Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Document Types "Peer reviewed"
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Encountering the 'ghetto': Scandinavian writers on East European Jewry in German-occupied Poland, 1915-1918
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In the history of Western perceptions of Jews and the ‘Jewish problem’, the First World War marks a period of change which was, among other things, influenced by the course of the war on the Eastern Front. The German ... -
Engraved bones from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing,Henan Province
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The production of abstract engravings is considered an indicator of modern human cognition and a means for the long-term recording and transmission of information. This article reports the discovery of two engraved bones ... -
Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Africa’s Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social and environmental factors on patterns of human behavioural ... -
Er Libya eit land?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Kva skal til for at eit territorium kan kallas for eit «land»? Libya er ein «stat», men har ei kort historie som «nasjon». Kan historia til den austlige provinsen Cyrenaica fortelle oss noe om territoriell identitet? -
Espen Schaannings Foucault: Idéhistoriske intervensjoner i den norske Foucault-resepsjonen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12)Artikkelen konsentrerer seg om et sentralt problem: Foucault som historiker og som filosof. Problemet aktualiseres ved en kritisk gjennomgang av Espen Schaannings lesing og formidling av Foucault som idéhistorisk intervenør. ... -
Etter liberalismen kommer nasjonalismen: 1880-årene viser vei
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)After Liberalism Comes Nationalism, as in the 1880s: The article rejects the widespread parallels drawn between the rise of populism in the present day and the rise of authoritarianism and fascism in the interwar years. ... -
Evidence for large land snail cooking and consumption at Border Cave c. 170–70 ka ago. Implications for the evolution of human diet and social behaviour
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Fragments of land snail (Achatinidae) shell were found at Border Cave in varying proportions in all archaeological members, with the exception of the oldest members 5 WA and 6 BS (>227,000 years ago). They were recovered ... -
The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Arabian Peninsula is a critical geographic landmass situated between Africa and the rest of Eurasia. Climatic shifts across the Pleistocene periodically produced wetter conditions in Arabia, dramatically altering the ... -
Farlig fødselskontroll. Om stenging og likvidering av mødrehygienekontorer under annen verdenskrig
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)I 1940 var det tolv mødrehygienekontorer i Norge. De ga opplysning og solgte prevensjon; noen drev også svangerskaps- og spedbarnskontroll. Mødrehygienekontorene var aksjeselskaper eid av arbeiderbevegelsens kvinneorganisasjoner. ... -
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 ... -
First large-scale provenance study of pigments reveals new complex behavioural patterns during the Upper Palaeolithic of southwestern Germany
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The use of red iron‐based earth pigments, or ochre, is a key component of early symbolic behaviours for anatomically modern humans and possibly Neanderthals. We present the first ochre provenance study in Central Europe ... -
Folkevandringerne og imperium romanum
(Imperium Romanum : realitet, idé, ideal, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 1993) -
Food security in Roman Palmyra (Syria) in light of paleoclimatological evidence and its historical implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Food security in ancient urban centers is often discussed but rarely formally modelled. Despite its location in an inhospitable desert where food production is a constant challenge ancient Palmyra grew from a small oasis ... -
Forum: populism, identity politics, and the archaeology of Europe
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Fritak og religiøse spenninger i skolen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Fritaksretten i grunnskolen gjør at elever kan unngå å delta i opplæringsaktiviteter i skolen som oppleves som praktisering av eller tilslutning til en annen religion eller et annet livssyn, eller som med bakgrunn i det ... -
The Gem-bearing Serpents of the Trinity Homilies: An Analogue for Gower's Confessio Amantis
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Gemstones and Mineral Products in the Red Sea / Indian Ocean Trade of the First Millennium
(Chapter; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This article addresses the role of minerals and mineral products in general and gemstones in particular in Red Sea and Western Indian .cean trade in the frst millennium. It is argued that texts from the early part of the ... -
Genetic examination of historical North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) bone specimens from the eastern North Atlantic: Insights into species history, transoceanic population structure, and genetic diversity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Species monitoring and conservation is increasingly challenging under current climate change scenarios. For the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) this challenge is heightened by the added effects of complicated ... -
Geoarchaeological investigation of occupation deposits in Blombos Cave in South Africa indicate changes in site use and settlement dynamics in the southern Cape during MIS 5b-4
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The archaeological assemblage recovered from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels in Blombos Cave, South Africa, is central to our understanding of the development of early modern humans. Here, we demonstrate that the cultural ... -
The gifts of allurement: anti-conversion legislation, gift-giving, and political allegiance in South Asia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The last decade has seen an escalation of various acts of anti-conversion legislation in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and in different states of India. Several scholars comment that the upsurge of anti-conversion legislation can be ...