Search for dissertations about: "Environmental archaeology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words Environmental archaeology.

  2. 16. Molluscs, Environment and Man - A Bioarchaeological Approach in Sweden

    Author : Birgitta M. Johansson; Birgit Arrhenius; Urve Miller; David S. Reese; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; molluscs; role of shells; shell use; bioarchaeology; subfossil shells; environmental indicator; molluscs as food; personal ornaments; ethnography; Björkö-Birka.; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to examine the role and use of molluscs in Swedish prehistory, in chorological and chronological aspects. Molluscs live in the sea, fresh water and on land. The Swedish mollusc fauna contains 623 taxa: 417 marine, 85 limnic and 121 terrestrial species. READ MORE

  4. 17. Tilling Nature - Harvesting Culture. Exploring Images of the Human Being in the Transition to Agriculture

    Author : Elisabeth Rudebeck; Arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeological theory; origins of agriculture; gender; primitivism; human nature; modernism; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : Archaeology is about human beings – in the present and in the past. When we concern ourselves with archaeology we have to imagine prehistoric human beings thinking, feeling and acting. This imagining is the very precondition for the creation of meaning from the fragments and traces of human lives that we choose as our data. READ MORE

  5. 18. Submerged Landscapes in the Hanö Bay : Early Holocene shoreline displacement and human environments in the southern Baltic Basin

    Author : Anton Hansson; Kvartärgeologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Submerged landscapes; Baltic Sea; Southern Sweden; Geoarchaeology; Mesolithic; Early Holocene; Environmental reconstruction; Shoreline displacement;

    Abstract : During times of lower global sea level, vast areas of the coastal shelf were exposed and converted into ecologically diverse coastal landscapes that wereattractive for human occupation. The landscapes were subsequently flooded during the deglaciation, but well-preserved remains of these landscapes andtheir inhabitants can today be found on the seafloor. READ MORE

  6. 19. The rhythm of rock art animals : Picturing reindeer, elk and bear around the seasonal cycle in Stone Age Alta

    Author : Helena Günther; Fredrik Fahlander; Ingrid Fuglestvedt; Kristin Armstrong Oma; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rock art; Stone Age hunters; the Arctic; Alta; Northern Fennoscandia; reindeer; elk; bear; traditional contextualised knowledge; human animal relations; human environmental relations; zoo semiotics; ecological community; ethology and animal imagery; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

    Abstract : The Stone Age rock art of Fennoscandia is dominated by pictures of animals. Yet it is its role in the social and cognitive processes within human society that has been the major focus for research. In the thesis, rock art is explored in the lives of people as being part of a larger ecological community. READ MORE

  7. 20. Stimulating the diffusion of environmental technologies through export

    Author : Wisdom Kanda; Olof Hjelm; Dzamila Bienkowska; Totti Könnölä; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental Technology; Technology Diffusion; Export; Internationalisation;

    Abstract : Contemporary environmental problems represent complex societal challenges, and as these problems become increasingly global, the international diffusion of environmental technologies is essential. One way to diffuse technologies internationally is through export. READ MORE