Search for dissertations about: "kultur"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 404 swedish dissertations containing the word kultur.

2. 21. With Gods as Neighbours : Extra-temenal activity at Greek rural sanctuaries, 700–200 BCE

   Author : Axel Frejman; Gunnel Ekroth; Karl-Johan Lindholm; Erika Weiberg; Yannis Lolos; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek rural sanctuaries; extra-temenal; temenos; commons; Labraunda; Sinuri; Nemea.; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates so-called extra-temenal areas at Greek rural sanctuaries 700–200 BCE. Extra-temenal areas are defined as areas located outside the temenos, which have a functional, administrative and conceptual connection to the sanctuary. READ MORE

4. 22. "...achieved nothing worthy of memory" : Coinage and authority in the Roman empire c. AD 260-295

   Author : Ragnar Hedlund; Mats Cullhed; Ursula Kampmann; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Roman empire; soldier-emperor; crisis; propaganda; language of images; authority; legitimacy; communication; coinage; coin-imagery; war; military; court; Rome; regionalization; consecration; dynasty; divine sanction; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This study examines how the Roman emperors c. AD. 260–295 attempt at maintaining their power-bases through legitimation of their claims to power, with reference to various potentially powerful groups of society, such as the military, the inhabitants of the provinces and the senate in Rome. READ MORE

5. 23. Greek Cisterns : Water and risk in ancient Greece, 600–50 BC

   Author : Patrik Klingborg; Gunnel Ekroth; Henrik Gerding; Michaeol Lindblom; Jutta Stroszeck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cisterns; Greece; Water; Risk; Materiality; Water supply; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This study explores cisterns in the Greek world 600–50 BC based on a representative body of archaeological material of 410 cisterns from 49 sites presented in a catalogue, and the literary and epigraphic evidence. The aim is to investigate when and how cisterns were constructed, how they were used and functioned in ancient Greek society and why they were used only at certain times. READ MORE

6. 24. Sempronia's Song : Attitudes to Women's Music-making in Ancient Rome

   Author : Erika Lindgren Liljenstolpe; Gunnel Ekroth; Gullög Nordquist; Hillevi Ganetz; Gunhild Vidén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Rome; Roman; Music; Music-making; Women; Gender; Patriarchy; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This study explores attitudes towards women’s music-making in ancient Rome (c. 120 BC–130 AD), as expressed in love poetry, satire, letters, historiography, biography, rhetoric and philosophy. The texts are studied from an intersectional perspective considering gender, social status, age and ethnicity to explain various attitudes. READ MORE

7. 25. Seascape Dialogues : Human-sea interaction in the Aegean from Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age

   Author : Christopher Nuttall; Michael Lindblom; Gunnel Ekroth; Matthew Haysom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Seascapes; Aegean prehistory; Greece; material culture; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : This thesis examines human-sea interaction based on embodied and embedded action in the littoral and island regions of the Aegean from Late Neolithic (4800 BCE) to the end of Late Bronze Age I (1600 BCE). Fundamental to this approach is the concept of seascapes, defined here as a place or agent created by a human mind set. READ MORE