Search for dissertations about: "Late Stone Age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Late Stone Age.

  1. 1. Immovable offertory installations in late Bronze Age Cyprus

    Author : Yannis Pararas; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Bronze Age Cyprus; Cypriote ritual practice; offertory action; temple; sanctuary; offertory installation; low stone table; hearth-altar; bench; baetylic installation; slaughtering block; Myrtou-Pigadhes; Kition; Enkomi;

    Abstract : The present study addresses the question of the way divine worship was carried out in the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 B.C.). READ MORE

  2. 2. Norm and difference : Stone Age dietary practice in the Baltic region

    Author : Gunilla Eriksson; Kerstin Lidén; Birgit Arrhenius; Michael Richards; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diet; norm; variation; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Sweden; Latvia; stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; radiocarbon; reservoir effect; dogs; breastfeeding; gender; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Abstract : Stone Age research on Northern Europe frequently makes gross generalizations about the Mesolithic and Neolithic, although we still lack much basic knowledge on how the people lived. The transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in Europe has been described as a radical shift from an economy dominated by marine resources to one solely dependent on farming. READ MORE

  3. 3. The use of stone and hunting of reindeer : a study of stone tool manufacture and hunting of large mammals in the central Scandes c. 6000-1 BC

    Author : Lena Holm; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; High mountains; hunter-gatherers; use of resources; stone tool manufacture; reindeer hunting; landscape use; seasonality;

    Abstract : The thesis raises questions concerning prehistoric conditions in a high mountain region in central Scandinavia; it focuses on the human use of stone and on hunting principally of reindeer. An analysis of how the stone material was utilized and an approach to how large mammals were hunted result in a synthesis describing one interpretation of how the vast landscape of a region in the central Scandinavian high mountains was used. READ MORE

  4. 4. Archaeological and Historical Reconstructions of the Foraging and Farming Communities of the Lower Zambezi : From the mid Holocene to the second Millennium AD

    Author : Hilário Madiquida; Paul Sinclair; Karl-Johan Lindholm; Dr Munyaradzi Manyanga; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mozambique; Zambezi Valley; Late Stone Age; Early Farming Communities; Long-distance trade; Afro-Portuguese; Written sources; Archaeology; Historical Ecology; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis I combine new archaeological surveys and excavations together with the historical and ethnographic sources, to construct a long term settlement history and historical ecology of the lower Zambezi River valley and delta region, in Mozambique. The evidence presented indicates that people have settled in the area since the Late Stone Age, in total eight new archaeological sites have been located in archaeological surveys. READ MORE

  5. 5. The awakening of Christianity in Iceland : Discovery of a timber church and graveyard at Þórarinsstaðir in Seyðisfjörður

    Author : Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianization; continuity of cult; Christianity; Paganism; stave-church; timber church; private churches; missionary churches; mission; infiltration; graves; crosses; altar stone; silver ring; coin; weight; tephro-chronology; micro-archaeology; macro-archaeology; long-term processes; metaphors; Viking Age; Early Medieval Times; Thórarinsstadhir; Iceland; Northern Europe;

    Abstract : The central theme of this thesis is the Christianization of Iceland during the period from the late 10th century to the turn of the 12th century. The distinct, though similar, branches of Christianity are traced through the archaeological record, where the excavation of an Early Medieval timber church and graveyard at Thórarinsstadhir in Seydhisfjördhur is used as a basic source. READ MORE