Search for dissertations about: "Philip Buckland"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Philip Buckland.

  2. 1. Animating soils : geoarchaeological approaches to past human-environment relationships in the Arctic

    Author : Philip Jerand; Johan Linderholm; Philip I. Buckland; Carl-Gösta Ojala; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental archaeology; sampling; Sámi archaeology; spatial organisation; Arctic archaeology; geoarchaeology; soil formation; historical archaeology; miljöarkeologi; provtagning; samisk arkeologi; rumslig organisering; Arktisk arkeologi; geoarkeologi; jordmånsbildning; historisk arkeologi; Archaeology; arkeologi; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis, soils and sediments have been used as sources of information on past human activity in Arctic environments. The study has combined geoarchaeological methods and techniques with information from historical documents, ethnographic accounts, and archaeological remains to create integrated narratives of human-landscape interactions in the past. READ MORE

  4. 2. The development and implementation of software for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatological research : the Bugs Coleopteran Ecology Package (BugsCEP)

    Author : Philip Buckland; Roger Engelmark; Geoffrey Lemdahl; Paul Sinclair; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Quaternary geology; environmental archaeology; quaternary science; Coleoptera; beetles; database; environmental reconstructions; climate reconstructions; software; Mutual Climatic Range; MCR; palaeoentomology; Kvartärgeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology; arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis documents the development and application of a unique database orientated software package, BugsCEP, for environmental and climatic reconstruction from fossil beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages. The software tools are described, and the incorporated statistical methods discussed and evaluated with respect to both published modern and fossil data, as well as the author’s own investigations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Storied lines : using historical documentation to characterize archaeological connectivity

    Author : Gísli Pálsson; Philip I. Buckland; Carl Knappett; Sören Sindbæk; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; iceland; history; 18th century; network analysis; postgis; cidoc-crm; assemblage theory; archaeoinformatics; network;

    Abstract : As the title suggests, this thesis applies historical documentation as a connective tissue to link together the main conceptual classes in Iceland’s largest SMR, Ísleif. These are the roughly 6000 historic farmsteads used as a classification scheme in Johnsen’s 1847 land census Jarðatal Johnsens. This thesis has three main components. READ MORE

  6. 4. Blinded by the light : developing models of settlement and mobility with the use of spectroscopy and exploratory methods

    Author : Mattias Sjölander; Philip I. Buckland; Johan Linderholm; Peter Jordan; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; hunter-gatherer; spectroscopy; chemometrics; quartz; quartzite; bifacial; lithics; geoarchaeology; exploratory; spatial analysis; modelling; arkeologi; jakt- och fångstfolk; spektroskopi; kemometri; kvarts; kvartsit; bifacial; flathuggen; geoarkeologi; rumslig analys; modellering; Archaeology; arkeologi; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis an exploratory approach has been used to study settlement and mobility among hunter-gatherer societies in Northern Sweden during the 2 000 – 0 BC period. The focus has been on developing the topics of bifacial point use and raw material management of quartzand quartzite materials. READ MORE