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Sharkaeology: Expanding Understandings of Historical Chinese Diaspora Shark Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California, through the Genetic Species Identification of Archaeological Chondrichthyes Remains
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the ... -
Ritual Practice at Late Iron-Age and Viking-Age Cemeteries in Norway: The Mortuary Houses From Skeiet, Vinjeøra
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)THREE PROPOSED LATE IRON- AND VIKING-AGE MORTUARY HOUSES were recently excavated in Central Norway. Excavations and geoarchaeological investigations imply underground wooden buildings resembling domestic houses with doors. ... -
From Life to Death in Iron Age and Medieval Vinjefjord. Unveiling Burial Practices, Settlement and Landscape History
(Book, 2024)Archaeological excavations in 2019 and 2020 at Vinjefjord in Central Norway uncovered extensive evidence of settlements and graves from societies that thrived in this region during the Iron Age, the Viking Age, and the ... -
Violence as a lens to Viking societies: A comparison of Norway and Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Comparing Viking Age Norway and Denmark, the article examines the primary proposition that as centers of authority become progressively more robust, violence will be proportionately contained. The article introduces a new ... -
A Review on the Development and Current Role of Ground-Based Geophysical Methods for Archaeological Prospection in Scandinavia
(Chapter, 2024)This chapter provides an extensive overview of the use of geophysics in archaeological research and cultural heritage management in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. It discusses the current status, role and ... -
World Archaeo-Geophysics. Integrated minimally invasive approaches using country-based examples
(One World Archaeology;, Book, 2024)This open access volume showcases the intersection of geophysics and archaeology on a global scale, emphasising the evolution and application of geophysical methods in archaeological research and cultural heritage management. ... -
Organically Grown Archaeological Databases and their 'Messiness': Hobby Metal Detecting in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Hobby metal detecting in Norway has grown since 2014. In the Norwegian recording system, all finds are catalogued by professionals at five regional museums. The examination of the dataset thus created allows the authors ... -
Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sea turtles (Cheloniidae) are extremely rare in the Northern European archaeological record; however, sporadic finds have occurred. Here we used bioarchaeological tools to investigate two archaeological sea turtle specimens ... -
Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Urbanisation is occurring globally, leading to dramatic environmental changes that are altering the ecology and evolution of species. In particular, the expansion of human infrastructure and the loss and fragmentation of ... -
Unravelling social status in the first medieval military order of the Iberian Peninsula using isotope analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Medieval Iberia witnessed the complex negotiation of religious, social, and economic identities, including the formation of religious orders that played a major role in border disputes and conflicts. While archival records ... -
Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)With the Neolithic transition, human lifestyle shifted from hunting and gathering to farming. This change altered subsistence patterns, cultural expression, and population structures as shown by the archaeological/zooarc ... -
Healthscaping Trondheim? Investigating Water and Waste Management in Medieval and Early Modern Trondheim, and the Implications for the Health of the People
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:128, Doctoral thesis, 2024)English summary «Healthscaping Trondheim? Investigating Water and Waste Management in Medieval and Early Modern Trondheim, and the Implications for the Health of the People.” Healthscaping refers to the action of making ... -
Money as provocation: the coinage of Archbishop Jon Raude (1268-82)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In the period 1222-81, the archbishops of Nidaros (Trondheim) were permitted by a royal grant of King Håkon Håkonsson to issue coins. This privilege was reconfirmed in 1273 and 1277 but was subsequently withdrawn by King ... -
From Tents to Pit Houses: A Quantitative Study of Dwelling Trends in Mesolithic Norway, 9500-4000 bc
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A quantitative analysis of 150 Mesolithic dwellings in Norway, dated to between 9500 and 4000 cal BC, forms the core of a chronological and regional study based on fifteen variables, including floor size and shape, floor ... -
Two Swedish Late Modern Period foetal burial shrouds
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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 ... -
Testing osteometric species determination on zooarchaeological dolphin remains from Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites in Ash-Sharqiyyah, Sultanate of Oman
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Different Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites located in the Ras al-Hadd cape and Ras al-Jinz Bay area (Ash-Sharqiyyah South Governorate, Sultanate of Oman) have provided thousands of zooarchaeological dolphin remains ... -
Geometric morphometric analysis of Pleuronectiformes vertebrae: A new tool to identify archaeological fish remains?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) vertebrae are difficult to identify to species due to the lack of diagnostic features. This has resulted in a lack of understanding of the species abundances across archaeological sites, hindering ...