Search for dissertations about: "Sabine Sten"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Sabine Sten.

  2. 1. Bovine Teeth in Age Assessment, from Medieval Cattle to Belgian Blue : Methodology, Possibilities and Limitations

    Author : Sabine Sten; Ebba During; Sven Lindskog; Morten Meldgaard; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Arkeologi Osteologi Tänder Nötkreatur Medeltid Åldersbedömning Metod; Historical osteology;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to develop and characterise an age assessment method based on incremental lines in dental cementum using contemporary bovine teeth and teeth from archaeological faunal assemblages. The investigations also included two other age assessment methods: tooth wear pattern and macroscopic dental measurements. READ MORE

  4. 2. Animals and Humans : Human-animal interaction in northern Sweden during the late glacial and postglacial time

    Author : Therese Ekholm; Sabine Sten; Carl-Gösta Ojala; Ola Magnell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Mesolithic; fauna; radiocarbon dating; northern Sweden; calcined bones; pioneers; hunter-gatherers; zooarchaeology; lithic technology; taphonomy; 8.2 k BP cold event; prey.; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : When the last remnant of the Weichsel glacier melted in northern Sweden, around 7000 BC, pioneer settlers entered virgin land, following their prey, which in turn followed the vegetation dispersion. Some of the settlers derived from the east and the northeast and spread from the Russian taiga, through Finland and into northern Sweden, the study area for this thesis. 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