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2. 1. Practices for the Living and the Dead : Medieval and Post-Reformation Burials in Scandinavia

   Author : Kristina Jonsson; Anders Andrén; Stefan Brink; Jes Wienberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Burial; burial customs; burial practices; grave; death; churchyard; cemetery; social identity; medieval; post-Reformation; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The main themes of the thesis are burial customs and social identities, and how medieval and post-Reformation graves can provide information on such as age structures, phases in life, gender relations and social organization. The study is based on nine groups of Scandinavian material, and it comprises four case studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Living on Another Shore : Early Scandinavian Settlement on the North-Western Estonian Coast

   Author : Felicia Markus; Anders Kaliff; Göran Hoppe; Kerstin Cassel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Estonia; Estonian Swedes; Scandinavian settlement; Iron Age; early Medieval Period; colonisation; ethnic identity; migration; Baltic Sea; contacts; Christianisation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : Prior to the Second World War, there was a Swedish-speaking population settled on the north-western Estonian coasts. The early history of this group is largely unknown. No colonisation is mentioned in the written sources. The earliest such sources that mention Swedes originate in the late thirteenth century. READ MORE

5. 3. The Syntax of Past Participles. A Generative Study of Nonfinite Constructions in Ancient and Modern Italian

   Author : Verner Egerland; Italienska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Absolute Constructions; Word order and Participial Agreement in Italian; Scandinavian; and Romance; Affectedness Constraint; Medieval and Renaissance Italian; Spec head agreement and Case Theory; Antisymmetry; Past Participles; Null Objects; Italian language and literature; Italienska språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is double. First, it will be shown that a number of problems of the syntax of ancient, literary Italian lend themselves readily to an analysis in terms of the Theory of Principles and Parameters. READ MORE

6. 4. On plant food in the Scandinavian peninsula in Early Medieval times

   Author : Ann-Marie Hansson; Delwen Samuel Nesbitt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; plant food; fossil plant remains; carbonized prehistoric bread; symbolic use of plant food; Scandinavia; Early Medieval Period; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

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7. 5. Landslide Archaeology : Past hazards and disasters in the Göta River Valley and beyond

   Author : Anton Larsson; Mats Burström; Lars-Ove Westerberg; Christina Rosén; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Landslides; Disasters; Disasterscape; Natural Hazards; Historical Archaeology; Iron Age; Vendel Period; Viking Period; Medieval; Middle Ages; Early Modern; Cultural Heritage; Geoculturality; Climate Change; Anthropocene; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

   Abstract : Exploring the impact of landslides on past human communities, their landscapes, and their material remains, this thesis focuses on the most landslide-prone region of Sweden: the Göta River Valley (Sw. Göta älvdalen). READ MORE