Search for dissertations about: "regional exchange system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words regional exchange system.

2. 1. Innovation for tackling grand challenges : Cleantech industry dynamics and regional context

   Author : Hanna Martin; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; regional innovation systems; regional innovation policy; regional path development; innovation system failures; socio-technical transitions; grand challenges; cleantech; Transformative change; Sweden;

   Abstract : Grand challenges such as climate change put focus away from innovations and innovation policy as engines of economic growth towards fulfilling societal goals and sighting sustainable development. The literature on the geography of innovation has provided valuable insights on innovation activities of firms and industries and how they are positively influenced by co-location. READ MORE

4. 2. Asine and the Argolid in the Late Helladic III Period : A Socio-Economic Study

   Author : Birgitta Sjöberg L.; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; BARTER; CENTRALISATION; CHAMBER TOMBS; EXCAHNGE; HIERARCY; HOUSES; INTRA-REGIONAL; LINEAR B; MARKET; PALACE; PRODUCTION; RECIPROCITY; SETTLEMENT SYSTEM; STATUS; STORAGE; THOLOS; WEALTH; WORKSHOP; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Abstract : The Late Helladic era of Greek prehistory has long held a fascination with archaeologists and scholars of Mediterranean ancient history. In the Argolid, which forms the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese, much attention has focused on palatial sites such as Mycenae and Tiryns. READ MORE

5. 3. Nature and Culture in Prehistoric Amazonia : Using G.I.S. to reconstruct ancient ethnogenetic processes from archaeology, linguistics, geography, and ethnohistory

   Author : Love Eriksen; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Amazonia; archaeology; linguistics; anthropology; geography; ethnohistory; Arawak; GIS; ethnogenesis; terra preta; pre-Columbian; ethnicity; regional exchange system; material culture;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the socio-cultural and linguistic development of pre-Columbian Amazonia, with a particular focus on the period between 500 BC and AD 1500. In assembling and analyzing data from archaeology, linguistics, ethnohistory, ethnography, and geography in a Geographical Information System (G.I.S. READ MORE

6. 4. The Bronze Age metalwork in southern Sweden : aspects of social and spatial organization 1800-500 B.C

   Author : Thomas B. Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bronsåldern; Föremål; Metaller; Sverige; Bronze metalwork; spatial distributions; social organization; settlement patterns; ideology; production; reproduction; accumulation; exchange; symbols; multivariate analysis.;

   Abstract : The present work highlights the Bronze Age metalwork in Southern Sweden, deposited c. 1800-500 B.C., found as single finds or in burials and hoards. READ MORE

7. 5. Encountering Environments. Natural conditions for subsistence and trade at Monte Polizzo, Sicily, 650-550 BC

   Author : Cecilia Sandström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Sicily; Western Sicily; Monte Polizzo; Elymian; Indigenous; Iron Age; Archaic; Ancient environment; Archaeology; Geoarchaeology; Landscape Archaeology; Ecology; Geomorphology; Rivers; Ancient navigability; Subsistence; Land use; Trade; Trade routes; Transport amphorae; Connectivity; Household economy; Palynology; Exchange; Selinus; Motya; Segesta;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen our knowledge about indigenous western Sicilians commonly called the Elymians and, ultimately, to recognise them as independent actors in Sicilian history. A vital part of this endeavour is to assess the Elymian role in regional trade and to evaluate the subsistence challenges they faced. READ MORE