunter-gatherers; use of resources; stone tool manufacture; reindeer hunting; landscape use; seasonality;

   Abstract : The thesis raises questions concerning prehistoric conditions in a high mountain region in central Scandinavia; it focuses on the human use of stone and on hunting principally of reindeer. An analysis of how the stone material was utilized and an approach to how large mammals were hunted result in a synthesis describing one interpretation of how the vast landscape of a region in the central Scandinavian high mountains was used. READ MORE