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Bygd, by och bostad runt Uppåkra : Landskapet med sin centralplats
- 2021
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Uppåkra har länge framstått som en solitär i ett tomt landskap. Bakgrunden till denna uppfattning, snarare än realitet, kommer av det faktum att få arkeologiska undersökningar har gjorts i centralplatsens närhet. Inom en fem kilometers radie runt Uppåkra har emellertid flera undersökningar utförts under 2000-talet inom uppdragsarkeologin. Dessa har skapat en hälsosam kontrast till den fyndrika platsen på höjden.På flera av de omkringliggande bosättningarna förekommer stora hallar, rikt metallhantverk, gulddeponeringar och vapen. Likheterna med centralplatsens kultur och konsumtionsmönster är slående. Frågan bör ställas vad det är som ger Uppåkra en särställning? Det unika är kulthuset och residenset, vilket antyder en hierarki byggd på makten över världsbilden. Härskarna på höjden bör emellertid oroligt ha sett ut över slätten där lättrörliga och tillfälliga bundsförvanter blandades med mer stabila släktingar. Det är därför möjligt och naturligt att vända sig bort från Uppåkra för att förstå centralplatsens relation till bygden i ett instabilt socialt nätverk.I den föreliggande Uppåkrastudier 13 samlas fem artiklar som alla har koppling till detta omland. De presenteras utifrån och in, från bygderna runt Lund och Uppåkra till en fibula som ger en kontaktyta i ett större Europa under folkvandringstiden.
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- Campanaro, Danilo Marco
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Illumination matters. Revisiting the Roman house in a new light
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Interpreting the social complexity of the Roman house requires a careful evaluation of existing evidence. With this in mind, recent work in the field has proposed a variety of different approaches, focusing each time on a specific type of source (architecture and décor, ancient texts, material evidence from excavated houses), each in turn recursively deemed more adequate for the purpose or more fruitful and less biased. This opposition of approaches and critiques between scholars has yielded an extraordinarily rich picture that, however, leaves some of the social dynamics of domestic space out of our reach. This dissertation, focusing on the case study of the House of the Greek Epigrams in the northern part of Insula V 1 in Pompeii, suggests a further level of understanding that combines the aforementioned types of sources with simulations and digital analyses to support archaeological interpretation. Everything visible in the house, including its architecture and its decorations, actively participated in the construction of the social identity of the owner of the house and the Romanitas of his family. However, everything visible is so by virtue of light, which is not a mere medium, but actively partakes in social dynamics and can be manipulated to meet certain demands. In this dissertation, light is considered in its dual aspect as a physical and as a visual and sensory phenomenon. Starting from the assumption that light is a powerful social agent, the study investigates, through historically grounded and physically accurate lighting simulations and analyses, the intertwined spatial and social circulation patterns in order to derive new insights into the social dynamics of the Roman house. In particular, this study argues that the social space of the Roman house was characterized by a greater complexity than that conveyed by ancient sources. It suggests a more nuanced picture, one of light and shadow but also of activity at different times of the day and year, and richer in people both in the foreground and in the background.
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- Derudas, Paola
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Documenting, Interpreting, Publishing, and Reusing : Linking archaeological reports and excavation archives in the virtual space
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This PhD thesis examines how application of 3D visualization and related digital analytical tools is having a transformative impact on archaeological practice via improvement of visual-spatial thinking and the strengthening of conceptual understanding. However, the deployment of these new digital methods is essentially still at an experimental stage. Therefore, the thesis undertakes a critical evaluation of current progress, identifying both shortcomings and opportunities. It argues that more work is needed to systematically identify and resolve current operational challenges in order to create improved digital frameworks that can strengthen future performance across the wider discipline.The PhD research is based on four “parallel experiments” designed to facilitate mutual enrichment and on-going refinement. Each individual experiment generated research articles, which investigate how particular 3D and digital methods can be adapted to diverse kinds of archaeological sites and features,each with unique characteristics. The articles demonstrate how particular methods can be deployed to constantly refine and improve documentation procedures, and to review and adjust interpretation during the excavation process. In total, the thesis produced five research articles and three new web-based publishing systems.Overall, the thesis demonstrates that application, proactive evaluation and constant improvement of new 3D visualization and digital analytical tools will play an increasingly significant role in strengthening and better integrating future archaeological methods and practice. The research also generates original insights and new digital platforms that together underline the importance of applying these new digital tools across the wider archaeological discipline. Finally, the thesis cautions that digital innovation needs to be anchored in an "open science" culture, including strong ethical frameworks and commitment to FAIR principles (i.e. Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) of data archiving as a key component of research design and wider societal engagement.
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- Macheridis, Stella
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Animal husbandry in Iron Age Scania, with a catalogue
- 2022
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- The zooarchaeological record of Iron Age Scania in south Sweden is rich and multi-faceted; within it are many clues to past human-animal relations. This book focusses on the management of cattle, sheep, pig and horse, and Scania, withits environmentally diverse composition, make up the study region for this topic, in which the author tries to give old bones new life by putting them in an archaeological context.
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