Search for dissertations about: "textual archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words textual archaeology.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Actor and Event : Military Activity in Ancient Egyptian Narrative Texts from Tuthmosis II to Merenptah

    Author : Patrik Lundh; Kim Ryholt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ancient Egypt; military texts; Tuthmosis III; Amenhotep II; Ramesses II; Battle of Megiddo; Battle of Kadesh; Egyptian empire; New Kingdom; Merenptah; military expeditions; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Abstract : This study treats the function of the military writings of ancient Egypt, from Tuthmosis II to Merenptah (c. 1492–1203 B.C.). READ MORE

  5. 3. Pagan Pasts, Christian Futures: Memory Manipulation and Christianisation in the Cities of Western Asia Minor

    Author : Irene Selsvold; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianisation; Late Antiquity; materiality; memory; Asia Minor; Aphrodisias; Hierapolis; Ephesus; urban archaeology; Roman religion; early Christianity;

    Abstract : Religion has always impacted how we structure the physical world around us, and the Roman world was no exception. Roman cities were constructed and shaped around religious life and religious practices. Religious art was omnipresent, and religious architecture monumental. READ MORE

  6. 4. Caleacte : Production and Exchange in a North Sicilian Town c. 500 BC-500 AD

    Author : Adam Lindhagen; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Antikens och forntidens historia; Ancient history; Roman; Hellenistic; pottery; amphorae; exchange; Caleacte; production; Petrology; mineralogy; geochemistry; Petrologi; mineralogi; geokemi;

    Abstract : The study deals with the ancient town of Caleacte, modern Caronia, on the north coast of Sicily. Information provided by ancient textual sources, epigraphy and archaeology on the economic conditions and framework of the site and its micro-region are presented in the first chapter. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pindaric Scholarship between Aristarchus and Didymus : An Edition of the Fragments with Explanatory Notes and a Discussion of Early Pindaric Scholarship

    Author : Pontus Österdahl; Denis Searby; Mark De Kreij; Pär Ola Sandin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pindar; Hellenistic literature; scholia; fragment; commentary; textual criticism; klassiska språk med inriktning mot antik grekiska; Classics with Specialisation in Ancient Greek;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore Hellenistic scholarship on Pindar in the period between Aristarchus and Didymus. Although no ancient scholarly work on Pindar survives in its entirety, the Pindar scholia and other indirect sources show that about a dozen scholars known by name worked on Pindar in the period studied. READ MORE