• Fishing further inland? The role of the transition to agriculture on fishing practices in the Soconusco region, Mexico 

  Alsgaard, Asia Victoria; Thakar, Heather B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  In the Soconusco region of Mexico, the abundance of larger-bodied, carnivorous fish decreased relative to smaller-bodied, omnivorous/herbivorous fish between the terminal Late Archaic (4700–4000 BP [2700–2000 BCE]) and ...

• Forteljingar om utdanningssystemet og førestillinga om ein norsk fredstradisjon 

  Angell, Svein Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Denne artikkelen undersøkjer i kva grad og på kva måte førestillinga om ein norsk fredstradisjon kan lesast ut av ulike engelskspråklege publikasjonar om det norske utdanningssystemet frå 1940-åra fram til slutten av ...

• Tooth in the spotlight: exploring the integration of archaeological and genetic data to build multidisciplinary narratives of the Past 

  d'Errico, Francesco; Doyon, Luc; Zilhão, Joao; Baker, Jack (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The article addresses the challenges posed by the interdisciplinary collaboration that led to the recent Nature article presenting results of the extraction of ancient human DNA from a perforated deer tooth found in Denisova ...

• Norse Whetstones in Slavic Areas - Indicators of Long-Distance Networks During the Viking Age and the Middle Ages 

  Baug, Irene; Filipowiak, Wojciech; Jansen, Øystein James; Røhr, Torkil Sørlie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  SCANDINAVIAN ARTEFACTS FROM THE VIKING AGE ONWARDS are found in Slavic areas, suggesting interactions between Slavs and Scandinavians. In this paper, whetstones from present-day Norway are regarded as a proxy for this ...

• Reconcilable differences: Using retrospective photogrammetry to bridge the divide between analogue and digital site data collected during long-term excavation projects 

  Unhammer, Ole Fredrik; Haaland, Magnus Mathisen; Armitage, Simon James; Henshilwood, Christopher Stuart; Niekerk, Karen Loise van (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Over the last 30 years, high-resolution site documentation has rapidly developed, with analogue drawings and film photography being replaced with high-precision digital recordings. Today, most archaeological field data ...

• A Mismatched Piece in a Cultural Middle Stone Age Puzzle: Traces of Human Activity Dated to 90 kya (MIS 5) at Sites EDAR 134 and 155 in the Eastern Sahara, Sudan 

  Michalec, Grzegorz; Andrieux, Eric; Kim, Ju Yong; Sohn, Young Kwan; Cendrowska, Marzena; Ehlert, Maciej; Armitage, Simon James; Moska, Piotr; Szmit, Marcin; Nassr, Ahmed; Masojć, Mirosław (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article presents the results of research carried out at two previously unreported Eastern Desert Atbara River project (EDAR) Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites—EDAR 134 and EDAR 155. Luminescence dating results indicate ...

• Paleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dress 

  Gilligan, Ian; d'Errico, Francesco; Doyon, Luc; Wang, Wei; Kuzmin, Yaroslav V. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Eyed needles are among the most iconic of Paleolithic artifacts, traditionally seen as rare indicators of prehistoric clothing, particularly tailoring. However, recent finds across Africa and Eurasia show that other ...

• Ochre communities of practice in Stone Age Eswatini 

  MacDonald, Brandi Lee; Velliky, Elizabeth Catherine; Forrester, Bob; Riedesel, Svenja; Linstädter, Jörg; Kuo, Alexandra; Woodborne, Stephan; Mabuza, Ayanda; Bader, Gregor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Our species and other hominins have used earth mineral pigments since at least ~500,000 years ago, if not earlier. Its preservation and ubiquity within archaeological records across sub-Saharan Africa are well documented, ...

• Populærkultur og religion i gamle dager. Historiske og komparative innfallsvinkler til medier, mangfold og levd religion 

  Undheim, Sissel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Kan læreplanmålene i LK20 om populærkultur og medier brukes som innfallsvinkel til å arbeide historisk og komparativt i KRLE og Religion og etikk? Gjennom å drøfte begrepene populærkultur og media opp mot noen konkrete ...

