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Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-18)
Current archaeological evidence indicates the transition from hunting-fishing-gathering to agriculture in Northern Europe was a gradual process. This transition was especially complex in the prehistoric North Fennoscandian landscape where the high latitude posed a challenge to both domestic animal breeding and cereal cultivation. The conditions varied, the coastal dwellers had access to rich marine ...
Theory Adrift: The Matter of Archaeological Theorizing
(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 ...
Manker's list: Museum collections in the era of deaccessioning and disposal
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-12)
During the last decades debates and concerns over deaccessioning and
disposal have affected museums worldwide. At the root of the debate lies the ever
more pressing problem with overstocked collection; the consequence of decades and
even centuries of allegedly far too liberal and eclectic collecting and acquisition
practices. This paper presents some alternative views and argues in favor of ...
When Defense Is Not Enough: On Things, Archaeological Theory, and the Politics of Misrepresentation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-19)
This article responds to a growing tide of critique targeting select new materialist and object-oriented approaches in archaeology. Here we take a stand against this critical discourse not so much to counter actual and legitimate differences in how we conceive of archaeology and its role, but to target the exaggerations, excesses, and errors by which it increasingly is articulated and which restrict ...
EXCAVATING WAR AND IDLENESS: THE CASE OF SVÆRHOLT
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-12)
For the last decade, the World War II prisoner-of-war camp and battery at Sværholt in northernmost Norway have been objects of archaeological investigation. This article presents the results from excavations and associated studies, including new descriptions of extant structures and found artefacts, comparative osteological analyses of middens, and their implications. Our purpose in presenting these ...