Search for dissertations about: "environmental archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental archaeology.

2. 1. Changing Landscapes : An Environmental History of Chibuene, Southern Mozambique

   Author : Anneli Ekblom; Paul Sinclair; Louis Scott; João Morais; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; environmental history; archaeology; archaeobotany; paleoecology; vegetation history; pollen analysis; environmental management; environmental insecurity; resource utilisation; landscape; paleclimatology; trade; oral tradition; Mozambique; Vilanculos; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the dynamics of environmental change and its embeddedness in the long term interactions of social history and rainfall variability through the building of an environmental history of the Chibuene locality, the coastal plain of southern Mozambique, 5 km south of the town Vilanculos, from 400 AD to present day. Land-use practices over time are discussed on the basis of vegetation and land-use history based pollen analysis, charcoal influx and diatom analysis. READ MORE

4. 2. Coastal Communities on the Move : House and Polity Interaction in Southern Ostrobothnia 1500 BC-AD 1

   Author : Peter Holmblad; Karin Viklund; Henrik Asplund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Community archaeology; Settlement archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Environmental archaeology; House society; Local polity; Bronze Age; Pre-Roman Iron Age; Subsistence practices; Habitation practices; Political economy; Ostrobothnia; Finland; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; Archaeology; arkeologi;

   Abstract : This work attempts to seek new insights in understanding the archeological phenomena traditionally labelled as the western Bronze Age and the coastal Pre-Roman cultures of Finland (1500 BC-AD 1), by studying the phenomena from a socioeconomic interaction and practice oriented community perspective. The basic line of thought is that it was the everyday life of the local agents and their interactions that constituted the local communities. READ MORE

5. 3. Animating soils : geoarchaeological approaches to past human-environment relationships in the Arctic

   Author : Philip Jerand; Johan Linderholm; Philip I. Buckland; Carl-Gösta Ojala; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental archaeology; sampling; Sámi archaeology; spatial organisation; Arctic archaeology; geoarchaeology; soil formation; historical archaeology; miljöarkeologi; provtagning; samisk arkeologi; rumslig organisering; Arktisk arkeologi; geoarkeologi; jordmånsbildning; historisk arkeologi; Archaeology; arkeologi; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis, soils and sediments have been used as sources of information on past human activity in Arctic environments. The study has combined geoarchaeological methods and techniques with information from historical documents, ethnographic accounts, and archaeological remains to create integrated narratives of human-landscape interactions in the past. READ MORE

6. 4. The soil as a source material in archaeology. : Theoretical considerations and pragmatic applications

   Author : Johan Linderholm; Roger Engelmark; Martin Bell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental archaeology; Geoarchaeology; Prehistory; Soil phosphate; Magnetic susceptibility; Soil chemistry; Site formation processes; Soil erosion; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Archaeology; arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with questions on various applications using soils and sediments as sources of information in archaeological research. Human environmental impact on soils and sediments, in terms of pollution, is a well known phenomenon as the industrialisation intensified during historical times and onwards and has left strong pollutive marks. READ MORE

7. 5. Blinded by the light : developing models of settlement and mobility with the use of spectroscopy and exploratory methods

   Author : Mattias Sjölander; Philip I. Buckland; Johan Linderholm; Peter Jordan; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; hunter-gatherer; spectroscopy; chemometrics; quartz; quartzite; bifacial; lithics; geoarchaeology; exploratory; spatial analysis; modelling; arkeologi; jakt- och fångstfolk; spektroskopi; kemometri; kvarts; kvartsit; bifacial; flathuggen; geoarkeologi; rumslig analys; modellering; Archaeology; arkeologi; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis an exploratory approach has been used to study settlement and mobility among hunter-gatherer societies in Northern Sweden during the 2 000 – 0 BC period. The focus has been on developing the topics of bifacial point use and raw material management of quartzand quartzite materials. READ MORE