Search for dissertations about: "Middle Neolithic"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Middle Neolithic.

  2. 11. Following the herd : Population genetics of European sheep in time and space

    Author : Pedro Morell Miranda; Torsten Günther; Mattias Jakobsson; Daniel G. Bradley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Sheep; Population Genetics; Ancient DNA; Wool; Demography; Wool; Mouflon;

    Abstract : Sheep, which were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000-12,000 years ago, have been a key resource for human populations ever since. We, however, know little about how they were domesticated, and what happened to them after their initial expansion from their domestication area into all corners of Eurasia and later Africa and the Americas. READ MORE

  4. 12. 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

  5. 13. Site variability and settlement patterns : an analysis of the hunter-gatherer settlement system in the Lule River Valley, 1500 B.C.-B.C./A.D

    Author : Lars L. Forsberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hunter-gatherers; intrasite patterning; multivariate analysis; resource exploitation; settlement patterns; site function;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with questions concerning prehistoric hunter-gatherer society on the River Luleälv in Northern Sweden from c. 1500 B.C. to B. READ MORE

  6. 14. Vegetation and land-use in the Småland Uplands, southern Sweden, during the last 6000 years

    Author : Per Lagerås; Kvartärgeologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geologi; physical geography; Sweden; Geology; Småland Uplands; land-use history; pollen analysis; Holocene vegetation history; mineral magnetic analysis; AMS dating; clearance cairns; hay production; shifting cultivation; Picea migration; slash-and-burn cultivation; fysisk geografi;

    Abstract : Palaeoecological methods were applied to peat and sediment cores recovered from one bog (Bråtamossen) and two lakes (Avegöl and Femtingagölen) in the Småland Uplands, southern Sweden. The general aim was to reconstruct the landuse and vegetation history for the last 6000 years in this agriculturally marginal region. READ MORE