Search for dissertations about: "age"

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2. 6. Barshalder 2 : Studies of late Iron Age Gotland

   Author : Martin Rundkvist; Ingmar Jansson; Siv Kristoffersen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Barshalder; Grötlingbo; Fide; Gotland; cemetery; graves; burial; Iron Age; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Vendel Period; Viking Period; landscape history; gender; typology; chronology; seriation; correspondence analysis; social stratification; status; religion; paganism; Christianity; Christianisation; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Abstract : The prehistoric cemetery of Barshalder is located along the main road on the boundary between Grötlingbo and Fide parishes, near the southern end of the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The ceme-tery was used from c. AD 1-1100. READ MORE

4. 7. The alluring nature of episodic odor memory : Sensory and cognitive correlates across age and sex

   Author : Christina Blåvarg; Peter Juslin; Mats J. Olsson; Steven Nordin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Olfaction; Age; Sex; Episodic odor memory; Odor identification; Recollective experience; Hedonic; Healthy; Adults; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Episodic memory for olfactory information is still relatively uncharted. The overall purpose of this thesis is to investigate the sensory and cognitive causes of the well-established age-related decline in olfactory episodic odor memory and of the age-independent sex difference in olfactory episodic memory. READ MORE

5. 8. Age Differences in Experience and Regulation of Affect

   Author : Pär Bjälkebring; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Affect; Age;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate differences in how younger and older adults view and control affect. Study I and Study II investigate how participants view their happiness and what factors influence their perception of happiness. In Study I we found weak negative association between age and happiness. READ MORE

6. 9. The Common Thread, Textile Production during the Late Iron Age and Viking Age

   Author : Eva Andersson; Arkeologi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Haithabu; Birka; Scania; Viking Age; Late Iron Age; household production; textile valuables; sail cloth; bone needle; loom weight; textile production; spindle whorl; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The initial aim of the present PhD thesis was to develop the method of classification for textile tools to facilitate the study of textile production in an archaeological context. The thesis consists of five separate projects and a concluding summary. The study covers the late Iron Age, mainly the Viking Period. READ MORE

7. 10. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

   Author : Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. READ MORE