Search for dissertations about: "archaeology theory"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the words archaeology theory.
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1. And Through Flows the River : Archaeology and the Pasts of Lao Pako
Abstract : This is a story about Lao Pako. Lao Pako is located on a small hill on the southern bank of the river Nam Ngum in central Laos. READ MORE
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2. Sámi Prehistories : The Politics of Archaeology and Identity in Northernmost Europe
Abstract : Throughout the history of archaeology, the Sámi (the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Federation) have been conceptualized as the “Others” in relation to the national identity and (pre)history of the modern states. It is only in the last decades that a field of Sámi archaeology that studies Sámi (pre)history in its own right has emerged, parallel with an ethnic and cultural revival among Sámi groups. READ MORE
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3. Embodied Rituals and Ritualized Bodies : Tracing Ritual Practcies in Late Mesolithic Burials
Abstract : This thesis explores the ritual dimensions of the mortuary practices in the late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm in Southern Sweden and Vedbæk-Bøgebakken in Eastern Denmark. With a combination of methods and theories that all focus on the ritual practices as action, a new approach to burials in archaeology is proposed. READ MORE
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4. Funding Matters : Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to show how Europe is constructed at the intersection between archaeology, money and politics within EU cultural actions. Ever since the 1970s, the European Community has invested money and prestige in the idea of a common cultural heritage for Europe. READ MORE
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5. Positioning the Bronze Age in Social Theory and Research Context
Abstract : The thesis investigates the theoretical background and the research context within which interpretations of the Nordic Bronze Age have been formed in Scandinavian archaeology. A theoretical analysis that emphasises theories of social practice and phenomenological perspectives is presented. READ MORE