Search for dissertations about: "workmen"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word workmen.

  2. 1. Directing Deir el-Medina : The External Administration of the Necropolis

    Author : Sofia Häggman; Paul John Frandsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egypt; New Kingdom; Deir el-Medina; administration; Necropolis; workmen; tomb work; payment; demonstrations; economic history; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTHÄGGMAN, SOFIA, 2002. Directing Deir el-Medina. The External Administration of the Necropolis. Uppsala Studies in Egyptology 4, Uppsala. READ MORE

  4. 2. Glory and failure : The difference engines of Johann Müller, Charles Babbage and Georg and Edvard Scheutz

    Author : Michael Lindgren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This book presents a social and technical analysis of the first attempts to mechanize the production of numerical tablets. It deals with an age when the word "computer" denoted a human being and not a machine. READ MORE

  5. 3. Kalaureia 1894 : A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece

    Author : Ingrid Berg; Anders Andrén; Arto Penttinen; Margarita Díaz-Andreu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; classical archaeology; Kalaureia; Poros; Greece; Sanctuary of Poseidon; nineteenth century; history of archaeology; cultural history; microhistory; politics of belonging; colonialism; topography; fieldwork; excavation; representation; historiography; masculinity; identity; heritage; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The excavation of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia in 1894 marks the beginning of Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece. During a couple of hot summer months, two philologists from Uppsala University, Sam Wide (1861-1918) and Lennart Kjellberg (1857-1936), worked in the sanctuary together with the architect Sven Kristenson (1858-1937), the Greek foreman Pankalos and around twenty local workmen. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Workmen’s Graffiti in the Valley of the Kings : The Impact of Landscape and Social Networks on Graffiti-making, with a Focus on the Unpublished Graffiti Discovered by Howard Carter in 1915–1918

    Author : Muhammad R. Ragab; Andreas Dorn; Angus Graham; Chloé Ragazzoli; Fredrik Hagen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Graffiti; Valley of the Kings; Deir el-Medina; workmen’s community; landscape analysis; Place marking; Socio-spatial dynamics; social network analysis; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Abstract : Graffiti have the power to transform a space within a given landscape into a meaningful place. This study undertakes an in-depth analysis of more than 4000 graffiti created by the workmen of Deir el-Medina in the Theban Mountain during the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1050 BCE), with a particular emphasis on the Valley of the Kings. READ MORE

  7. 5. Durability of sprayed concrete : steel fibre corrosion in cracks

    Author : Erik Nordström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Structural Engineering; Konstruktionsteknik;

    Abstract : A combination of sprayed concrete technique and steel fibre technology gives obvious advantages when saving the work needed to place conventional reinforcement. In rock strengthening applications this is most accentuated. Sprayed concrete in general, made by skilled workmen, will generally be of high quality and good durability. READ MORE