Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Issue Date
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Gentrifiseringens flertydighet : En kulturvitenskapelig studie av endringer i to byområder i Berlin og Oslo.
(The University of Bergen, 2020-02-07)The thesis examines experiences of gentrification, an intricate process that we today can observe in many cities all over the world. Gentrification has a strong influence on physical, economical as well as sociocultural ...Doctoral thesis -
At the threshold of the Viking Age: New dendrochronological dates for the Kvalsund ship and boat bog offerings (Norway)
(Elsevier, 2020)Kvalsund in the Herøy archipelago, Møre og Romsdal County, provides a sheltered harbour in a high-risk seascape along the west coast of Norway: the peninsula Stadlandet is considered the most dangerous part of the seaway ...Journal article -
Leaving Hinduism: deconversion as liberation
(Brill, 2020)Dr. Bhimrao Amebdkar (1891–1956) was an activist intellectual, journalist, lawyer and a prominent figure in Indian politics. A Mahar, Ambedkar campaigned against the various sorts of discrimination suffered by so-called ...Chapter -
Regionaliseringsprosessar i lys av museumsreforma. Ein analyse av to konsoliderte museum
(The University of Bergen, 2019-12-18)This thesis is focusing on the museum reform, and how processes in the regions and the places, has affected the centralization of the museums. Centralization and increased governance are current trends, and it has been a ...Master thesis -
Nettverksmakt : Sosiale band og nettverk i dei norske innbyrdesstridane 1130-1208
(The University of Bergen, 2019-11-15)This thesis explores social ties and networks among the elite in 12th and 13th century Norway. The purpose of the study is to address the question of what caused the high level of conflicts from 1130 to 1208, a time period ...Doctoral thesis -
The Past as a Mirror: Deep Time Climate Change Exemplarity in the Anthropocene
(Linköping University Electronic Press, 2019-09-30)During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered ...Journal article -
Shellfish exploitation during the Oakhurst at Klipdrift Cave, southern Cape, South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2019-09-26)Klipdrift Cave in the southern Cape, South Africa, provides new insights into shellfish harvesting during the Later Stone Age (14–9 ka) period associated with the Oakhurst techno-complex. Two shellfish species dominate: ...Journal article -
Provenance, modification and use of manganese-rich rocks at Le Moustier (Dordogne, France)
(PLOS, 2019-07-17)The use of colouring materials by Neanderthals has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. Here we present a taphonomic, technological, chemical-mineralogical and functional analysis of fifty-four manganese ...Journal article -
Urban-Riverine Hinterland Synergies in Semi-Arid Environments: Millennial-Scale Change, Adaptations, and Environmental Responses at Gerasa/Jerash
(Informa UK Limited, 2019-06-25)This interdisciplinary study addresses issues of urban-riverine hinterland relationships in semi-arid environments over millennia at Gerasa/Jerash in Jordan, presenting research that stimulates new lines of enquiry with ...Journal article -
Åndsfridomens intoleranse? Perspektiv på religionsfridom i Noreg i endring, ca. 1900–1935
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019-06-24)Artikkelen tar føre seg skiftande perspektiv på religionsfridom i Noreg i første halvdel av 1900-talet. Frå først og fremst å handle om løyve til religiøs praksis utanfor statskyrkja, førte kampen mot ateisme og blasfemi ...Journal article -
Being safe from what and safe for whom? A critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of ‘safe space’
(Informa UK Limited, 2019-01-18)Safe space, used in educational settings as a metaphor, stresses the importance of the classroom being a learning environment characterised by respect and safety. Based on examples from Swedish and Norwegian classroom ...Journal article -
Variability in Middle Stone Age symbolic traditions: The marine shell beads from Sibudu Cave, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2019)Located in the KwaZulu-Natal, 15 km from the coast, Sibudu has yielded twenty-three marine gastropods, nine of which are perforated. At 70.5 ± 2.0 ka, in a Still Bay Industry, there is a cluster of perforated Afrolittorina ...Journal article -
Tronfølge og borgerkrig i Skandinavia i middelalderen
(Novus Forlag, 2019)The article discusses the decline in regicide and conflicts over the succession in Scandinavia from the twelfth to the sixteenth century, expressed in the contrast between 22 cases of regicide before 1200 and one after. ...Journal article -
The shipbuilding industri in Norway and the rise of the Aker Group
(CEED, 2019)This article aims to discuss what factors have determined the development of the Norwegian shipbuilding and ship repair industry after 1945, and how it’s place in the industrial structure has changed in the after-war epoch. ...Journal article -
The Earliest Footprint of a Messianic Queen: Sarah the Ashkenazi in Amsterdam
(Brill, 2019)A record from 1 November 1655 of a donation to a certain Sarah from Poland is probably the first documented historical appearance of Sarah the Ashkenazi, future wife of messiah Sabbatai Tsevi. Individually recorded donations ...Journal article -
Present pasts in the archaeology of genetics, identity and migration in Europe: a critical essay
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)In this essay, we interrogate how aDNA analyses have been blended with the study of migrations in European prehistory. Genetic research into ancient populations has given archaeologists and geneticists a new and rich ...Journal article -
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of heat retainer hearths from the Sahara: Insights into signal accumulation and measurement
(Elsevier, 2019)Heat retainer hearths are a prominent component of the Holocene archaeological record of a number of drylands. Rocks within these hearths were fired in antiquity, emptying the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) source ...Journal article -
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
(Elsevier, 2019)Neanderthal material culture patterning in Western Europe has been primarily approached from retouched stone tools and associated flake production methods. While considerable effort has been devoted over the past decade ...Journal article -
Engraved bones from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing,Henan Province
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)The production of abstract engravings is considered an indicator of modern human cognition and a means for the long-term recording and transmission of information. This article reports the discovery of two engraved bones ...Journal article -
Kulturarvspolitik. Kulturarv som samhällsresurs i svensk politik
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019)This article aims to analyze the values and functions ascribed to the concept of cultural heritage as used in the Swedish government bill «Cultural heritage policy» from 2017. In this bill the Swedish government have the ...Journal article
