Browsing The Cultural history collections by Title
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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 ... -
Bergen museums mynt- og medaljesamling
(Chapter, 2006-10-12)I det følgende gis en beskrivelse av Bergen Museums mynt- og medaljesamling og dens historie siden 1825 og inntil i år, 2006. Det gjelder samlingens etablering og vekst, dens konservatorer gjennom tiden, og arbeidet med ... -
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 ... -
Bidrag til Gamlehaugens hagehistorie
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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) -
”…DISSE GUTTA SOM SELV LIKSOM HAR VOKST OPP AV LANDSKAPET.” – ARNE SKOUEN OG HANS OKKUPASJONSDRAMAER
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Arne Skouen is often heralded as one of the clearest auteurs in Norwegian cinema, and his films about the German Occupation of Norway, 1940-45, are among the most successful and renowned within the Norwegian war film genre. ... -
DNA from Ancient Reindeer Antler as Marker for Transport Routes and Movement of Craftspeople, Raw Material and Products in Medieval Scandinavia
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2015)This pilot project is a joint venture between natural and cultural scientists that share a common interest in exploiting whether available DNA technology makes it possible to trace back archaeologically found reindeer ... -
Evaluating Global Ocean Carbon Models: The Importance of Realistic Physics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004-09-15)A suite of standard ocean hydrographic and circulation metrics are applied to the equilibrium physical solutions from 13 global carbon models participating in phase 2 of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Introduction to Pentecostal Witchcraftand Spiritual Politics in Africa and Melanesia
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Modern and Contemporary Religious Medals and Medallic Art
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Old Fragments of Women's Costumes from the Viking Age - New Method for Identification
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
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) -
Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia
(Contemporary Anthropology of Religion, Book; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Scener fra vikingtid som kilde til kosmologi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Viking Age art is dominated by animal motifs. In particular, the so-called ‘gripping-beasts’ spread from the end of the eighth century. This article discusses a couple of examples of motifs on archaeological objects in ...