Institutt for arkeologi og kulturhistorie: Recent submissions
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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 This privilege was reconfirmed in 1273 and 1277 but was subsequently withdrawn by King ...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 ... -
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 ... -
Words as archaeological objects: A study of marine lifeways, seascapes, and coastal environmental knowledge in the Yagan‑English dictionary
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Reverend Thomas Bridges’ Yagan-English dictionary (1879) has hitherto been little explored outside of linguistics but is highly valuable as a complementary source to archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Grouping groupers in the Mediterranean: Ecological baselines revealed by ancient proteins
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Marine historical ecology provides a means to establish baselines to inform current fisheries management. Groupers (Epinephelidae) are key species for fisheries in the Mediterranean, which have been heavily overfished. ... -
Holocene deglaciation drove rapid genetic diversification of Atlantic walrus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Rapid global warming is severely impacting Arctic ecosystems and is predicted to transform the abundance, distribution and genetic diversity of Arctic species, though these linkages are poorly understood. We address this ... -
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 ... -
Undersökning av fjädrar från båtgravar i Valsgärde gravbacke
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Fågelfjädrar från Färöarna och Nordnorge an vändes enligt skriftliga källor både som handels vara och till att betala skatter och avgifter med under medeltiden och tidigare (Kolsrud 1959; Berglund 2009, s. 119ff). Den ... -
Medieval Urban Environment: Between mental and Material Practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article raises the question of how natural conditions and social practices interacted and provided groundbreaking premises for the development of the medieval urban physical environment. The main hypothesis is twofold: ... -
Holocene deglaciation drove rapid genetic diversification of Atlantic walrus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Rapid global warming is severely impacting Arctic ecosystems and is predicted to transform the abundance, distribution and genetic diversity of Arctic species, though these linkages are poorly understood. We address this ...