Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Document Types "Journal article"
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The 100,000–77,000‑Year Old Middle Stone Age Micromammal Sequence from Blombos Cave, South Africa: Local Climatic Stability or a Tale of Predator Bias?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this paper, we present a case study of the micromammal sequence from Marine Isotope Stage 5 (130,000–71,000 YBP) at Blombos Cave on the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Our analyses of the micromammal assemblage ... -
A 115,000-year-old expedient bone technology at Lingjing, Henan, China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Activities attested since at least 2.6 Myr, such as stone knapping, marrow extraction, and woodworking may have allowed early hominins to recognize the technological potential of discarded skeletal remains and equipped ... -
A 38,000-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The earliest European carvings, made of mammoth ivory, depict animals, humans, and anthropomorphs. They are found at Early Aurignacian sites of the Swabian Jura in Germany. Despite the wide geographical spread of the ... -
A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped osseous artifacts. These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features present on human and animal ... -
The Abyss of Intransitivity: On Critical Realism and Theories of Religion
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Adelskap forplikter: Norges deltakelse i Unescos skoleforsøk 1953–1959
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Noblesse Oblige: Norway’s Participation in Unesco’s Educational Experimental Program 1953–1959. In 1953, Unesco initiated a teaching experiment project, “Co-ordinated Experimental Activities in Schools of Member States of ... -
The Age of Climate Change: Cultural Change Temporalities and Crisis Awareness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article elaborates the multiple temporalities of climate change discourses and practises and discusses some possible common denominators in the timescales and time structures related to global warming. It first examines ... -
Aker og den norske samarbeidstradisjonen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fra 1950-årene utviklet Aker seg til å bli et stort konsern og en motor i norsk verkstedindustri. I Aker, på bedrifts- og konsern-nivå, vokste det fram et tett samarbeid mellom ledelse og fagforeninger, sentrert rundt ... -
An analysis and environmental interpretations of wood charcoal from the Later Stone Age deposit at Klasies River cave 1, Tsitsikamma Coast
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this article, we present the results for an analysis of charcoal remains from Klasies River main site cave 1. The analysis was done to understand the environmental conditions of the Tsitsikamma Coast during the late ... -
Ancient Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean: Maritime Links of the Kushan Empire ca 50-200 CE
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)In the first two centuries CE, commodities from Afghanistan and traded by way of Afghanistan held a prominent place in the maritime trade of the western Indian Ocean. This paper explores the maritime links between Afghanistan, ... -
Ancient Cities: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
(Journal article, 2022)In this paper we present an overview of the Ancient Cities project’s outcomes and experiences with producing and testing digital educational material in the field of archaeology. In the first part, the Massive Open Online ... -
The appropriation of a religion: The case of Zoroastrianism in contemporary Russia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-10)This paper distinguishes between the (ontological) creation, (historical) emergence and (legal) ‘making’ of religion. Many religions claim plausibility by invoking long chains of (invented) traditions, while some post-modern ... -
Archaeology of Trade in the Western Indian Ocean, 300 BC-AD 700
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-02)In the millennium after 300 BC, the western Indian Ocean emerged as a main hub of Old World exchange. Study of this commerce long depended on separate regional archaeologies and a handful of literary sources with Western/Roman ... -
Ashé-Iyá- Afrocubanske artistar mellom folklore, religion og utøving
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-09)I høve til den afrocubanske folkloregruppa Ashé-Iyá sine utøvingar, kan ein stille spørsmål om kva som er religion og kva som ikkje er det, både for artistane sjølve og for deira publikum. Kvar går eventuelle grenser mellom, ... -
Assessing the photoprotective effects of red ochre on human skin by in vitro laboratory experiments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-27)Archaeological indicators of cognitive complexity become increasingly prevalent during the African Middle Stone Age, with the habitual exploitation of red ochre widely viewed as a key feature of the emergence of modern ... -
Associations and Interactions in Urban Networks of the Roman Near East
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Relational approaches have profoundly changed archaeology and related fields in recent years. This has shifted focus from agents to the interaction between them. Past processes, however, are finished and gone, and the only ... -
At the threshold of the Viking Age: New dendrochronological dates for the Kvalsund ship and boat bog offerings (Norway)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Kvalsund in the Herøy archipelago, Møre og Romsdal County, provides a sheltered harbour in a high-risk seascape along the west coast of Norway: the peninsula Stadlandet is considered the most dangerous part of the seaway ... -
Auschwitz and the Meta-Topography of the Sacred
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article proposes a distinction between the religious and the sacred. It treats the sacred as an analytical concept and seeks to demonstrate its effectiveness by using it as a lens through which to look at Mucha’s ...