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1	Det var en gång en grotta : Om hästarna från Stora Förvar / There once was a cave : Concerning the horses of Stora Förvar Brozén, Astrid January 2020 (has links) Humanity has long lived alongside a variety of animals. We have eaten their flesh, utilized their bones for tools and trinkets and learned to care for and appreciate them. When animal remains are ignored or left out in archaeological research, a large part of our common history is left untold. This is especially true in the case of the cave Stora Förvar on Stora Karlsö outside the west coast of Gotland. The cave was first excavated in 1888–1893 by Lars Kolmodin and Hjalmar Stolpe. Their excavations left behind a little more than two metric tonnes of animal bones of various species which since then have not been thoroughly analysed. The equine remains have barely been touched at all. The purpose of this essay is therefore to create an overview of the horse population from inside the cave and determine in what manner they were used by the humans. In order to do so the author will utilise a microarchaeological approach along with ritual theory. Through an osteological analysis combined with literary studies the equine remains and their uses are discussed. Hopefully, this work will add another piece to the puzzle that is Stora Förvar. Hästar Stora Karlsö Stora Förvar animalosteologi equus Archaeology Arkeologi
2	"Forntidens vildar" : Perspektiv på relationen mellan djur och människor i grottan Stora Förvar Lindström, Tobias January 2017 (has links) The cave Stora Förvar, excavated in the end of the 19th century, yielded a vast archaeological assemblage, providing great insight into the stone-age occupation of Stora Karlsö, an island a few kilometers off the west coast of Gotland. The bones of around ten humans dating to the Mesolithic have previously been identified among the four tons of faunal remains recovered from the cave. The human bone material featured cut-marks and split tubular bones. This, along with the apparent mixing of human- and animal bones in the cave, was interpreted as signs of anthropophagy. Later researchers have tentatively proposed that the individuals represented in the bone material might have been shamans, deviants, human sacrifices or low-status individuals. In the author’s opinion, this assertion is based on the dichotomies nature/culture and profane/sacred which produce a separation between the human bones and the animal bones. It is shown that defleshing and disarticulation were widespread practices during the Mesolithic, which could explain the marks found on the bones from Stora Förvar. Similarly, the mixing of human- and animal remains is a common feature of many Mesolithic sites across Europe. Employing a theoretical framework inspired by posthumanism and the ‘ontological turn’, the author argues that the assemblage should be understood through an alternative ontological premise where human and animal, hunter and prey, were not regarded as fundamentally different. Stora Förvar Gotland Mesolithic defleshing disarticulation relational ontology posthumanism human-animal relations Stora Förvar Gotland mesolitikum skelettering disartikulering relationell ontologi posthumanism Archaeology Arkeologi
3	En gropkeramisk rundtur på Gotland : GIS-analyser av gropkeramiska lokaler på Gotland och osteologiska bedömningar av resursutnyttjande / A Pitted Ware round-trip on Gotland : GIS-analyses of Pitted Ware Culture sites on Gotland and osteological assessments of resource utilisation Eriksson, Albin January 2019 (has links) The aim of this master thesis is to expand on the understanding of the resource utilisation on the 19 Gotlandic Pitted Ware Culture sites: Ajvide, Alvena, Fridtorp, Grausne, Gullrum,Gumbalde, Hau, Hemmor, Hoburgen, Ire, Kinner/Tjauls, Rangvide, Barshalder, Stenstugu,Stora Förvar, Sudergårds II, Visby, Västerbjers and Västerbys. The study utilises theoretical frameworks such as Site Catchment Analysis, Site Territorial Analysis and Optimal ForagingTheory and is based on two main questions: Which animals did the diet on each site consist of? And are there any apparent connections between diet and topography/environment? To answer these questions, osteological records have been studied to get an idea of the animal food resources utilised on each site. ArcGIS has also been used to create height- and soil maps with contemporary shorelines which show how the sites were located in the middle Neolithic Gotlandic landscape. The study has shown that most sites appear to have included a variety of animals like pig/boar, cattle, sheep/goat, fish, seal, porpoise and birds in their diet. The sites with the lowest number of confirmed animals also tend to have undergone the least archaeological investigation, suggesting that further excavations on these sites might unearth more animal species. Additional discoveries show a small albeit noticeable emphasis on marine animal resources, especially porpoise, on southern sites. Sites located in areas mostly consisting of sandy, meager soils also show an increased marine resource utilisation. This might suggest that the area around these sites were somewhat barren and lacking in terrestrial prey animals. pitted ware culture neolithic site catchment analysis site territorial analysis optimal foraging theory diet resource food settlement stone age seal shoreline landscape gropkeramisk kultur gotland mellanneolitikum diet resursutnyttjande näringsfång boplats stenålder säl strandlinjer landskap Ajvide Alvena Barshalder Fridtorp Grausne Gullrum Gumbalde Hau Hemmor Hoburgen Ire Kattlunds Kinner Tjauls Rangvide Rojrhage Stenstugu Stora Karlsö Stora Förvar Sudergårds Visby Västerbjers Västerbys Archaeology Arkeologi

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