Search for dissertations about: "Pitted Ware Culture."

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  2. 1. Breaking and Making Bodies and Pots : Material and Ritual Practices in Sweden in the Third Millennium BC

    Author : Åsa Maria Larsson; Anders Kaliff; Jan Storå; Joanna Sofaer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Middle Neolithic; Late Neolithic; Pitted Ware culture; Battle Axe culture; Corded Ware culture; pottery; pottery technology; craft; chaîne opératoire; mortuary archaeology; mortuary house; burial; ritual; defleshing; cremation; secondary mortuary practice; osteology; ethnoarchaeology; culture; culture change; identity; ethnicity; practice; cognition; body; embodiment; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : In South Sweden the third millennium BC is characterised by coastal settlements of marine hunter-gatherers known as the Pitted Ware culture, and inland settlements of the Battle Axe culture. This thesis outlines the history of research of the Middle Neolithic B in general and that of the pottery and burial practices in particular. READ MORE

  4. 2. Shaping an identity : Pitted Ware pottery and potters in southeast Sweden

    Author : Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay; Kerstin Lidén; Mats Larsson; Ole Stilborg; Andrew Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pitted Ware culture; pottery; middle Neolithic; Öland; Köpingsvik; Ottenby Royal Manor; cultural identity; pottery design; pottery technology; pottery use; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology; North European; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The thesis is concerned with pottery and culture during the Middle Neolithic (c. 3300 – 2300 cal BC) in southeast Sweden. Its purpose is to investigate and discuss the significance of pottery in the Pitted Ware culture, particularly on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. READ MORE

  5. 3. Changes, Activities and Bones : Intra-site analysis of the Pitted Ware Culture site Ajvide on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland

    Author : Alexander Sjöstrand; Sabine Sten; Paul Wallin; Gustaf Svedjemo; Kristiina Mannermaa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Osteology; GIS; Archaeology; Stone Age; Middle Neolithic; Pitted Ware Culture; Bourdieu; practice theory; Gotland; Ajvide; ritual.; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : In this dissertation the structure, practices and evolution of a single Pitted Ware Culture site, Ajvide on Gotland, is explored and placed within the larger Pitted Ware Culture context. The site has been excavated over a period of 24 years, making it one of the most excavated Pitted Ware Culture sites in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Consuming and communicating identities : Dietary diversity and interaction in Middle Neolithic Sweden

    Author : Elin Fornander; Kerstin Lidén; Per Andersson; Liv Nilsson Stutz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Middle Neolithic; Neolithisation; Sweden; Baltic Sea; Funnel Beaker Culture; Pitted Ware Culture; Battle Axe Culture; megaliths; isotopes; δ13C; δ15N; δ34S; 87Sr 86Sr; radiocarbon dating; palaeodiet; mobility; interaction; identity; ethnicity; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : Isotope analyses on human and faunal skeletal remains from different Swedish Neolithic archaeological contexts are here applied as a means to reconstruct dietary strategies and mobility patterns. The chronological emphasis is on the Middle Neolithic period, and radiocarbon dating constitutes another central focus. READ MORE

  7. 5. Migration in Prehistory : DNA and stable isotope analyses of Swedish skeletal material

    Author : Anna Linderholm; Kerstin Lidén; Oliver Craig; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Migration; ancient DNA; stable isotopes; δ13C; δ15N; δ34S; mtDNA; lactose tolerance; Neolithic; Pitted Ware culture; Funnel Beaker culture; Vikings; Öland; Rössberga; Birka; Björned; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : The main aim of this thesis is to show how scientific methods may be used to look at migration in prehistory on the basis of archaeological material. The individuals examined represent the period 4 000 BC to 1 000 AD and have their geographical origins in various parts of Sweden.Ancient DNA analysis is employed in three cases. READ MORE