Search for dissertations about: "Paul Sinclair"
Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words Paul Sinclair.
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16. Symbolic and Material Boundaries : An archaeological genealogy of the Urus of Lake Poopó, Bolivia
Abstract : The thesis focuses on Bolivian Indians who are assimilated into ethnic groups as one of many consequences of the colonial past. An understanding of the complexity of this construction draws from disciplines such as Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Sociology, in an effort to expose the power relations behind the construction. READ MORE
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17. Urban Origins in Southern Sri Lanka
Abstract : This study focuses upon the development of urbanisation in southern Sri Lanka during the proto, early and late historical periods c. 900 BC onwards. The following research themes are addressed:(a). Why did the southern semi-arid zone become a focus of urbanism?(b). READ MORE
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18. Minerals and Managers: : production contexts as evidence for social organization in Zimbabwean prehistory
Abstract : In the Zimbabwean past, farming societies utilized mineral resources for their own use and for exchange to local and regional populations, as well as to markets beyond African borders. Successful agriculture was constrained by environmental hazards, principally unpredictable and often inadequate rainfall. READ MORE
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19. Rowing social-ecological systems: morals, culture and resilience
Abstract : The shift from management and governance of ecosystems to relational complex adaptive social-ecological systems (SES) emphasizes a dynamic and integrated humans-in-nature perspective. Such a shift also needs to investigate how diversity and differences in cultures and morals relate to the existence of SES. READ MORE