Search for dissertations about: "microarchaeology"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word microarchaeology.
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1. The materiality of serial practice : a microarchaeology of burial : (Materialitet i seriell praktik. En mikroarkeologisk gravanalys)
Abstract : The main concern of the thesis is the question of how to deal with matters of social heterogeneity in prehistory. A social reading of psychoanalytic theory of e.g. Jacques Lacan suggests that social heterogeneity generally is more likely than homogeneity in most social formations. READ MORE
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2. The Forgotten : an Approach on Harappan Toy Artefacts
Abstract : This thesis proposes an alternative perspective to the general neglect of toy materials from deeper analysis in archaeology. Based on a study of selected toy artefacts from the Classical Harappan settlement at Bagasra, Gujarat, it suggests a viable way of approaching the objects when considering them within a theoretical framework highlighting their social aspects. READ MORE
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3. ATHENIAN POTTERY AND CYPRIOTE PREFERENCES
Abstract : Attic Black Figure and Red Figure pottery was continuously imported in Cyprus for about 300 years; the first imports are noted ca 580/575 BC, and the last ca 325/300 BC, at about the same time (294 BC) as Cyprus was annexed by Ptolemy I and the city-kingdoms of Cyprus ceased to exist. The material presented in this thesis amounts to 895 pieces of pottery and every possible effort was made to include all known pottery found in Cyprus. READ MORE
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4. Archaeology as science fiction : a microarchaeology of the unknown
Abstract : This treatise discusses aspects of the constitution of social identity and social practice in prehistoric social formations. A number of epistemological perspectives of social theory and methodology are examined in order to develop operational strategies suitable for the particular possibilities and constraints of the archaeological record. READ MORE
