Department of Cultural History
Recent Submissions
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Demographic estimates from the Palaeolithic–Mesolithic boundary in Scandinavia: comparative benchmarks and novel insights
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Prehistoric demography has recently risen to prominence as a potentially explanatory variable for episodes of cultural change as documented in the archaeological and ethnographic record. While this has resulted in a veritable ... -
“This Is My Place”. (Hi)Storytelling Churches in the Northern Netherlands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article proposes storytelling as a tool to return historic church buildings to the people in today’s secularized society. It starts by recognizing the unique qualities shared by most historic churches, namely that ... -
Demographic developments in Stone Age coastal western Norway by proxy of radiocarbon dates, stray finds and palynological data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper presents a multi-proxy approach to coastal Stone Age demography. It uses the district Hordaland, western Norway as a case and applies the proxies SPD (summed probability distributions) of radiocarbon dates and ... -
Formidling fra felt i den digitale tidsalder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Most archaeologists agree that public outreach is an important part of archaeological practice. Communication of fresh results from excavations and new research creates both legitimacy and greater understanding of our ... -
Lena Liepe, A Case for the Middle Ages: The Public Display of Medieval Church Art in Sweden, 1847–1943. (Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien Handlingar: Antikvariska Serien 55.) Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 2018. Pp. 258. 230 kr. ISBN: 978-9-1740-2461-6.
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Burkhard Kunkel, Die Kunst der lutherischen Kirchen im 16. Jahrhundert. Medien, Mitteldinge, Monumente – eine Geschichte der materiellen Kultur, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2020
(Journal article, 2020)In 2017, Alexandra Walsham rightly observed a ‘lingering fallacy that the Reformation was inherently antagonistic to Christian materiality’ («Recycling the Sacred: Material Culture and Cultural Memory after the English ... -
Is Cross‐Section Shape a Distinct Feature in Plant Fibre Identification?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Correct identification of textile fibres is an important issue in archaeology because the use of different materials can yield crucial information about the society that produced the textiles. Textiles made of plant and ... -
Universitetsmuseet, Bergen
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The Go Between
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The Islamic pastoral Afars inhabit the northeastern rangelands of Ethiopia. Some have settled in towns and trade centers where the Ethiopian state is present with the police and other government officials. The Ethiopian ... -
The Sticta fuliginosa group in Norway and Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)A recent investigation demonstrated that Sticta fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Ach., as currently treated, includes four distinct species in Europe: Sticta fuliginosa s. str., S. fuliginoides Magain & Sérus., S. ciliata Tayl., and ... -
Between winter storm surges - Human occupation on a growing Mid-Holocene transgression maximum (Tapes) beach ridge at Longva, Western Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-23)Substantial amounts of archaeological material have been found intermixed with beach pebbles and cobbles on the Tapes beach ridge at Longva on the island Flemsøya/Skuløya in Western Norway. The artefacts show that the beach ... -
From mountains to towns: DNA from ancient reindeer antlers as proxy for domestic procurement networks in medieval Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)In medieval archaeology there are long traditions for studying foreign, exotic material culture as proxy for procurement networks of international reach. A paradox is that domestic networks, which brought products to ... -
Kvastad A4. En tidligmesolittisk lokalitet og en undersøkt kvartsåre
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)Lokaliteten Kvastad A4 omfatter to utgravningsfelt – ett vestlig og ett østlig. Det østlige omfatter fem mindre funnkonsentrasjoner datert til slutten av tidligmesolitikum, ca. 8500–8300 f.Kr. Det vestlige omfatter en ... -
Antropologi på film - refleksjoner rundt tre filmer fra Kilimanjaro
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-19)Denne artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i forfatternes erfaringer med å lage tre filmer av ulik karakter for å reflektere over relasjonen mellom observasjon og analyse i etnografisk film og visuell antropologi. På denne bakgrunnen ... -
Introduction to an anthropology of wealth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In this introduction, we aim to demystify the concept of wealth, too entangled in financial discourses, which have generally reduced it to ‘accumulated assets’. This is at odds with the intricate cultural history of wealth ... -
Bidrag til Gamlehaugens hagehistorie
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The origin, founding and development of Bergen. What happened - when - and who made it happen?
(Lübecker Kolloquium zur Stadtarchäologie im Hanseraum, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Introduction to Pentecostal Witchcraftand Spiritual Politics in Africa and Melanesia
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Demons, Devils, and Witches in Pentecostal Port Vila: On Changing Cosmologies of Evil in Melanesia
(Contemporary Anthropology of Religion, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
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