Department of Cultural History: Recent submissions
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Computational techniques for virtual reconstruction of fragmented archaeological textiles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Archaeological artifacts play important role in understanding the past developments of the humanity. However, the artifacts are often highly fragmented and degraded, with many details and parts missing due to centuries’ ... -
The impact of farming on prehistoric culinary practices throughout Northern Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)To investigate changes in culinary practices associated with the arrival of farming, we analysed the organic residues of over 1,000 pottery vessels from hunter-gatherer-fisher and early agricultural sites across Northern ... -
Nupen Lokalitet 1 (ID 269743) og Lokalitet 3 (269831). Dyrkningslag fra bronsealder og en forstyrret steinalderlokalitet
(Arkeologiske utgravingsrapporter fra Fornminneseksjonen;12 - 2023, Research report, 2023-06-15)To lokaliteter har blitt arkeologisk undersøkt på gården Nupen i Sande kommune, Møre og Romsdal. Lokalitetsområdet ligger på ytterkysten rett nord for Stad, men delvis beskyttet bak mindre øyer mot vest. Lokalitetene ble ... -
Prosjekt Norheimsund Videregåande Skule. Arkeologisk undersøkelse Norheimsund sentrum. Aktivitet- og bosetningsspor fra bronse- og jernalder.
(Arkeologiske utgravingsrapporter fra Fornminneseksjonen;, Research report, 2023-02)Denne rapporten omhandler den arkeologiske undersøkelsen av lokaliteten Askeladden id 273943, Sandve gnr. 11 bnr 30, som foregikk høsten 2022, i Kvam kommune, Hordaland i Vestland fylke (fig. 1). Totalt ble det undersøkt ... -
Arkeologisk undersøkelse i forbindelse med VA-grøft på Myklebust
(Arkeologiske utgravingsrapporter fra Fornminneseksjonen;9 - 2023, Research report, 2023-04-03)I april 2022 ble det gjennomført en mindre arkeologisk undersøkelse på Myklebust i Stad kommune (figur 1), omtrent 150 meter nord for Rundhågjen (Myklebusthaugen). Undersøkelsen avdekket spor etter dyrkningsaktivitet fra ... -
Overvåking i forbindelse med etablering av OV-ledning. Funn av kokegrop/røstegrop fra tidligneolitikum.
(Arkeologiske utgravingsrapporter fra Fornminneseksjonen;14 - 2023, Research report, 2023-11-14)I løpet av to dager i oktober 2023 ble det gjennomført en arkeologisk overvåking på gnr. 181, bnr. 2 på Markastå i Ullensvang, i forbindelse med etablering av ny overvannsledning (OV). Denne graves i traseen til en ... -
A multiproxy approach to understanding the impact of the Storegga tsunami upon Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers across different regions of western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Storegga tsunami (c. 8150 cal BP) is geologically well attested from various isolation basins across the west Norwegian coast. Ascertaining the impact it had upon the Mesolithic peoples who lived through it, however, ... -
FINDSAMPO: A Linked Data Based Portal and Data Service for Analyzing and Disseminating Archaeological Object Finds
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper presents the FINDSAMPO system for analyzing and disseminating archaeological object finds made by the public. The system is based on Linked Open Data (LOD), and consists of a web portal and an open data service. ... -
Post-Tridentine Mass Attendance as Devotion to the Suffering Christ
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Continuing the long tradition of the allegorical interpretation of the Mass, the seventeenth- and eighteenth century ideal of proper mass attendance was devotion to the suffering Christ, inextricably linked to each step ... -
Commons, Associations, And Possibilities of egalitarian life in Paris, France
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this article I ask, at what level does the egalitarian life of the French Republic manifest itself? In what social spaces do people get to enjoy its slogan, Liberté, égalité, fraternité? I take these questions to be ... -
An Introduction to Egalitarian Thought and Dynamics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this introduction we approach egalitarianism as an upsetting force that in various ways has shaped much of modern, especially Western, human history. We outline philosophical trajectories from the Enlightenment onward; ... -
Gater, torg og heterotopier i byen. En kommentar til de siste års hendelser i Paris
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Utgangspunktet for artikkelen er hvordan offentlige steder på forskjellige måter tiltrekker seg ulike kollektive uttrykk. For å peke på den særskilte rollen som gaten og torget spiller i byens utvikling, diskuteres de siste ... -
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 ... -
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 ...