Search for dissertations about: "Archaeology of the recent past"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Archaeology of the recent past.

2. 1. An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain : Material and Metaphor

   Author : Anna McWilliams; Mats Burström; Anders Andrén; John Schofield; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the contemporary past; Iron Curtain; Cold War; material culture; memory; cultural heritage; Berlin Wall; Austria; Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic; Italy; Slovenia; Yugoslavia; arkeologi; Archaeology; Archaeology subjects;

   Abstract : The Iron Curtain was seen as the divider between East and West in Cold War Europe. The term is closely connected to the Cold War and expressions such as ‘behind the Iron Curtain’ or ‘after the fall of the Iron Curtain’ are common within historical discussions in the second half of the twentieth century. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. The Corporeality of Death : Bioarchaeological, Taphonomic, and Forensic Anthropological Studies of Human Remains

   Author : Clara Alfsdotter; Anders Högberg; Nicholas Márquez-Grant; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Taphonomy; mortuary archaeology; bioarchaeology; forensic anthropology; forensic archaeology; Sandby borg; human decomposition; crime scene investigation; archaeothanatology; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this work is to advance the knowledge of peri- and postmortem corporeal circumstances in relation to human remains contexts, as well as to demonstrate the value of that knowledge in forensic and archaeological practice and research. This article-based dissertation encompasses papers in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, with an emphasis on taphonomy. READ MORE

6. 4. Remnant echoes of the past : Archaeological geophysical prospection in Sweden

   Author : Andreas Viberg; Kerstin Lidén; Bo Olofsson; Rinita Dalan; Bruce Bevan; Neil Price; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeological prospection; geophysical survey; Sweden; Ground-penetrating radar; magnetometry; Slingram; magnetic susceptibility; Neolithic; Migration period; Viking Age; Middle Ages; Öland; Gotland; Sigtuna; Lapland; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to investigate the benefits, pitfalls and possibilities of using geophysical methods in archaeological projects. This is exemplified by surveys carried out at archaeological sites in different geographical and chronological contexts. READ MORE

7. 5. Circling Concepts : A Critical Archaeological Analysis of the Notion of Stone Circles as Sami Offering Sites

   Author : Marte Spangen; Anders Andrén; Bjørnar Olsen; Aleks Pluskowski; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sami circular offering sites; northern Norway; Middle Ages; early modern period; history of archaeology; rituals; religion; osteoarchaeology; cultural heritage; authorised heritage discourse; neo-shamanism; rites and rights; socio-politics; emotional hegemony; materiality; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The thesis discusses a category of cultural heritage that has been labelled "Sami circular offering sites", aiming to establish some basic facts about their origin, distribution and use, as well as their cultural and socio-political context and influence. The stone enclosures in question have been interpreted as Sami offering sites since the mid-19th century, but a discourse analysis of the research history indicates that this may have been based on a scholarly hypothesis rather than ethnographic or archaeological evidence. READ MORE