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Taking Stock of the Academic Work of Geo Widengren: Some Observations on a Forgotten Classic and an "all-Round Historian of Religion"
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In the 1950s and 1960s, the Swedish scholar Geo Widengren (1907–1996) was a towering figure on the international landscape of the history of religions. This essay reads Widengren as a forgotten classic, i.e., an author ... -
Talking About Your Generation: “Our Children” as a Trope in Climate Change Discourse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article examines the rhetorical figuration of “our children” in climate change discourse. Based on an analysis of James Hansen’s book, Storms of my Grandchildren (2009), Barack Obama’s speech at the COP21 meeting in ... -
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 ... -
Taphonomy of an excavated striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) den in Arabia: implications for paleoecology and prehistory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Studies of modern carnivore accumulations of bone (i.e., neo-taphonomy) are crucial for interpreting fossil accumulations in the archaeological and paleontological records. Yet, studies in arid regions have been limited ... -
Tax Havens of the British Empire : Development, Policy Responses, and Decolonization, 1961-1979
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-12-16)Despite the centrality of tax havens to the global political economy, up to this point historians have largely neglected in-depth research on the origin of the global phenomenon. Literature within an International Political ... -
‘Tears flowed from his eyes unceasingly’: weeping and total devotion in Egypt in late antiquity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The article discusses the practice of weeping in Pachomian monasticism as a performance of absolute devotion. Theories about radical religion and approaches to emotions are used as a theoretical lens. Pachomian sources ... -
Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old ... -
Technological and geometric morphometric analysis of ‘post-Howiesons Poort points’ from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Lithic assemblages immediately following the Howiesons Poort, often loosely referred to as the ‘post-Howiesons Poort’ or MSA III, have attracted relatively little attention when compared to other well-known phases of the ... -
Telavåg i tid og rom. Erindringen om et krigsherjet fiskerisamfunn
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Tending the Garden of the Monks : Investigation of a Medieval Copto-Arabic Apophthegmata Patrum Recension
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-01-19)Denne avhandlingen er en studie av en middelaldersk kopto-arabisk Apophthegmata Patrum-recensjon. Apophthegmata Patrum består av ørkenfedrenes historier og visdomsord. I middelalderen var Apophthegmata Patrum en ekstremt ... -
"The Land of the Living Past" En analyse av historiebruk på Internett i kampen om Kosovo.
(Master thesis, 2009-05-15) -
"The way of self-giving" - Biskop Dehquani-Tafti om en iransk kristen identitet
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'Them' or 'Us§? A Question of Cognition: The Case for Neanderthal Modernity.
(Master thesis, 2011-11-28)The appearance of modern human behaviour in Europe has been the focus of many discussions throughout the past few decades. The sudden explosion" (Mellars 1996) of symbolic artefacts after ~40 000 BP (before present) in ... -
Thomas Becket. Brev, vennskap, nettverk
(Master thesis, 2018-06-16)What support did Thomas Becket have for his actions against king Henry and his foes in the church? Was he an embarrasment as Frank Barlow claimed, or did he on the contrary have many important allied in the papal curia, ... -
Thor's hammer in Norway. A symbol of reaction against the Christian cross?
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Three individuals, three stories, three burials from medieval Trondheim, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-03)This article presents the life stories of three individuals who lived in Trondheim, Norway, during the 13th century. Based on skeletal examinations, facial reconstructions, genetic analyses, and stable oxygen isotope ... -
Tid og arkeologisk narrativ - om tidsforståing i arkeologifaget
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Tid utanfor normalen? Arbeidstid i Nordsjøen 1977-2002
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Denne oppgåva handlar om arbeidstida i Nordsjøen og om korleis denne skil seg frå arbeidstida på fastlandet. -
Tilpasning til klimaendringer i Hardanger-regionen
(Master thesis, 2016-08-31)Verdens klima er i endring og samfunnet må tilpasses disse endringene. Det er stor usikkerhet knyttet til hva som blir konsekvensene av klimaendringene. Klimaframskrivninger for Norge varsler om en stigning i årlig ...