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Comparing the Past and the Timeless: Landscape Use, Change, and Affordance in Central Blekinge, Sweden, Between the Iron Age and the Medieval Period

Bernro, Henrik LU (2021) ARKM22 20211
Historical Archaeology
Abstract (Swedish)
Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered an Iron Age temple house in Vång
providing new context to the centrality of Iron Age central Blekinge in Sweden, as well
as its development into the Medieval period. This thesis aims to examine how that
development unfolded using the lens of affordance theory combined with a GIS assisted
source pluralistic analysis. Comparing Iron Age monuments with historical settlements
and structures generates an understanding of central Blekinges landscape as largely
continuous through epochs. The start of the medieval age heralds a new ideology and
subsequent new meanings to the landscape. Some environmental features with
established meaningfulness retain their meaningfulness, but often in a... (More)
Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered an Iron Age temple house in Vång
providing new context to the centrality of Iron Age central Blekinge in Sweden, as well
as its development into the Medieval period. This thesis aims to examine how that
development unfolded using the lens of affordance theory combined with a GIS assisted
source pluralistic analysis. Comparing Iron Age monuments with historical settlements
and structures generates an understanding of central Blekinges landscape as largely
continuous through epochs. The start of the medieval age heralds a new ideology and
subsequent new meanings to the landscape. Some environmental features with
established meaningfulness retain their meaningfulness, but often in a christianized
form while other places lose their previous importance. Investigating the applicability of
affordance theory on a macro scale landscape analysis constitutes an additional aim of
this paper. Combined with datasets that correspond with visual potential, Affordance
theory is proven suitable for large scale pattern detection. Flaws are identified in
affordance theory’s inherent determinism, creating potential inability to interpret
anomalies. (Less)
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author
Bernro, Henrik LU
supervisor
organization
course
ARKM22 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Medieval, Middle Ages, Late Iron Age, Affordance, Landscape, GIS, Blekinge, Medelstad, Västra Vång, Hjortsberga, Hjortahammar, Listerby, Edestad, Förkärla, Historical Arcaheology
language
English
id
9062157
date added to LUP
2021-10-01 10:48:01
date last changed
2021-10-01 10:48:01
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  abstract     = {{Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered an Iron Age temple house in Vång
providing new context to the centrality of Iron Age central Blekinge in Sweden, as well
as its development into the Medieval period. This thesis aims to examine how that
development unfolded using the lens of affordance theory combined with a GIS assisted
source pluralistic analysis. Comparing Iron Age monuments with historical settlements
and structures generates an understanding of central Blekinges landscape as largely
continuous through epochs. The start of the medieval age heralds a new ideology and
subsequent new meanings to the landscape. Some environmental features with
established meaningfulness retain their meaningfulness, but often in a christianized
form while other places lose their previous importance. Investigating the applicability of
affordance theory on a macro scale landscape analysis constitutes an additional aim of
this paper. Combined with datasets that correspond with visual potential, Affordance
theory is proven suitable for large scale pattern detection. Flaws are identified in
affordance theory’s inherent determinism, creating potential inability to interpret
anomalies.}},
  author       = {{Bernro, Henrik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Comparing the Past and the Timeless: Landscape Use, Change, and Affordance in Central Blekinge, Sweden, Between the Iron Age and the Medieval Period}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}