The years between 474 and 270 represent a period of transition in the history of pre-Roman Italy. Political division continues for most of this period, while new forms of organization develop. The dramatic movements of ...

The articles in the present volume are the result of two workshops held at the Norwegian Institute in Rome that are both robustly disciplinary, but simultaneously raise issues beyond the disciplinary bounds of art history ...

Today, there is a broad consensus on an African beginning of the human story as confirmed by the fossil and archaeological evidence accumulating from the continent. But, before the twentieth century, Africa was the region ...

This introduction reviews the history of Nordic pan-nationalism, from Scandinavianism to Nordic cooperation, in the broader context of contemporaneous European pan-national movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth ...

The introduction of agriculture is known to have profoundly affected the ecological complexion of landscapes. In this study, a rapid transition from C3 to C4 vegetation is inferred from a shift to higher stable carbon ...

It's been a long time coming: Anthropogenic impact and faecal biomarkers It is undisputed that humans impact their environments. However, what the ecological consequences of anthropogenic influence are in longer time ...

Kyrkans eget rättssystem kallas kanonisk rätt, efter grekiskans κανών, ’regel, måttstock’. Kyrkliga domstolar hade under medeltiden jurisdiktion över en rad rättsområden genom sitt separata domstolssystem, som var hierarkiskt ...

In this, the first of six volumes, the main results of the excavations which the University of Oslo carried out at Kaupang 1998–2003 are presented. A completely new picture is put forward of the port that Ohthere (Óttarr) ...