Search for dissertations about: "bronze casting"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words bronze casting.

  2. 1. The double axe in Minoan Crete : a functional analysis of production and use

    Author : Maria Lowe Fri; Charlotte Scheffer; Lena Sjögren; Doniert Evely; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bronze Age Crete; Minoan period; double axe; casting; casting defects; finishing treatment; experimental archaeology; use-wear; use; user; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : This study examines the production and use of Minoan double axes with the aim of finding out what working activities they were used for. The double axe has earlier been associated with a woodworker, a carpenter, a stonemason and a butcher. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gene : on the origin, function and development of sedentary Iron Age settlement in northern Sweden

    Author : Per H. Ramqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sedentary; settlement; colonization; internal development; origin; development; three-aisled long-houses; house construction; room division; inter-regional structure; iron forging; bronze casting; Järnåldern;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with questions concerning the sedentary settlement in central Norrland: its origins, function and development. This type of settlement appears at the start of our calendar. The material comprises an almost fully excavated farmstead from the Early Iron Age (1-600 A.D. READ MORE

  5. 3. In-Between: Contemporary Art in Australia. Cross-culture, Contemporaneity, Globalization

    Author : Beatrice Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; contemporary art; Australian art; Aboriginal art; cross-culture; contemporaneity; globalization; postcolonialism; diaspora; cultural semiotics; Emily Kame Kngwarreye; Fiona Foley; Ricky Swallow; John Young;

    Abstract : This study emerges from the question: what is contemporary art, and mainly what criteria constitute contemporary art in a globalized art world in general? Thus, the focus of this dissertation is on the postcolonial context of Australia and the fact that the contemporary art scene in Australia is divided into Australian and Aboriginal art respectively. This is a division originating from the colonization of Australia that began in the 1770’s, resulting in an Australian art descending from a Western art practice, where there is further focus on two categories within this art. READ MORE