Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR
Recent Submissions
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Reconcilable differences: Using retrospective photogrammetry to bridge the divide between analogue and digital site data collected during long-term excavation projects
(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 ... -
Buddhist Minorities
(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 ... -
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
(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
(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 ... -
Populærkultur og religion i gamle dager. Historiske og komparative innfallsvinkler til medier, mangfold og levd religion
(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
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Ochre communities of practice in Stone Age Eswatini
(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, ... -
Palmyra: At the Crossroads of the Ancient World
(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 ... -
Transmission and Canonization: The Role of Swahili Scholars in the Canonization of Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn
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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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Fritak på religiøst grunnlag – en endringsmelding
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Siden 2005 har elever, og deres foresatte, i norske grunnskoler hatt en rett til fritak fra aktiviteter som de opplever som problematiske ut fra eget livssyn, eller som de opplever som utøvelse av andres livssyn. I 2015 ... -
Religious Minorities in Islamic Legal Traditions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Islam accepts the presence of certain non-Muslim groups, like Jews and Christians, in the Muslim state, under certain conditions. Islamic legal scholars discussed at length which religious groups should come under this ...
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