Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR
Recent Submissions
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Reconstructing formation processes at the Canary Islands indigenous site of Belmaco Cave (La Palma, Spain) through a multiproxy geoarchaeological approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The indigenous populations of La Palma (Canary Islands), who arrived on the island from Northwest Africa ca. 2000 years B.P., were predominantly pastoralists. Yet, many aspects of their subsistence economy such as the ... -
To Gender or not To Gender? Exploring Gender Variations through Time and Space
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article is based on an EAA session in Kiel in 2021, in which thirteen contributors provide their response to Robb and Harris's (2018) overview of studies of gender in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, with a reply ... -
The Norse Landscape of Skye and the Western Isles
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-10-27)Denne avhandlingen forsøker å svare på følgende spørsmål: Hvorfor valgte nordmenn å bosette seg på Hebridene? Hva var så tiltrekkende med disse områdene at det skulle tiltrekke seg generasjoner av norrøne bosetninger over ... -
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article contributes to the internationalization of survey methodology by discussing a case from a totalitarian state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2020, GAMAAN (The Group for Measuring and Analyzing Attitudes in ... -
Religious Minorities: Conceptual Perspectives
(Journal article, 2023)This essay proposes definitions of key terms such as ‘minoritization’, ‘majoritization’, and ‘religious minority’, and problematizes standard criteria of identification of religious minorities while also advocating for an ... -
“The Bear Ceremonial” and bear rituals among the Khanty and the Sami
(The Archaeology of Northern Europe;3, Chapter, 2023)Researchers from different fields of study agree on the importance of comparison, but debate how to compare. Rather than comparing globally, on the basis of secondary literature and looking for similarities alone, this ... -
Naturkrisen - en global krise for lokal natur?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)I 2019 dukket et nytt krisebegrep opp i norske aviser – «naturkrisen». Det ble raskt et retorisk verktøy i vindkraftdebatten. «Naturkrisen» brukes i bestemt form entall, gjerne sammen med «klimakrisen», og bidrar til å ... -
Hva kan vi vite om det norske holocaust? En analyse av Michelet-debatten
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Marte Michelets bok Hva visste hjemmefronten? (2018) har utløst en omfattede og uforsonlig offentlig debatt og resultert i fem bøker som diskuterer spørsmål av betydning for forståelsen av det norske holocaust: Hvilken ... -
Monastic Readings of the Nag Hammadi Codices
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The Nag Hammadi Codices as Monastic Books
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First identification of an evolving Middle Stone Age ochre culture at Porc-Epic Cave, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The use of mineral pigments, in particular iron-rich rocks, holds significant importance in understanding the emergence and evolution of human cultures. However, sites that have yielded a number of pieces large enough to ... -
A 38,000-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The earliest European carvings, made of mammoth ivory, depict animals, humans, and anthropomorphs. They are found at Early Aurignacian sites of the Swabian Jura in Germany. Despite the wide geographical spread of the ... -
Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950
(Book, 2023)"Globalizing the Soybean" asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. Historian ... -
The role of projects in shaping businesses capabilities and structure since the 1960s
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Project studies have emerged as a thriving subfield of management and organisation research. Central to project studies, is the idea that engaging in projects has long-term effects on businesses capabilities and structure. ... -
Heimen. Lokalhistoria inn i eit nytt tusenår. Del 2 (1995-2022)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Artikkelen diskuterer det lokalhistoriske tidsskriftet Heimen frå 1995 til 2022. Utgangspunktet er den allereie skisserte utviklinga til tidsskriftet frå grunnlegginga i 1922 til 1994, men merksemda er først og fremst retta ... -
Licentia testandi – paavillinen lupa papeille testamentata omaisuuttaan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Mitä tapahtuu henkilön omaisuudelle hänen kuolemansa jälkeen? Kenellä on oikeus perintöön ja millä ehdoin? Entä onko henkilöllä mahdollisuutta vaikuttaa siihen, kuka hänen omaisuutensa perii? Nämä kysymykset ovat relevantteja ... -
Heimen. Erkjenningsinteresser, redaksjonell profil og innhald. Del 1 (1922-1994)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Artikkelen diskuterer det lokalhistoriske tidsskriftet Heimen frå grunnlegginga i 1922 til 1994. Vekta er innleiingsvis lagt på det første nummer, ettersom dette skreiv fram tre erkjenningsinteresser som var med på å prege ... -
Motstandskampen i Norge: Fortellingen og den som forteller
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)I denne masteroppgaven undersøkes fire fortellinger fra årene 1945–1950 om den norske motstandskampen under tysk okkupasjon. Hver fortelling analyseres først fra et rent tekstlig perspektiv, og sjangerbestemmes. Deretter ... -
Sverd og sandaler i Hollywood: En arkeologisk studie av gladiatorkamper som fremstilt i filmene Spartacus og Gladiator
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Since the beginning of Hollywood-history, roman antiquity has been a popular subject, inspiring its own genre: “Swords and Sandals”. This paper will examine the representation of gladiatorial combat in the movies Spartacus ...
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