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  2. 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)

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
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A volume dedicated to the achievements of Norwegian archaeologist Gutorm Gjessing (1906-1979).
  • 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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Published: 2010
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Copyright Holder: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407306964 (paperback)
  • 9781407336978 (ebook)
BAR Number: S2154
Subject
  • Lithics / Stone Tools
  • Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
  • Multiperiod
  • Arctic
  • Festschrifte / Presentation Volumes
  • Ritual / Religion / Temples
  • Ceramics and Pottery Studies
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