Blar i Institutt for arkeologi og kulturhistorie på dokumenttype "Journal article"
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Pløyelagsfunn som automatisk fredete kulturminner: Kunnskapsdrevet forvaltning eller forvaltningsdrevet kunnskap?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Som følge av økende privat bruk av metallsøker, står kulturminnevernet overfor nye utfordringer knyttet til kulturminner i dyrka mark. Nye retningslinjer for privat bruk av metallsøker og fastsettelse av finnerlønn legger ... -
Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The world’s oceans are currently facing major stressors in the form of overexploitation and anthropogenic climate change. The Baltic Sea was home to the first “industrial” fishery ∼800 y ago targeting the Baltic herring, ... -
The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Human populations have been shaped by catastrophes that may have left long-lasting signatures in their genomes. One notable example is the second plague pandemic that entered Europe in ca. 1,347 CE and repeatedly returned ... -
Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Scandinavia was one of the last geographic areas in Europe to become habitable for humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the routes and genetic composition of these postglacial migrants remain unclear. We ... -
Population genomics of the Viking world
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about ad 750–1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across ... -
Prehistoric and historic exploitation of marine mammals in the Black Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The recent exploitation of marine species is relatively well documented and understood in terms of impacts on species abundance, distribution, and resource use. In contrast, ancient exploitation of marine mammals remains ... -
The prelude to industrial whaling: Identifying the targets of ancient European whaling using zooarchaeology and collagen mass-peptide fingerprinting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Taxonomic identification of whale bones found during archaeological excavations is problematic due to their typically fragmented state. This difficulty limits understanding of both the past spatio-temporal distributions ... -
Presenting the PastCoast-project - A novel interdisciplinary approach to the study of resilience in prehistoric marine coastal environments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This project aims to study changes and breakpoints in utilising prehistoric marine coastal environments, identify possible causes for changes, and create an interpretive framework to identify potential human responses to ... -
Re-evaluationg 'Denmark's Stonehenge'. Bronze Age communal activities in a distinctive landscape setting.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In 1965, an aerial photograph from eastern Denmark revealed three concentric circles surrounding a large hill. In the following years, the National Museum conducted two small excavations, which seemed to confirm that these ... -
A realm of virtual knowledge: Exploring the capacities of Norwegian Metal-detected assemblages
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper explores the knowledge potential of the Norwegian metal-detected assemblage through the conceptual framework of assemblage thinking. Drawing on the concepts of the actual/virtual, affect and coding, combined ... -
A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to mercury (Hg) ... -
Saurbekken- a discussion of food subsistence strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The zooarchaeological material from the North Norwegian settlement mound known as Saurbekken is examined using the number of identified specimens. The aim is to gain knowledge about food subsistence strategies at the site, ... -
Sensing Archaeology in the North: The Use of Non-Destructive Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods in Archaeology in Scandinavian and North Atlantic Territories
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In August 2018, a group of experts working with terrestrial/marine geophysics and remote sensing methods to explore archaeological sites in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden gathered together for the first time ... -
Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe. In the Scandinavian seascapes, both ... -
Settlements without names, names without settlements – and the transformation to an occupied landscape
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Archaeological settlement surveys have shown marked differences in the settlement structure between the Early and Late Iron Age. The historic Norwegian farm seems to be established at the end of the 6th century. This has ... -
Soil geochemical methods in archaeo-geophysics: Exploring a combined approach at sites in Scotland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article explores the application of geophysical and soil geochemical methods to detect archaeological features in three traditionally ‘difficult’ survey environments in Scotland: wind‐blown sands (Bay of Skaill, ... -
Spatial patterning and occupation dynamics during the Early Holocene in an archaeological site from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: Binushmuka I
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We explore the implications of the spatial structure of the artifact assemblages at the Binushmuka I site,located in the north coast of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego). The information corresponding to the stratigraphy, ... -
A stave church revisited. Ringebu stave church, Ringebu municipality, Oppland county
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Style: A Strait Jacket on Hunters’ Rock Art Research?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Most research on the Palaeolithic cave paintings in Southern Europe has aimed at proving development of different kinds by detecting different styles. The use of style as a dating method has affected our entire view upon ... -
*Sæheimr: Just a Settlement by the Sea? Dating, Naming Motivation and Function of an Iron Age Maritime Place Name in Scandinavia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Derivations of the maritime place name *Sæheimr—‘the settlement by the sea’—are known from 54 examples from different parts of Scandinavia. Traditionally, these are thought to describe merely a feature of the terrain that ...