Search for dissertations about: "järnålder"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word järnålder.

  2. 1. Bad Death at Sandby borg : A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses

    Author : Clara Alfsdotter; Anders Högberg; Alison Klevnäs; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sandby borg; Migration period; Iron age; Massacre; Mass violence; Conflict; Unburied corpses; Postmortem agency; Taphonomy; Archaeothanatology; Forensic taphonomy; Trauma; Öland; Treatment of corpses; Folkvandringstid; järnålder; Öland; obegravda kroppar; våld; massaker; politiseing av lik; tafonomi; arkeothanatologi; Humaniora; Humanities; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The subject of corpses from mass violence is surprisingly unexplored, even though the materiality of the corpse carries strong symbolic capital in conflicts. The aim of my PhD research is to create new knowledge about the implications of unburied corpses that stem from intergroup conflicts, and subsequently to add knowledge concerning how intergroup violence is organised to achieve desired social agendas. READ MORE

  4. 2. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

    Author : Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. READ MORE

  5. 3. Iron Age Keys, Locks, and Chests: Exploring Locking Practices and Social Identities at Birka, Helgö, Lovö, Sanda, and Vallhagar

    Author : Emma Nordström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Nycklar; Keys; Lås; Locks; Kistor; Chests; Låsande; Locking practices; Sociala identiteter; Social identities; Järnålder; Iron Age; Vikingatid; Viking Age;

    Abstract : The use of keys, locks, and chests in the Scandinavian Iron Age is a subject overshadowed by the assumed connection between keys and the housewife with her administrative role on the farm. The key is sometimes even seen as the very symbol of this role. READ MORE

  6. 4. Från ritualiserad tradition till institutionaliserad religion : Strategier för maktlegitimering på Gotland under järnålder och medeltid

    Author : Torsten Blomkvist; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Gotland; religion; ritualised tradition; ancestor worship; oral tradition; power; genealogies; legitimacy of power; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This dissertation has two principal aims. The first is to critically discuss the concept of an ancient Scandinavian religion. The second one is to create, from the terms ritualised tradition and (institutionalised) religion a theory of social change on Gotland during the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. READ MORE

  7. 5. Landscape Dynamics : Spatial analyses of villages and farms on Gotland AD 200-1700

    Author : Gustaf Svedjemo; Frands Herschend; Helene Martinsson-Wallin; Jan Henrik Fallgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gotland; Archaeology; History; Historical maps; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Middle Ages; Village; Village formation; Farm; Settlement archaeology; Spatial analyses; GIS; Prediction modelling.; Gotland; Arkeologi; Historia; Historiska kartor; Romersk järnålder; Folkvandringstid; By; Bybildning; Gård; Bebyggelsearkeologi; rumsliga analyser; GIS; Geografiska informationssystem; prediktionsmodellering;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the long-term dynamics and fluctuations of settlements on Gotland for the period from AD 200 up until early modern times. The settlement structure on Gotland is most often described as very stable and consisting of solitary farms, established in the Iron Age. READ MORE