Blar i forfatter Institutt for arkeologi, historie, religionsvitenskap og teologi "Pétursdóttir, Þóra"
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Cold Wars and Summer-Night Dances: An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain: Material and Metaphor, by Anna McWilliams and Minnen från vår samtid: Arkeologi, materialitet och samtidshistoria (Memories of our Time: Archaeology, Materiality and Contemporary History) by Maria Persson
Pétursdóttir, Þóra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-06) -
"Deyr fé, deyja frændr". Re-animating mortuary remains from Viking Age Iceland
Pétursdóttir, Þóra (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-06-15)Research on the material culture of Viking Age graves in Iceland, and Icelandic Viking Age archaeology more generally, has long been strongly influenced and restricted by the established authority of the written sources. In accordance with this the material has mostly been used to shed light on questions concerning the origin of the first settlers, the timing of their arrival and their technological ... -
Theory Adrift: The Matter of Archaeological Theorizing
Pétursdóttir, Þóra; Olsen, Bjørnar Julius (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-10)At a possible transition towards a ‘flat’, post-human or new-materialist environment, many have suggested that archaeological theory and theorizing is changing course; turning to metaphysics; leaning towards the sciences; or, even is declared dead. Resonating with these concerns, and drawing on our fieldwork on a northern driftwood beach, this article suggests the need to rethink fundamental notions ...