Målet med denna uppsats var att undersöka de nomadiska folkets användning av trä i norra Fennoskandien, samt möjliga analytiska metoder att studera arkeologiskt trämaterial. Detta möjliggjordes genom relevanta etnografiska, historiska och arkeologiska studier och en genomgång av analytiska metoder. De nomadiska folken använde trämaterial i en stor del av deras vardag så som mat i form av den näringsrika inner barken, ved för eldning, till både temporära och permanenta kåtor, förvarning samt jakt. De analytiska metoder som presenteras var träidentifikation, dendrokronologi och 14C-metoden. Träidentifikation möjliggör de två senare metoderna som kan förse tillförlitlig datering beroende på trämaterialets struktur samt tafonomiska processer / The aim of this thesis was to investigate the nomadic people’s wood usage in northern Fennoscandia, as well as possible analytical methods of investigating wooden remains. This was achieved through relevant ethnographic, historical and archaeological studies and a review of analytical methods. Wooden material played a big role in the life of the nomadic people in the shape of food, firewood, storage, construction material for both temporary and permanent huts, and for hunting. The analytical methods presented are species identification, dendrochronology and 14C-method. Species identification enables the latter methods of which provides reliable dating of wood, depending on the structure and taphonomic processes.

The aim of this diploma thesis was to carry out an analysis of current use of horses in forestry within the South Bohemian region. The diploma thesis contains a brief introduction to the breeding of cold-blooded horses in the Czech Republic, the conditions for breeding cold-blooded horses, the basics of training and harnessing of cold-blooded horses, a description of work done by the horse in a forest and last but not least the thesis presents the issue of causing damage on forest vegetation, soil and soil water while gathering wood. The analysis of common use of horses in forestry has been carried out via the survey method and personal visits. Evaluation and subsequent information analysis was carried out with the focus on the economic side of using horses in forestry and on the estimate of the perspective of their further use. Simplified maps of the South Bohemian Region are a part of the diploma thesis, portraying stables where there are working horses being boarded and capturing possible locations where horses may be used for forestry purposes.