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San Personal Ornaments from the Later Stone Age at Blombos Cave and Blomboschfontein, southern Cape, South Africa
(Master thesis, 2007-11-20)A critical factor that distinguishes modern humans, Homo sapiens, from animals is the ability to communicate using symbols. One example is the use of personal ornaments. People in all cultures use personal ornaments to ... -
Sanctuaries and votive offerings from The Early Iron Age in Greece - A comparative study of votive offerings from the eastern Peloponnese
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)Many of the important sanctuaries of ancient Greece were established during the Early Iron Age (EIA), that is, between 1050 and 700 BC. The first aim of this study is to better understand the cult practices at the sanctuaries ... -
Sashes and rosaries: Scottish sectarianism and the old firm
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)This thesis deals with the religious antagonism between Catholics and Protestants in Glasgow, while emphasizing the role of the football clubs Rangers and Celtic as identity carriers in this antagonism. Through the term ... -
Satellitt og Dronearkeologi i Vestnorske landskap. Satellitteknologi, droneteknologi og metodeutvikling i arkeologi
(Master thesis, 2016-01-25)Dette er en masteroppgave i arkeologi, skrevet av Kristoffer Hillesland, ved AHKR, UiB. Tema for oppgaven er fjernanalyse i forskjellige vestnorske landskap, med bruk av satellitt og droneteknologi. Målet med oppgaven har ... -
Saved and healed : Illness, illness causation and healing among Ethiopian Orthodox Christians at holy water sites in Addis Ababa
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-12)Sammendrag Det overordnede temaet i avhandlingen er det sammenvevde forholdet mellom religion og helse. Avhandlingen er en kvalitativ undersøkelse av forståelse av sykdom, forklaringer på sykdom og helbredelse, med religion ... -
Sámi indigenous(?) religion(s)(?)—some observations and suggestions concerning term use
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)When writing about politically and culturally sensitive topics, term use is of great relevance. Sámi religion is a case in point. Words organise and create the world around us, and labels have direct consequences on how ... -
Scaling up and zooming in: global history and high-definition archaeology perspectives on the longue durée of urban–environmental relations in Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Combining global perspectives with localized case studies and integrating scientific and material evidence of environmental change in historical narratives are amongst the main challenges for the field of global history ... -
Sedimentary and geomorphic evidence of Saharan megalakes: A synthesis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)It has long been recognised that the Sahara Desert contains sediment, landform and palaeoecological evidence for phases of increased humidity during the Quaternary period. Many authors have also suggested that during some ... -
Seks kyrkjestader i Rogaland. Ein arkeologisk analyse av kyrkjestader i ytre og indre delar av Rogaland
(Master thesis, 2007-11-20)I denne oppgåva er seks kyrkjestader frå mellomalderen og ein krosstad i Rogaland frå den første kristne fasen undersøkte i eit kristningsperspektiv. Undersøkingsområda har vore dei kystnære skipreidene Time og Klepp på ... -
Selvutvikling og sjelelige relasjoner. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av en gruppe informanters tro på reinkarnasjon
(Master thesis, 2013-05-14)Denne avhandlingen baserer seg på kvalitative undersøkelser av en gruppe informanters tro på reinkarnasjon, sett i perspektiv av nyreligiøse strømninger vi kan finne i norsk kultur i dag. Avhandlingens fokus ligger på ... -
Senneolitikum i Sørvest-Norge - en kronologisk studie av overflateretusjerte pilspisser
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)Overgangen til senneolitikum, rundt år 2350 f.Kr, representerer flere drastiske forandringer. Dette kommer tilsynet i produksjon, økonomi, bosetting, sosiale forhold, materiell kultur og teknologi. Forandringene sees ofte ... -
Sentralenes Tyranni?
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Tidlig på 1900- tallet vokste den norske hermetikkindustrien frem som en av Norges viktigste eksportnæringer. Over tid var det store svingninger i pris på industrien sine produkter. Derfor forsøkte hermetikkindustrien å ... -
The Seventeenth-Century Vida of the Proselyte Abraham Pelengrino, alias Manoel Cardoso de Macedo: Analysis and Translation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The 1668-9 Cópia da vida de bemaventurado, claiming to be a copy of text written by Manoel Cardoso de Macedo who later adopted the name Abraham Pelengrino (d. 1652), is a unique testimony of an early modern conversion to ... -
Shellfish exploitation during the Oakhurst at Klipdrift Cave, southern Cape, South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-26)Klipdrift Cave in the southern Cape, South Africa, provides new insights into shellfish harvesting during the Later Stone Age (14–9 ka) period associated with the Oakhurst techno-complex. Two shellfish species dominate: ... -
The shipbuilding industri in Norway and the rise of the Aker Group
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article aims to discuss what factors have determined the development of the Norwegian shipbuilding and ship repair industry after 1945, and how it’s place in the industrial structure has changed in the after-war epoch. ... -
Short final: The Decline and fall of Braathens SAFE
(Master thesis, 2017-06-17)The paper examines the development of the Norwegian airline Braathens SAFE between 1994 and 2001. This runs from the advent of domestic air traffic deregulation until the airline was bought as a fail company by the SAS ... -
Silkeveien i Antikken: Utveksling, impulser og utvikling i det østlige Sentral-Asia i tiden til Han-dynastiet
(Master thesis, 2017-06-17)Denne masteroppgaven utforsker forholdet mellom samfunnsutvikling og utveksling i det østlige Sentral-Asia fra bronsealderen til de to første hundreårene etter vår tidsregning. Hovedfokuset ligger på utviklingen av egalitære ... -
Singelliv - i grenselandet mellom enslighet og parforhold
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A site formation model for Cuncaicha rock shelter: Depositional and postdepositional processes at the high‐altitude keysite in the Peruvian Andes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We report results from geoarchaeological investigations at Cuncaicha rock shelter (4480 m above sea level) in the high Andes of southern Peru. Using field observations, geomorphological, micromorphological, micro-Fourier ...