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- Högberg, Anders, et al.
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The Spread of Flint Axes and Daggers in Neolithic Scandinavia
- 2001
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In: Památky Archeologické. - 0031-0506. ; 92:2, s. 193-221
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Flint has a limited distribution in the Scandinavian area, natural sources being largely confined to the southern regions. Here, the use of flint for making daggers and polished axes during the Neolithic is widespread and extensive. There is also evidence for mining of flint at Södra Sallerup in southern Sweden and on several sites in Denmark, but flint is available in till deposits as well. The goal of the article is to study the distribution of flint as a raw material in Neolithic contexts, concentrating on local and long-distance movement. We begin with a discussion of flint sources and their exploitation during the Neolithic. Thereafter we present three case studies illustrating how the use of flint varied over both time and space.
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- Rudebeck, Elisabeth
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Tilling Nature - Harvesting Culture. Exploring Images of the Human Being in the Transition to Agriculture.
- 2000
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Archaeology is about human beings – in the present and in the past. When we concern ourselves with archaeology we have to imagine prehistoric human beings thinking, feeling and acting. This imagining is the very precondition for the creation of meaning from the fragments and traces of human lives that we choose as our data. What kind of images of human beings do we create through the writing and reading of archaeological texts? From where do these images come? How are they created, and what implications do they have for our understanding of the past – and of the present? This study is devoted to these and other related questions. The questions are focused on a specific archaeological problem: the origins of agriculture. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that this is the most mythically charged theme in Western archaeology. Agricultural origins concerns Western identity. During the last two or three centuries, countries in the Western world have been transformed from agricultural societies to modern industrialised societies. The nostalgia for disappearing life-styles and contemporary concerns with environmental issues are probably the most important reasons for the vast archaeological interest in agricultural origins during the twentieth century. This work investigates how the origins of agriculture has been defined, debated, deconstructed, restated, renamed and revived. The intention is to yield insights into the relation between images of the present, images of the past and images of the human being.
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- Rudebeck, Elisabeth, et al.
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Vägen som rituell arena.
- 2002
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In: Plats och praxis. Studier av nordisk förkristen ritual.. - 9189116240 ; , s. 167-200
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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