Search for dissertations about: "Neolithic"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the word Neolithic.

2. 6. 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

4. 7. Weaned Upon A Time : Studies of the Infant Diet in Prehistory

   Author : Rachel Howcroft; Kerstin Lidén; Gunilla Eriksson; Tamsin O'Connell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Infant Feeding; Breastfeeding; Weaning; Milk; Diet; Fertility; Neolithic; Agriculture; Hunter-Gatherer; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Prehistory; Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Ratios; Bone; Dentine; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with how prehistoric infants were fed in different physical and cultural environments, and in particular what impact the economic, social, and epidemiological changes associated with the development of agriculture had on infant feeding practices. In order to examine these effects, stable isotope ratio analysis has been used to assess the duration of breastfeeding and weaning in a variety of prehistoric contexts. READ MORE

5. 8. The materiality of serial practice : a microarchaeology of burial : (Materialitet i seriell praktik. En mikroarkeologisk gravanalys)

   Author : Fredrik Fahlander; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Microarchaeology; social theory; social practice; landscape; graves; Ajvide; Asea; Tegea; corporeality; Neolithic; GRK; Pitted Ware Culture.;

   Abstract : The main concern of the thesis is the question of how to deal with matters of social heterogeneity in prehistory. A social reading of psychoanalytic theory of e.g. Jacques Lacan suggests that social heterogeneity generally is more likely than homogeneity in most social formations. READ MORE

6. 9. Tracing Prehistoric Activities : Life ways, habitual behaviour and health of hunter-gatherers on Gotland

   Author : Petra Molnar; Jan Storå; Christopher Knüsel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Activity-related change; Musculoskeletal Stress Markers; Extramasticatory wear; dental wear; Health index; Pitted Ware culture; Neolithic; Ajvide; Archaeology; Arkeologi; osteoarkeologi; Osteoarchaeology;

   Abstract : In the present thesis, skeletal and dental evidence of physical strain and habitual behaviour has been investigated through musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and extramasticatory dental wear. The skeletal and dental traits have been examined in relation to health patterns and material culture in order to gain better knowledge of life ways of hunter-gatherers on Gotland with special focus on Pitted Ware culture sites and the Ajvide site in particular. READ MORE

7. 10. Speleothems from Warm Climates : Holocene Records from the Caribbean and Mediterranean Regions

   Author : Meighan Boyd; Karin Holmgren; Ian J. Fairchild; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Stable isotopes; U-Th dating; trace elements; stalagmite; speleothem; Mid-Holocene; Caribbean; ITCZ; rapid climate change; climate; Eastern Mediterranean; Peloponnese; Santorini; Neolithic; Alepotrypa Cave; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to increased knowledge on Holocene climate and environmental variability from two complex and sparsely studied areas. Using a speleothem from Gasparee Cave, Trinidad, as a paleoclimate archive, the local expression of the 8. READ MORE