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111	Contested Landscapes/Contested Heritage : history and heritage in Sweden and their archaeological implications concerning the interpretation of the Norrlandian past Loeffler, David January 2005 (has links) This case study explores how geo-political power structures influence and/or determine the conception, acceptance and maintenance of what is considered to be valid archaeological knowledge. The nature of this contingency is exemplified through an examination of how the prehistory of Norrland, a region traditionally considered and portrayed as peripheral vis-à-vis the centre-South, was interpreted and presented by Swedish archaeologists during the 20th century. This contextual situation is analysed through the implementation of three interrelated and complimentary perspectives; 1) The relationship between northern and southern Sweden is examined using concepts concerning the nature of colonialism, resulting in the formulation of 20 particulars that typify the colonial experience, circumstances that characterise the historical, and unequal, association that has existed between these two regions for the last 600 years. 2) Ideals of national identity and heritage as manufactured and employed by the kingdom and later by the nation-state, with the assistance of antiquarianism, archaeology and/or centralised cultural management, are outlined. The creation of these various concepts have reinforced and perpetuated the colonial and asymmetrical association between what has naturally come to be viewed as the peripheral-North and the centre-South. 3) A century of archaeological research into the Norrlandian past is studied using the concepts ‘thoughtstyle’ and ‘thought-collective’ as devised by Ludwik Fleck. This analysis disclosed a persistent set of reoccurring explanations that have constantly been invoked when interpreting and presenting the prehistory of Norrland. This archaeological thought-style has normalised the unbalanced power relationship between North and South that has existed for the last 600 years by projecting it far back into the prehistoric past. This case study has demonstrated that archaeologists, unless acutely aware of the historical context in which they themselves move and work, risk legitimising debilitating economic and political power relationships in the present through their study and presentation of the past. Archaeology Scandinavia Sweden Norrland Norrbotten Västerbotten Lappland Ångermanland Medelpad Jämtland Härjedalen Hälsingland Gästrikland history prehistory archaeology philosophy antiquarianism heritage cultural management identity Fleck thought-collective thought-style colonialism colony periphery hinterland kingdom empire industrialism nationalism romanticism Sámi Stone Age Mesolithic Neolithic semi-subterranean dwelling typology C14 shoreline displacement Arkeologi Archaeology subjects Arkeologiämnen
112	"Deep" South: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and Environmental Knowledge, 1800-1974 Warrick, Alyssa Diane 08 December 2017 (has links) Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest known cave in the world. This dissertation examines the history of how scientists and non-scientists alike contributed to a growing body of knowledge about Mammoth Cave and how that knowledge in turn affected land use decisions in the surrounding neighborhood. During the nineteenth century visitors traveled through Mammoth Cave along with their guides, gaining knowledge of the cave by using their senses and spreading that knowledge through travel narratives. After the Civil War, cave guides, now free men who chose to stay in the neighborhood, used the cave as a way to build and support their community. New technologies and new visitors reconstructed the Mammoth Cave experience. Competing knowledge of locals and science-minded individuals, new technologies to spread the cave experience, and a growing tourism industry in America spurred the Kentucky Cave Wars during the late-nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, cutthroat competition between caves crystallized support for a national park at Mammoth Cave. Park promoters met resistance. Cave owners’ knowledge of what they owned underground helped them resist condemnation. Those affected by the coming of the national park made their protests known on the landscape, in newspapers, and in courtrooms. The introduction of New Deal workers, primarily the Civilian Conservation Corps, at Mammoth Cave and a skeleton staff of National Park Service officials faced antagonism from the local community. Important discoveries inside Mammoth Cave hastened the park’s creation, but not without lingering bitterness that would affect later preservation efforts. The inability of the park promoters to acquire two caves around Mammoth Cave was a failure for the national park campaign but a boon for exploration. The postwar period saw returning veterans and their families swarming national parks. While the parking lots at Mammoth Cave grew crowded and the Park Service attempted to balance preservation and development for the enjoyment of the visiting public, underground explorers were pushing the cave’s known extent to new lengths. This new knowledge inspired a new generation of environmentalists and preservationists to use the Wilderness Act to advocate for a cave wilderness designation at Mammoth Cave National Park. Mammoth Cave Kentucky caves conservation preservation environmental history southern wilderness Cave Research Foundation caving exploration saltpetre subterranean Wilderness Act John Croghan Stephen Bishop Hovey Progressive park National Park Service national park Floyd Collins tuberculosis consumption slave enslaved slavery underground cave caves knowledge creation travel tourism
113	Ett tvådelat Norrland : En studie om grophus från stenåldern i mellersta Norrland. / A divided Norrland : A study on semi-subterranean houses from the stone age in the middle part of Norrland Karlsson, Simon January 2024 (has links) This study focuses on the semi-subterranean houses in northern Sweden, specifically in the counties Jämtland, Västerbotten and Västernorrland. The semi-subterranean houses were usedby hunter-gatherers and the houses date to the end of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. In this study two separate types of semi-subterranean houses are being investigated. Both types of semi-subterranean houses are categorized as ‘settlement embankments’ (Sw. boplatsvall). Within the study one type is called ‘embankments of fire-cracked stones’ (Sw. skärvstensvall) which are situated in the interior part of Norrland, and the other type is called ‘embankmentsof gravel/sand’ (Sw. grusvall) which are mainly found in the coastal areas of Norrland. The purpose of this study is to investigate the number of individuals residing within the semi-subterranean houses. Cross-cultural studies based on ethnographic material is used to calculate how many individuals lived in each house. The cross-cultural study of floor area has resulted in a mean of how much space (6.1 m2) a prehistoric human needs in a dwelling. This number is used to calculate the number of individuals that lived in each house based on the size of the floor area. Another purpose of this study is to investigate if there are any differences between the embankments of fire-cracked stone and the embankments of gravel/sand. Are they simply different construction techniques or are there any other differences between them, such as size, social structure and chronology. Norrland Jämtland Västerbotten Västernorrland semi-subterranean house settlement embankment embankment of fire-cracked stones embankment of gravel/sand floor area the Mesolithic the Neolithic stone age ethnography ethnoarchaeology band society hunter-gatherer Norrland Jämtland Västerbotten Västernorrland grophus boplatsvall skärvstensvall grusvall golvyta mesolitikum neolitikum stenåldern etnografi etnoarkeologi bandsamhälle jägare och samlare Archaeology Arkeologi
114	Bytový dům Hostivař - stavebně technologická příprava stavby / Residential building Hostivar - construction and technological preparation of construction Hanáček, Patrik January 2016 (has links) The theme of the diploma thesis is elaboration of selected parts of the construction technology project in building block of flats Hostivař. Content of this project is technological solution for realization of this project. It means working on time planning of construction, right using of human, material and machinery sources and controlling system for selected part of the building. In attachment of the diploma thesis, there are also drawings of building site equipment for different construction phases. The goal of the diploma thesis is design right and economical procedure for realization of the building, comply with the safety, quality and ecology conditions.

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