Browsing Department of Cultural History by Issue Date
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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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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 ... -
“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 ... -
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 ... -
Professional-Collector Collaboration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article introduces the first of what will ultimately be two collections of case studies in archaeologist–responsible/responsive artifact collector collaboration. Focused on the United States, the articles in this issue ... -
Metal-Detecting Rallies: Characterizing the Phenomenon, Understanding the Challenges, and Identifying Strategies for Heritage Protection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Hobby metal detectorists search for archaeological finds as individuals and within groups, the latter being the focus of this article. Such groups come together as “clubs” and “meetings,” but also as part of large, often ...