Search for dissertations about: "institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia.

  2. 21. Crossing the Bridge : An Interpretation of the Archaeological Remains in the Etruscan Bridge Complex at San Giovenale, Etruria

    Author : Yvonne Backe-Forsberg; Gullög Nordquist; Lars Karlsson; Ingela Wiman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Etruscan; San Giovenale; bridge; chthonic; Vesuna; Lurs Larunita; gens; Urcena; Larth; Fasthi Alsi; sacellum; Orientalizing; Protovillanovan; Archaic; Hellenistic; pottery; Greek imports; inscriptions; ritual; liminal; rites of passage; sacrifices; banqueting; transit road; multiple functions; continuity; change; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the archaeological remains in the Etruscan bridge complex, found during the excavations at San Giovenale in 1959–1963, and 1999. The aim has been to reach a holistic perspective of the bridge complex with the bridge seen as a link between topography, economy, social relationships, politics, symbols and ritual, reflecting its importance for the whole community at San Giovenale and its surroundings. READ MORE

  4. 22. Children Lost and Found : A bioarchaeological study of Middle Helladic children in Asine with a comparison to Lerna

    Author : Anne Ingvarsson-Sundström; Robert Arnott; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; children; archaeology; osteology; Asine; Lerna; Middle Helladic; skeletons; age; subadults; graves; growth; health; weaning; mortality; fetuses; infants; mortuary ritual; Bronze Age.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study focusses on children’s living conditions during the Middle Helladic period in Greece. The primary material comprises disarticulated skeletal remains found in a stratigraphic context during the Swedish excavations of Asine in 1926: 4,583 fragments/complete bones. READ MORE

  5. 23. The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe : Archaeological Heritage, Religion and Politics in Postcolonial Zimbabwe and the Return of Cultural Property

    Author : Edward Matenga; Paul Sinclair; Aron Mazel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : soapstone Birds; Great Zimbabwe; archaeological heritage; cultural property; return of cultural property; cultural symbols; cultural rights; postcolonial theory; western hegemonic discourse; authorized heritage discourse AHD ; nationalism; fait accompli; natural justice; collecting; materiality theory; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : At least eight soapstone carvings of birds furnished a shrine, Great Zimbabwe, in the 19th century. This large stonewalled settlement, once a political and urban centre, had been much reduced for four centuries, although the shrine continued to operate as local traditions dictated. READ MORE

  6. 24. Nut - The Goddess of Life in Text and Iconography

    Author : Nils Billing; Saphinaz-Amal Naguib; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egyptian religion; goddess; mother; water; space; ontology; Pyramid Texts; horizon; tree goddess; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Abstract : This study delineates the basic characteristics of the ancient Egyptian goddess Nut as expressed in funerary texts and iconography. The goddess is treated as conceptual in character (Begriffsgottheit), i.e. as an animate expression for the ideas that the ancient Egyptians associated with the sky: space and water. READ MORE

  7. 25. Directing Deir el-Medina : The External Administration of the Necropolis

    Author : Sofia Häggman; Paul John Frandsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egypt; New Kingdom; Deir el-Medina; administration; Necropolis; workmen; tomb work; payment; demonstrations; economic history; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTHÄGGMAN, SOFIA, 2002. Directing Deir el-Medina. The External Administration of the Necropolis. Uppsala Studies in Egyptology 4, Uppsala. READ MORE