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Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the Holocene in Eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents the key findings of a multidisciplinary study investigating the nature and timing of coastal landscape evolution in eastern Saudi Arabia during the Holocene. To date, most sea level reconstructions for ... -
A Palaeolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)The recent identification of cave paintings dated to 42–40 ka BP in Borneo and Sulawesi highlights the antiquity of painted representations in this region. However, no instances of three-dimensional portable art, well ... -
Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, April and May 2009. Preliminary Report, Historical Period
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Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, April and May 2009. Preliminary Report, Prehistoric Periods
(Palmyrena. City, Hinterland and Caravan trade between Occident and Orient., Research report, 2009)The prehistoric team has been surveying along the southern edge of Jebel Abyad, Wadi al- Takara and Jebel Abyad, all within the concession area. The team has survey and registered the following; 1) cisterns 2) caves of ... -
Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, Jebel Merah, April and May 2011. Report. Historical Period
(Palmyrena. City, Hinterland and Caravan trade between Occident and Orient., Research report, 2011) -
Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra. April and May 2011. Preliminary Report. Prehistoric Periods
(Palmyrena. City, Hinterland and Caravan trade between Occident and Orient., Research report, 2013)The prehistoric team has been surveying along the eastern part Jebel Abyad within the concession area, the northern edge of Jebel Abyad, and southern and eastern part of Jebel Merah, all within the concession area. The ... -
The Past as a Mirror: Deep Time Climate Change Exemplarity in the Anthropocene
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-30)During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered ... -
Pastoral Nomads on the Syrian steppe in the early bronze Age : a study of burial monuments in the hinterland of Palmyra
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)The hypothesis for this thesis is that the numerous cairns that were surveyed in the hinterland of Palmyra in 2009 can be connected to a pastoral nomadic population on the Syrian Steppe in the Early Bronze Age (EBA). This ... -
Pauper Education from the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 to the Education Act 1870: Three perspectives on pauper education
(Master thesis, 2012-11-19)This master thesis is about the education of pauper children in England and Wales between 1834 and 1870. -
På bortebane - en kulturvitenskapelig analyse av norsk mediedekning av OL i Beijing og fotball-VM i Sør-Afrika
(Master thesis, 2010-05-16)Ikke-vestlige land blir stadig synligere på det internasjonale sportsfeltet. Ikke minst er dette tydelig med tanke på at store sportsarrangementer stadig oftere avholdes i ikke-vestlige land. Dette har, kan det argumenteres ... -
På kant med genussystemet? Margarete Bonnevie og Alva Myrdals kamp for gifte kvinners arbeidsrett
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Temaet for denne oppgaven er kvinnelige aktørers politiske gjennomslagskraft. Dette undersøker jeg gjennom en kampsak og to aktører; Margarete Bonnevie og Alva Myrdal, to kvinneforkjempere i henholdsvis Norge og Sverige i ... -
"På Roskilde føler jeg meg hjemme". En kulturvitenskapelig analyse av Roskilde Festival sett fra et deltakerperspektiv.
(Master thesis, 2012-11-20)In my master thesis I have studied the Danish music festival Roskilde Festival and its participants, the visitors at the festival. I have conducted interviews and fieldwork among the participants at the festival. The thesis ... -
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: A Network Approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a Roman period guide to trade and navigation in the Indian Ocean. Justly famous for offering a contemporary and descriptive account of early Indian Ocean trade, the work has been subject ... -
Pilegrimens forandring. En analyse av syv norske pilegrimers oppfatninger av pilegrimsferd og dets virkning
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Pleistocene Homo and the updated Stone Age sequence of South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-23)We provide a brief overview of how the rich South African Pleistocene Homo fossil record correlates with the recently revised Stone Age sequence. The overview and correlation of the data is intended to highlight gaps in ... -
Polen som marked for norsk laks 1990-2016
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Politiens politikk og politikkens politi. Norske politireformer i perioden 1682-1866
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-12-07)What is ‘police’? Or rather, what was ‘police’ before it became the institution and body of uniformed officers patrolling public places and investigating crime, that we perceive it as today? How and ... -
Polities and nomads: The emergence of the Silk Road exchange in the Tarim Basin region during late prehistory (2000-400 BCE)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)The Silk Road trade network was arguably the most important network of global exchange and interaction prior to the fifteenth century. On the question of how and when it developed, scholars have focused mainly on the role ... -
Politisk ammunisjon.: en analyse av Cuba-saken 1958-60
(Master thesis, 2011-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg Cuba-saken 1958-60. Lille julaften 1958 seilte det nederlandske skipet Sporonia ut Drammensfjorden lastet med håndgranater og ammunisjon. Skipets mål var Cuba, der Batista-regimet hadde ... -
Politiske forteljingar om nasjonale minoritetar: Historias rolle i utforming av politikk retta mot dei nasjonale minoritetane i Noreg, frå 1970-2001
(Master thesis, 2015-05-14)Denne masteroppgåva undersøkjer samanhengen mellom historie og politikk retta mot dei nasjonale minoritetane i Noreg. Målet med undersøkinga har vore å identifisere rollene historie spelar i forminga av politikk retta mot ...