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

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia.

  2. 6. The people of Knossos : Prosopographical studies in the Knossos Linear B archives

    Author : Hedvig Landenius-Enegren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Prosopography; Knossos; Linear B tablets; Mycenaean Crete; Aegean Bronze Age epigraphy; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The thesis comprises a study of the personal names and designations recorded on the Knossos Linear B tablets. The tablets are largely fragmentary and are written in a syllabic script. When deciphered the language proved to be an early form of Greek. The tablets date to the Mycenaean period of the Palace of Knossos. READ MORE

  4. 7. Studies in Roman architecture : Configuring the classical orders

    Author : Peter Liljenstolpe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Architecture; classical architecture; Roman archaeology; classical archaeology; column; capital; ornamentation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study describes the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders as subsystems, which were configured according to the desired effect of the system, i.e. the architecture. This follows what Vitruvius termed decor and was dependent on either physical factors, convention or custom. READ MORE

  5. 8. Your monument our schrine : The preservation of Great Zimbabwe

    Author : Webber Ndoro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Archaeological- and cultural heritage management; preservation and presentation; cultural landscape; Great Zimbabwe; national shrines; cultural significances; local and indigenous knowledge; cultural values; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : Cultural heritage management in African and in other non-western societies, has mainly been concerned with the preservation and presentation of archaeological monuments primarily from a technical point of view. In Zimbabwe the emphasis has been on the preservation of spectacular monumental architectural places like Great Zimbabwe. READ MORE

  6. 9. To rede and to rown : Expressions of early Scandinavian kingship in written sources

    Author : Svante Norr; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; kingship; historical analogy; textual archaeology; written sources; counsel; rune; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The subject of this thesis is early Scandinavian kingship, and the analysis is based on a number of written sources and runic inscriptions. A study of early Germanic kingship focuses primarily on the development of Gothic kingship from the fourth to the sixth century. READ MORE

  7. 10. Mahilaka : An archaeological investigation of an early town in northwestern Madagascar

    Author : Chantal Radimilahy; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Madagascar; urbanism; environment; resource availability; spatial analysis; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : In 1988, at the beginning of the 'Urban Origins in Eastern Africa' research project, it was thought that no towns existed in Madagascar prior to the 17th century. This thesis shows that Madagascar did in fact support an urban population with a wide range of local and regional contacts from the end of the first millennium AD. READ MORE