The expression ‘you need to know to conserve’ is a well-known cliche among biologists. Documenting the richness of a group of organisms is the first step towards understanding biodiversity and preparing efficient conservation plans. In this context, many efforts have been made to quantify the number of species on Earth and estimate the number of species still unknown to science. A few countries have ...

Human-environmental relations before agriculture can be revealed at archaeological sites through multi-method palaeoenvironmental studies, particularly at sites which have both dryland and wetland areas. Paliwodzizna 29 is such as site, being a series of pits and hearths at the edge of Lake Grodno in Central Poland. A combination of faunal analysis, lithostratigraphy, pollen, diaspores, charcoal and ...

Integrated archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations provide long-term perspectives on human–environment interactions. In the North Atlantic region, early human settlements were established in marginal agricultural environments and were susceptible to various environmental stressors. The Lofoten Islands have had an important role in the history of this region, particularly during the ...

In archaeological hunter-gatherer research, animals are primarily seen as food. Alternatively, they are proposed to serve as symbols and devices for social structuring of human societies. A growing body of literature in humanities and social sciences now looks into the role of animals as social and sentient co-beings. It is becoming increasingly clear that the roles of animals as other-than-food ...

Den samiske reindriften står i dag ved en skillevei – sammen med norske myndigheter. Veivalget handler om man fortsatt vil opprettholde den siste samiske kulturbærende næring eller om man vil handle på tvers av folkerettslige forpliktelser, lovfestede rettigheter og allmenn politisk anstendighet. Reindriftens skjebne er at den alltid har vært forvaltet og forstått gjennom de ideologiske oppfatninger ...

Målet med studien var å kartlegge hvilke undervisningsmetoder som ble brukt ved MMSA, og om min forestilling om hvor sterk gehørbasert undervisning sto ved skolen holdt stikk. Med utgangspunkt i min forforståelse, var jeg overbevist om at den sørafrikanske musikkundervisningen i stor grad var gehørbasert. Didaktisk relasjonstenkning er den teoretiske forankringen i studien, med fokus på den didaktiske ...

Nordland is Norway’s second largest county, with an areal extent of 38,482 km 2 . In general, Nordland is reasonably well covered in terms of botanical exploration, with few blank areas. No flora covering the entire area has ever been compiled, but floristic surveys are available from several part areas, ranging in size from single localities to large districts. Still, the absence of a ...

Denne artikkelen har som mål å bidra til diskusjoner om begrepet kvalitet slik det framkommer i bedømmelsesprosesser ved professor- og dosentopprykk, gjennom å utforske hvorvidt og hvordan kjønn har betydning for måten kvalitet vurderes og kommer til uttrykk på i slike prosesser. Studien er en analyse av dybdeintervjuer med fem erfarne komitémedlemmer i kunstutdanningsfeltet i Norge. Vår analyse av ...

A grave containing the remains of a wooden boat was discovered in 1934 under a low mound in a bog at Øksnes in the Vesterålen islands of northern Norway. The boat grave dates to the 10th century in the Viking Age, and grave goods placed in the boat include an iron axe, a cowhide in which the body was wrapped, and pillow remains consisting of feather stuffing and a wool textile cover. A microscopic ...