Search for dissertations about: "Roman archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words Roman archaeology.

2. 1. From Roman to Native : Colonialism and the archaeology of rural water management in the Maghreb

   Author : Lena Johansson de Château; Peter Örsted; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; colonialism; postcolonialism; archaeology; historiography; Roman; native; indigenous; landscape; land use; water management; Maghreb; North Africa; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This thesis considers the archaeology of rural water management in the Maghreb in relation to modern colonialism. An attempt is made to recover the attitudes to people and landscape expressed in the archaeological literature, and to analyse them in a colonial/postcolonial context. READ MORE

4. 2. Studies in Roman architecture : Configuring the classical orders

   Author : Peter Liljenstolpe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Architecture; classical architecture; Roman archaeology; classical archaeology; column; capital; ornamentation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : This study describes the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders as subsystems, which were configured according to the desired effect of the system, i.e. the architecture. This follows what Vitruvius termed decor and was dependent on either physical factors, convention or custom. READ MORE

5. 3. Coastal Communities on the Move : House and Polity Interaction in Southern Ostrobothnia 1500 BC-AD 1

   Author : Peter Holmblad; Karin Viklund; Henrik Asplund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Community archaeology; Settlement archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Environmental archaeology; House society; Local polity; Bronze Age; Pre-Roman Iron Age; Subsistence practices; Habitation practices; Political economy; Ostrobothnia; Finland; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; Archaeology; arkeologi;

   Abstract : This work attempts to seek new insights in understanding the archeological phenomena traditionally labelled as the western Bronze Age and the coastal Pre-Roman cultures of Finland (1500 BC-AD 1), by studying the phenomena from a socioeconomic interaction and practice oriented community perspective. The basic line of thought is that it was the everyday life of the local agents and their interactions that constituted the local communities. READ MORE

6. 4. Lauro, myrto et buxo frequentata. A study of the Roman garden through its plants

   Author : Lena Landgren; Lunds universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; grave garden; epigraphy; topiary; gardener; garden design; Pliny the Younger; Pliny the Elder; Roman botany; Portico of Pompey; Pompeii; Oplontis; topiarius; viridarium; viridia; Roman garden; garden archaeology; Ornamental plants; Prydnadsväxter;

   Abstract : The plants in the ancient Roman garden were chosen with deliberation. These choices were ruled by the meaning and associations the plants conveyed to the garden visitors. READ MORE

7. 5. Funding Matters : Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU

   Author : Elisabeth Niklasson; Mats Burström; Birgitta Svensson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; cultural heritage; political economy; socio-politics; funding; European Union; archaeological ethnographies; identity politics; black box; European added value; culture policy; heritage values; political anthropology; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to show how Europe is constructed at the intersection between archaeology, money and politics within EU cultural actions. Ever since the 1970s, the European Community has invested money and prestige in the idea of a common cultural heritage for Europe. READ MORE