A Circumpolar Reappraisal: The Legacy of Gutorm Gjessing (1906-1979): Proceedings of an International Conference held in Trondheim, Norway, 10th-12th October 2008, arranged by the Institute of Archaeology and Religious Studies, and the SAK department of the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Westerdahl, Christer

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407306964

A Circumpolar Reappraisal: The Legacy of Gutorm Gjessing (1906-1979): Proceedings of an International Conference held in Trondheim, Norway, 10th-12th October 2008, arranged by the Institute of Archaeology and Religious Studies, and the SAK department of the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Christer Westerdahl 2010 © BAR Publishing

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A volume dedicated to the achievements of Norwegian archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing (1906-1979).

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BAR International Series pre-2020
BAR pre-2020

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9781407336978 (ebook)
9781407306964 (paperback)

BAR Number

S2154

Subject

Multiperiod
Ritual / Religion / Temples
Ceramics and Pottery Studies
Lithics / Stone Tools
Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Festschrifte / Presentation Volumes
Arctic

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Table of Contents

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Opening Photograph
Funding Notice (Norwegian Research Council)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 WHY A CIRCUMPOLAR REAPPRAISAL? AN INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR A SAAMI PAST, AND SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE GJESSING LEGACY
CHAPTER 3 SHAMANISM AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR AREA, BROUGHT TO THE FORE BY SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED SOUTH-SAAMI DRUMS WITH ACCESSORIES IN THE NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER 4 NORTHERN SNOW PATCH ARCHAEOLOGY
CHAPTER 5 SURFACE PRESSURE FLAKING IN NORTHERN EURASIA AT THE MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHICTRANSITION -- A TECHNOLOGICAL VIRUS?
CHAPTER 6 A REAPPRAISAL OF CIRCUMPOLAR MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC CULTURES AND GLOBAL THEORY: HISTORICAL TRACKS ALONG THE CIRCUMPOLAR ROAD
CHAPTER 8 CROSS-CULTURAL CONTACTS BETWEEN EUROPEAN WHALERS AND RUSSIAN HUNTERS
CHAPTER 9 INTERPRETING BEAR IMAGERY IN THE SPIRIT OF GUTORM GJESSING
CHAPTER 10 A REAPRAISAL OF THE AINU BEAR FESTIVAL
CHAPTER 11 MARITIME CULTURE OF THE WHITE SEA LITTORAL: TRADITIONAL SHIPS AND BOATS OF POMORYE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
CHAPTER 12 MAJOR CHANGES IN THE HOLOCENE CLIMATE
CHAPTER 13 ON THE DIFFUSION OF THE BARK CANOES, SKIN BOATS AND EXPANDED LOG BOATS IN THE EURASIAN NORTH
CHAPTER 14 EARLY SPREAD OF POTTERY IN CIRCUMPOLAR EURASIA
CHAPTER 15 FEEDING THE FIRE IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR HEARTHS
CHAPTER 16 ARCHAEOLOGY AS SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
CHAPTER 17 POTENTIAL INSIGHTS CULTURAL MATERIAL CONSERVATION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CIRCUMPOLAR RESEARCH QUESTIONS AS ILLUSTRATED BY TEXTILE AND LEATHER ARTEFACTS RECOVERED FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TWO RUSSIAN POMOR HUNTING STATIONS ON SVALBARD
CHAPTER 18 GUTORM GJESSING AND NORWEGIAN ROCK-ART
CHAPTER 19 GJESSING, DIALECTICS AND THE NEW ARCHAEOLOGY
CHAPTER 20 AESTHETIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR NORTH: ART AMONG THREE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, THE AINU, THE NETSILIK, AND THE SÁMI
CHAPTER 21 SEA VERSUS LAND. AN ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC “COSMOLOGY?”
CHAPTER 22 ANCIENT BOATS OF THE SAMI IN FENNOSCANDIA. A BRIEF SURVEY WITH A FOCUS ON THE INLAND ENVIRONMENTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE FOREST SAMI
CHAPTER 23 VISUALIZING SAMI WATERSCAPES IN NORTHERN NORWAY FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 24 A REAPPRAISAL OF EURASIAN SHAMANISM: CONTINUITY OR DISCONTINUITY OF THE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUAL BEINGS
CHAPTER 25 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GUTORM GJESSING

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