• What Is Happening to Religious Studies? Six Narratives 

  Stausberg, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

• Palmyra: At the Crossroads of the Ancient World 

  Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The Syrian oasis city Tadmor, better known as Palmyra, has received by far the most attention within scholarship on the Roman Near East over recent decades. New evidence and recent research allow us to better understand ...

• Buddhist Minorities 

  Jacobsen, Knut Axel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article first discusses some main aspects of contemporary Buddhist minorities in the world and notes that in the 20th century, for the first time in history, a large multiplicity of Buddhist traditions became available ...

• Transmission and Canonization: The Role of Swahili Scholars in the Canonization of Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn 

  Noor, Mohamed Aidarus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

• Taphonomic and zooarchaeological analysis of fauna from the Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort at Klasies River main site: Examining links between the environment and subsistence behaviour in Marine Isotope Stages 4 and 3 

  Reynard, Jerome P.; Pearson, Alexandra; Akuku, Pamela; Wurz, Sarah Jacoba Deborah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 4 and 3 were significant periods encompassing some 50,000 years, including at least two techno-cultural entities: the Howiesons Poort (HP) and post-HP. Exploring subsistence and environmental ...

• Preservation of plant-wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies 

  Jha, Deepak Kumar; Patalano, Robert; Ilgner, Jana; Achyuthan, Hema; Alsharekh, A.B.D.U.L.L.A.H.M.; Armitage, Simon James; Blinkhorn, James; Boivin, Nicole; Breeze, P.A.U.L.S.; Devra, Ravindra; Drake, Nicholas; Groucutt, H.U.W.S.; Guagnin, Maria; Roberts, Patrick; Petraglia, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Analysis of plant-wax biomarkers from sedimentary sequences can enable past environmental and hydrological reconstruction and provide insights into past hominin adaptations. However, biomarker preservation in desert contexts ...

• Samer som kunnskapsobjekt. Paolo Mantegazzas skandinaviske reise i 1879 

  Skålevåg, Svein Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Sommeren 1879 reiste den italienske antropologen, professoren og senatoren Paolo Mantegazza til Norge sammen med sin noe yngre kollega Stephen Sommier. Det uttrykte målet for reisen var å erverve kunnskap om samene, som ...

• Palaeoproteomic identification of the original binder and modern contaminants in distemper paints from Uvdal stave church, Norway 

  Haghighi, Zahra; Mackie, Meaghan; Ørnhøi, Anne Apalnes; Ramsøe, Abigail Daisy; Olstad, Tone Marie; Armitage, Simon James; Henshilwood, Christopher Stuart; Cappellini, Enrico (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Two distemper paint samples taken from decorative boards in Uvdal stave church, Norway, were analysed using palaeoproteomics, with an aim of identifying their binder and possible contaminants. The results point at the use ...

• The Once and Future Fish: Assessing a Millennium of Atlantic Herring Exploitation Through Mixed-Stock Analysis and Ancient DNA 

  Atmore, Lane; van der Jagt, Inge; Boilard, Aurélie; Häberle, Simone; Blevis, Rachel; Dierickx, Katrien Alfred C; Quinlan, Liz M.; Orton, David C.; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Barrett, James Harold; Star, Bastiaan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Small pelagic fish support profitable fisheries and are important for food security around the world. Yet, their sustainable management can be hindered by the indiscriminate impacts of simultaneous exploitation of fish ...

• Folk Magic and the Haunting of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland 

  Herva, Vesa-Pekka; Seitsonen, Oula; Banks, Iain; Moshenska, Gabriel; Paphitis, Tina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article engages with certain peculiar finds and features that we have documented at former German WWII military camps in Finnish Lapland, with a particular emphasis on an excavated assemblage that has affinities to ...

• The Framework for Ochre Experiences (Foes): Towards a Transdisciplinary Perspective on the Earth Material Heritage of Ochre 

  Velliky, Elizabeth Catherine; Hodgskiss, Tammy; Straffon, Larissa; Gustafson, Heidi; Gollifer, Ann; Haaland, Magnus Mathisen (Chapter, 2024)

  Ochre is a mineral pigment that has been used by humans for more than 300,000 years. It appears in archaeological, historical, and contemporary settings across vast distances of time and space, and increasing evidence shows ...

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