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1	Fragment av forntida Helgö : En osteoarkeologisk och tafonomisk studie med fokus på djur, rum, praktik och handling utifrån animalt benmaterial från Husgrupp 4 på Helgö Wahlstedt, Sabina January 2019 (has links) Zooarchaeological material from prehistoric settlements usually make up a large amount of the archaeological record. Despite this, research on the material is seldom utilized to its full potential. This is very much the case for the famous iron age settlement at Helgö. Therefore, in this thesis animal bones recovered from building group 4 at Helgö were analyzed using both osteological and taphonomic, as well as spatial variables as a mean to gain a better understanding of various aspects of the settlement and life at prehistoric Helgö. The results from the zooarchaeological analysis provide insight in social activities and practices concerning both human and animal interactions. The animals are found to have been an important part of the lives of the people at Helgö. Both spatial and structural differences in the material reveal various attitudes towards the animals and bring to light a diversity of activities and practices surrounding the settlement and Helgö. Helgö Iron Age husbandry animal human relations taphonomy spatial analysis social zooarchaeology Helgö järnålder djurhållning relationer djur människa tafonomi rumslig analys social zooarkeologi Archaeology Arkeologi
2	Häst och människa : En social zooarkeologisk undersökning av hästoffer och agens / Horse and human : A social zooarchaeological investigation of horse sacrifice and agency Andersson Söderberg, John January 2020 (has links) Horses have played a large part in many cultures across the world, the Scandinavian Viking Age included. They are frequently found in graves and sacrificial sites, meant to denote, or represent the status and social caste of the humans they served. More and more studies and research projects are now taking place where the horses are allowed to take center stage, but these rarely touch on the subject of the horse’s agency. Were the abilities of the horses themselves what determined whether they be brutally sacrificed, or whether they keep serving the living? This is an area of study which hopes to introduce new perspectives into a complicated, lengthy debate over horses in sacrificial contexts, and shift focus away from the anthropocentric perspective that has dominated the subject. This study will discuss the archaeological and osteological finds in Scandinavia through a social zooarchaeological perspective, in an effort to offer a different perspective and to give agency to one animal that helped to shape our world. Social zooarchaeology horse Viking Age wetland sacrifices Bj.581 horse graves Social zooarkeologi häst vikingatid offermossar Bj.581 ryttargravar Archaeology Arkeologi

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Fragment av forntida Helgö : En osteoarkeologisk och tafonomisk studie med fokus på djur, rum, praktik och handling utifrån animalt benmaterial från Husgrupp 4 på Helgö

Häst och människa : En social zooarkeologisk undersökning av hästoffer och agens / Horse and human : A social zooarchaeological investigation of horse sacrifice and agency