Search for dissertations about: "archaeological excavations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words archaeological excavations.

  2. 1. Remnant echoes of the past : Archaeological geophysical prospection in Sweden

    Author : Andreas Viberg; Kerstin Lidén; Bo Olofsson; Rinita Dalan; Bruce Bevan; Neil Price; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeological prospection; geophysical survey; Sweden; Ground-penetrating radar; magnetometry; Slingram; magnetic susceptibility; Neolithic; Migration period; Viking Age; Middle Ages; Öland; Gotland; Sigtuna; Lapland; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to investigate the benefits, pitfalls and possibilities of using geophysical methods in archaeological projects. This is exemplified by surveys carried out at archaeological sites in different geographical and chronological contexts. READ MORE

  4. 2. Unguja Ukuu on Zanzibar : An archaeological study of early urbanism

    Author : Abdurahman Juma; Paul Sinclair; Chapurukha M Kusimba; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; cultural complexity; cycles; early urbanism; and urban characterization; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Abstract : This study describes archaeological excavations carried out at Unguja Ukuu on the main island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. The site has long remained obscure, oral histories do not mention it and no particular group among the living community of the island describes its origin from the site. READ MORE

  5. 3. Integrated geophysical-geochemical methods for archaeological prospecting

    Author : Kjell Persson; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geophysics; geophysical; geochemical; prospecting; archaeology; electric; magnetometric; Geofysik; Geophysics; Geofysik;

    Abstract : A great number of field measurements with different methods and instruments were conducted in attempts to develop a method for an optimal combination of various geochemical and geophysical methods in archaeological prospecting. The research presented in this thesis focuses on a study of how different anthropogenic changes in the ground can be detected by geochemical and geophysical mapping and how the results can be presented. READ MORE

  6. 4. Patterns in diversity : Geochemical analyses and settlement changes during the Iron Age - Early Medieval time in the Lake Mälaren region, Sweden

    Author : Björn Hjulström; Sven Isaksson; Michael Parker Pearson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : The principal aims of this thesis were two-fold, encompassing both a geochemical approach and a focus on the settlement structure of the Lake Mälaren region of Sweden during the first millennium A.D. READ MORE

  7. 5. Archaeological and Historical Reconstructions of the Foraging and Farming Communities of the Lower Zambezi : From the mid Holocene to the second Millennium AD

    Author : Hilário Madiquida; Paul Sinclair; Karl-Johan Lindholm; Dr Munyaradzi Manyanga; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mozambique; Zambezi Valley; Late Stone Age; Early Farming Communities; Long-distance trade; Afro-Portuguese; Written sources; Archaeology; Historical Ecology; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis I combine new archaeological surveys and excavations together with the historical and ethnographic sources, to construct a long term settlement history and historical ecology of the lower Zambezi River valley and delta region, in Mozambique. The evidence presented indicates that people have settled in the area since the Late Stone Age, in total eight new archaeological sites have been located in archaeological surveys. READ MORE