Search for dissertations about: "Middle Age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 340 swedish dissertations containing the words Middle Age.

2. 1. Children Lost and Found : A bioarchaeological study of Middle Helladic children in Asine with a comparison to Lerna

   Author : Anne Ingvarsson-Sundström; Robert Arnott; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; children; archaeology; osteology; Asine; Lerna; Middle Helladic; skeletons; age; subadults; graves; growth; health; weaning; mortality; fetuses; infants; mortuary ritual; Bronze Age.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : This study focusses on children’s living conditions during the Middle Helladic period in Greece. The primary material comprises disarticulated skeletal remains found in a stratigraphic context during the Swedish excavations of Asine in 1926: 4,583 fragments/complete bones. READ MORE

4. 2. Estimation of Speaker Age : Effects of Speech Properties and Speech Material

   Author : Sara Skoog Waller; Mårten Eriksson; Billy Jansson; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Age estimation; Voice perception; Speech properties; Speech rate; Vocal disguise; Age disguise; Accuracy; Confidence; Spontaneous speech;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate factors related to accuracy in estimation of speaker age and the role of certain speech properties in perception and manipulation of speaker age, as well as their interaction with the speech material that the age estimates were based on. This thesis consists of three studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Bronze Age Identities : Costume, Conflict and Contact in Northern Europe 1600-1300 BC

   Author : Sophie Bergerbrant; Kristian Kristiansen; Nick Thorpe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bronze Age; burials; gender; warfare; lifecycle; contact; costume; South Scandinavia; Lüneburg culture; identity; conflict; warrior; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with male and female social identities during the Middle Bronze Age (1600-1300 BC) in southern Scandinavia and northern Germany. South Scandinavian Bronze Age research has traditionally focused on the male sphere, while women have seldom been seriously considered or analysed in terms of their roles, power or influences on society. READ MORE

6. 4. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

   Author : Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. READ MORE

7. 5. Moats in ancient Palestine

   Author : Dag Oredsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Bible; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; archaeology; Ancient Near East; Palestine; Egypt; Assyria; Syria; Babylonia; Israel; Jordan; Moab; Edom; Ammon; Aramaeans; fortifications; defence; rampart; glacis; city wall; Early Bronze Age; Middle Bronze Age; Late Bronze Age; Iron Age; Jericho; Hazor; Jezreel; fosse; ditch; moat; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : This is the first in-depth study of moats as a part of fortifications in Palestine from prehistoric times until the end of the Iron Age. The author proposes a relation between the shape of a moat and its function. READ MORE