Search for dissertations about: "archaeology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 657 swedish dissertations containing the word archaeology.

2. 21. Privileged Places in South Central Mozambique : The archaeology of Manyikeni, Niamara, Songo and Degue-Mufa

   Author : Solange Macamo; Paul Sinclair; David Phillipson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; privileged place; madzimbabwe; heritage management; gender; slave trade; prazo; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : Throughout the 20th century, archaeologists in southern Africa have focused upon visible architectural features of stone built Madzimbabwe settlements as indicators of prestige and power. Manyikeni a stone built settlement in Inhambane province, S. READ MORE

4. 22. Suspended Value : Using Coins as Pendants in Viking-Age Scandinavia (c. AD 800–1140)

   Author : Florent Audy; Nanouschka Myrberg Burström; Anders Andrén; Dagfinn Skre; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coin-pendants; archaeology; numismatics; Viking-Age Scandinavia; material culture; economy; religion; craftsmanship; Birka; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The use of coins as pendants is a common practice in the Scandinavian Viking Age (c. AD 800–1140). About three per cent of the coins circulating in Scandinavia show signs of having been adapted for suspension, either with a small hole or a loop. Modifying coins in this way changes the nature of the object. READ MORE

5. 23. To rede and to rown : Expressions of early Scandinavian kingship in written sources

   Author : Svante Norr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; kingship; historical analogy; textual archaeology; written sources; counsel; rune; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The subject of this thesis is early Scandinavian kingship, and the analysis is based on a number of written sources and runic inscriptions. A study of early Germanic kingship focuses primarily on the development of Gothic kingship from the fourth to the sixth century. READ MORE

6. 24. Pastoral pasts in the Amboseli landscape : An archaeological exploration of the Amboseli ecosystem from the later Holocene to the colonial period

   Author : Anna Shoemaker; Paul Lane; Andrew Reid; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pastoralism; Amboseli; Historical Archaeology; Eastern Africa; Eastern African Iron Age; Maasai; Pastoral Archaeology; Usable Pasts; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The Amboseli ecosystem, home of Amboseli National Park, is renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity, and has long drawn the attention of conservationists and ecologists hoping to safeguard the healthy functioning of this Kenyan rangeland and the pastoral traditions that have brought this landscape into being. There is major concern currently however, as present day Amboseli pastoral livelihoods are said to be in decline owing to rangelands being settled, fenced, and converted to farmland. READ MORE

7. 25. Minnen från vår samtid. Arkeologi, materialitet och samtidshistoria

   Author : Maria Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the recent past; Contemporary archaeology; Heritage; Conflict archaeology; Materiality; Archaeological Methods; Community archaeology; Public Archaeology; Memory; Skatås; Ramneskärsparken;

   Abstract : During the last decade, the perspective of contemporary archaeology has been incorporated into the discipline of archaeology. The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to problematiz e contemporary archaeology as a field of research with emphasis on the development of methodology and the public potential that is inherent in this perspective . READ MORE