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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 management of drinking water in Trondheim from 950 to 1777 as a source for attitudes towards health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article aims to illuminate how the management of drinking water and public health in Trondheim, Norway changed from 950 to 1777, from a private to public responsibility. A systematic analysis of five excavations in ... -
«Funnet med metallsøker i dyrket mark»: En relasjonell studie av norsk praksis overfor privat metallsøking og pløyelagsfunn som vitenskapelig kildemateriale
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU;2023:117, Doctoral thesis, 2023)English summary This article-based PhD thesis in archaeology sets out to explore the phenomenon plough-zone finds from hobby metal detecting as kulturminner and potential source material within Norwegian cultural heritage ... -
Geophysical prospection of Iron Age coastal sites in Scandinavia known from metal detecting assemblages – new case studies from the PastCoast-project
(Chapter, 2023)Geophysical surveying of sites known from metal detecting shows a varying spatial relationship between the finds material and the geophysical information. The survey results of two case studies indicate that coastal erosion ... -
Navigating the Challenges of the Changing Demands and Needs of Small Finds Museum/Archive Storage: The Case of a Collection of Conserved Wet Archaeological Textiles
(Chapter, 2022)The rehousing of the NTNU University Museum’s (Trondheim, Norway) conserved collection of wet archaeological textiles is part of the large-scale Nidaros Archaeological Archive (NIDARK) project. NIDARK is consolidating and ... -
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 ... -
Transforming bodies and rock art. Late Bronze Age mortuary rituals at Sandbrauta.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article explores how the practice of including rock art in burials from the Bronze Age in Scandinavia was influenced by and incorporated into the new ideas and practices brought about by the introduction of cremation. ... -
Ötzi, 30 years on: A reappraisal of the depositional and post-depositional history of the find
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)When Ötzi, the Iceman, was found in a gully in the Tisenjoch pass in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, he was a huge surprise for the archaeological community. The lead initial investigator of the find argued that it was unique, ... -
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, ... -
Multi-isotope variation reveals social complexity in Viking Age Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Multi-isotope studies from human remains from Viking Age graves throughout Norway allow for a deeper understanding of mobility, livelihood, and social organization during the Viking Age (750–1050 CE). Based on a framework ... -
Craft as more-than-human practice-led research in a posthumanist perspective
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Two thousand years of Landscape—Human interactions at a coastal peninsula in Norway revealed through pollen analysis, shoreline reconstruction, and radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Object-vector (OV) cells are cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) that track an animal’s distance and direction to objects in the environment. Their firing fields are defined by vectorial relationships to free-standing ... -
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 ... -
Eldre jernalders tjæreproduksjon ut av tåken. Om tidlig norsk tjæreproduksjon med utgangspunkt i et funn på Averøy i Møre og Romsdal
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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 ... -
Walruses on the Dnieper: new evidence for the intercontinental trade of Greenlandic ivory in the Middle Ages
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Mediaeval walrus hunting in Iceland and Greenland—driven by Western European demand for ivory and walrus hide ropes—has been identified as an important pre-modern example of ecological globalization. By contrast, the main ...