Search for dissertations about: "Neolithic axes"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Neolithic axes.

  2. 1. Tools and technology : Lithic technological analysis of Neolithic axe morphology

    Author : Deborah Olausson; Arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Lithic technology; Neolithic; flint axes; stone axes; practical trials; style;

    Abstract : Through practical experiments, edge-wear analysis, and the study of archaeological collections, the dissertation explores the complex relationship between style and function in a specific class of artifacts: the Neolithic axe. The results of the three-part approach described above, when applied for instance to thin-butted axes from the Funnel Beaker Culture, indicated that there was no clear-cut cass of unusable prestige axes, but rather that axe length more likely reflected practical rather than stylistic considerations. READ MORE

  4. 2. Den produktiva gåvan. Tradition och innovation i Sydskandinavien för omkring 5 300 år sedan

    Author : Kristina Jennbert; Arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; utbyte; innovation; neolitisering; tradition; ertböllekultur; Mauss; odling; trattbägarkultur; djurhållning; reciprocitet; gåva;

    Abstract : The main issues discussed in this dissertation are the questions how and why farming and animal husbandry were introduced in southern Scandinavia. The Löddesborg site by the Öresund coast supplied most of the basic materials used in the analysis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pioneer Settlement in the Mesolithic of Northern Sweden

    Author : Anders Olofsson; Noel Broadbent; Ingela Bergman; Bo Knarrström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Mesolithic; pioneer settlement; lithic technology; cultural context; chronology; glacio-isostatic uplift; lake-tilting; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Archaeology; arkeologi;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to cast light on the earliest settlement of northern Sweden. The starting point is lithic artifacts, which have been studied from a technological as well as a more conventional typological perspective (Papers I, II, and IV). READ MORE