Blar i Institutt for arkeologi og kulturhistorie på dokumenttype "Journal article"
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A Discovery of Quite Exceptional Proportions: Controversies in the Wake of Anders Nummedal’s Discoveries of Norway’s First Inhabitants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Around the beginning of the twentieth century archaeologists believed that Norway was not inhabited until the Late Stone Age. In 1909 two pieces of flint, found by the school-teacher Anders Nummedal, launched an extensive ... -
An accurate assignment test for extremely low-coverage whole-genome sequence data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Genomic assignment tests can provide important diagnostic biological characteristics, such as population of origin or ecotype. Yet, assignment tests often rely on moderate- to high-coverage sequence data that can be difficult ... -
Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)THE ANGLO-SAXON SITE OF HAMWIC (modern Southampton, Hampshire, UK) has been identified as a major bone-working centre. Besides antler and terrestrial mammal bone, cetacean bone has been recovered in high quantities. These ... -
Advancing Data Quality of Marine Archaeological Documentation Using Underwater Robotics: From Simulation Environments to Real-World Scenarios
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This paper presents a novel method for the visual-based 3D mapping of underwater cultural heritage sites through marine robotic operations. The proposed methodology addresses the three main stages of an underwater robotic ... -
Ancient DNA evidence for the ecological globalization of cod fishing in medieval and post-medieval Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Understanding the historical emergence and growth of long-range fisheries can provide fundamental insights into the timing of ecological impacts and the development of coastal communities during the last millennium. ... -
Ancient DNA reveals a southern presence of the Northeast Arctic cod during the Holocene
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change has been implicated in an increased number of distributional shifts of marine species during the last century. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether earlier climatic fluctuations had similar impacts. We use ... -
Ancient DNA sequence quality is independent of fish bone weight
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The field of ancient DNA (aDNA) typically uses between 50 and 200 mg of minimum input weight of bone material for the extraction of DNA from archaeological remains. While laboratory and analysis techniques have focused on ... -
Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of the great whales over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Archaeological faunal remains provide key insights into human societies in the past, alongside information on previous resource utilisation and exploitation of wildlife populations. The great whales (Mysticete and sperm ... -
Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of the great whales over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Archaeological faunal remains provide key insights into human societies in the past, alongside information on previous resource utilisation and exploitation of wildlife populations. The great whales (Mysticete and sperm ... -
Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is an iconic pinniped and predominant molluscivore that is well adapted to Arctic and subarctic environments. Its circumpolar distribution, large body size and ivory tusks facilitated its ... -
Archaeological Surveying of Subarctic and Arctic Landscapes: Comparing the Performance of Airborne Laser Scanning and Remote Sensing Image Data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)What can remote sensing contribute to archaeological surveying in subarctic and arctic landscapes? The pros and cons of remote sensing data vary as do areas of utilization and methodological ap-proaches. We assessed the ... -
Archaeological use of Synthetic Aperture Sonar on deepwater wreck sites in Skagerrak
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Marine archaeological surveying in deep waters has so far been challenging, mainly due to operational and technological constraints. The standard tool has been Side Scan Sonar (SSS) towed behind a surface vessel. Synthetic ... -
Arkeologisk geofysikk i Norge - En historisk oversikt og statusevaluering
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As clear as crystal? An attempt at sourcing hydrothermal quartz crystals from the Early Mesolithic site ‘Mohalsen-I’, Vega Island, Norway using LA-ICP-MS and SEM-CL
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article describes an attempt at sourcing hydrothermal quartz crystals from the Early Mesolithic site Mohalsen-I by comparing four pieces of debitage with quartz crystal samples from 19 known quartz crystal occurrences ... -
Bloomery ironmaking in Latvia: a comparative study of Iron Age and medieval technologies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The technology of bloomery iron production in Latvia is a little-studied topic. Only a few excavations have been undertaken, mostly during the 1950s and 60s in connection with hydropower development along the river Daugava. ... -
Brannstasjon i bakspeilet. Samtidsarkeologiske betraktninger under avviklingen av Sentrum Brannstasjon i Trondheim våren 2015
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Fire station in the rear mirror. Archaeological reflections during the abandonment of the Trondheim Central Fire Station -
A Catalogue of Bone-Ash Cupels dating from AD 1500-1537 found in the Archbishop's Palace, Trondheim, during Archaeological Excavations in 1991-1995
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)During the archaeological excavations in the Archbishop’s Palace in Trondheim in 1991– 1995, three successive mints dating from about AD 1500–1537 were uncovered. A high number of bone-ash cupels used for assaying precious ... -
The concealed interment of a first-trimester foetus in Gällared Parish Church (1831), Sweden: Age estimation and reconstructed taphonomy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In 2015, during architectural restoration works on the parish church (1831) in Gällared, Sweden, a small wooden box was discovered beneath the floorboards. Unaware of the possible significance of the box and its contents, ... -
Connected by water, no matter how far. Viking Age central farms at the Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, as gateways between waterscapes and landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)– During the Viking Age, the Trondheimsfjorden in Central Norway emerges as a hub of maritime communication and exchange, supported by an advanced ship-building technology which offered excellent conditions for water-bound ... -
Craft as more-than-human practice-led research in a posthumanist perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)