Search for dissertations about: "Monumental"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word Monumental.

  2. 1. Monumental Past: The Life-histories of Megalithic Monuments in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)

    Author : Cornelius Holtorf; Department of Archaeology Lampeter University of Wales; []
    Keywords : Archaeology; Arkeologi;

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  4. 2. Common Knowledge : lowland Maya urban farming at Xuch

    Author : Christian Isendahl; Luis Alberto Barba Pingarrón; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ecological settlement archaeology; Maya; urbanism; agriculture; architecture; ceramics; geochemistry; vegetation; soils; archaeoclimatic modelling; Preclassic; Classic; Postclassic; Colonial; Xuch; Puuc; Campeche; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : During the second half of the first millennium AD, several large urban communities developed in the Puuc region of the northwest Yucatán Peninsula. Investigations of architecture and ceramics at Xuch provide a spatio-chronological framework demonstrating the rapid growth of an urban settlement culminating in the Terminal Classic, and its subsequent decline. READ MORE

  5. 3. Positioning the Bronze Age in Social Theory and Research Context

    Author : Anna Gröhn; Arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; social theory; practice theory; landscape; European cultural heritage; Stora Köpinge; Archaeology; longhouses; Arkeologi; Scandinavia; Bronze Age;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates the theoretical background and the research context within which interpretations of the Nordic Bronze Age have been formed in Scandinavian archaeology. A theoretical analysis that emphasises theories of social practice and phenomenological perspectives is presented. READ MORE

  6. 4. Your monument our schrine : The preservation of Great Zimbabwe

    Author : Webber Ndoro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Archaeological- and cultural heritage management; preservation and presentation; cultural landscape; Great Zimbabwe; national shrines; cultural significances; local and indigenous knowledge; cultural values; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : Cultural heritage management in African and in other non-western societies, has mainly been concerned with the preservation and presentation of archaeological monuments primarily from a technical point of view. In Zimbabwe the emphasis has been on the preservation of spectacular monumental architectural places like Great Zimbabwe. READ MORE

  7. 5. Applications of laser spectroscopy to analytical chemistry, environmental monitoring and medicine

    Author : Thomas Johansson; Förbränningsmotorer; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fluorescence; spectroscopic techniques; fluorescence imaging; capillary electrophoresis; acoustic levitation; remote sensing; interstitial photodynamic therapy; multivariate analysis; Laserteknik; Laser technology; tissue optics; medical imaging; Fysicumarkivet A:2002:Johansson;

    Abstract : In this thesis spectroscopic techniques have been used in the fields of analytical chemistry, environmental and medical applications. In analytical chemistry, laser induced fluorescence was used to image the separation of substances during capillary electrophoresis. READ MORE