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This article presents the life stories of three individuals who lived in Trondheim, Norway, durin... more This article presents the life stories of three individuals who lived in Trondheim, Norway, during the 13th century. Based on skeletal examinations, facial reconstructions, genetic analyses, and stable oxygen isotope analyses, the birthplace, mobility, ancestry, pathology, and physical appearance of these people are presented. The stories are discussed within the relevant historical context. These three people would have been ordinary citizens, without any privileges out of the ordinary, which makes them quite rare in the academic literature. Through the study of individuals one gets a unique look into the Norwegian medieval society.
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Immigration and mobility in the medieval and post-medieval periods in Norway have, up until now, ... more Immigration and mobility in the medieval and post-medieval periods in Norway have, up until now, mainly been discussed on the basis of historical sources. This paper presents the results of stable oxygen isotope (δ18O) analyses of the 1st and 3rd molars from 95 individuals from medieval and post-medieval Trondheim, as well as new information about the δ18O composition in the precipitation and drinking water in Trondheim. Through these analyses, the authors have attempted to shed light on the age of migrating individuals and directions of migration, to investigate temporal changes with regard to migration, and to make suggestions regarding the proportion of immigrants to locals in the population.
The results show that the majority of the immigrants came from areas to the north or east of Trondheim, and some travelled at least 800–1000 km to come to Trondheim. It has also been shown that a large proportion of the medieval individuals moved during childhood. Both with regard to child mobility and migration in general, the evidence suggests that the migratory activity decreased from the medieval to the post-medieval period.
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, Jul 2015
This article presents the multidisciplinary effort in trying to identify the skeletal remains of ... more This article presents the multidisciplinary effort in trying to identify the skeletal remains of 100 Norwegian soldiers serving in the German army, killed in Karelia Russia in 1944, from the recovery of the remains through the final identification using DNA. Of the 150 bone samples sent for DNA testing, 93 DNA profiles were obtained relating to 57 unique individuals. The relatives could not be directly contacted as the soldiers were considered as traitors to Norway; therefore, only 45 reference samples, relating to 42 cases of the missing, were donated. DNA matches for 14 soldiers and 12 additional body part re-associations for these individuals were found. Another 24 bone samples were re-associated with 16 individuals, but no familial match was found. More than six decades after the end of WWII, DNA analysis can significantly contribute to the identification of the remains.
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Bevis, 2014
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Fragment frå fortida, 2013
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Ved innføringen av kristendommen i Norge på 1000-tallet ble det en markant endring i hvor og hvor... more Ved innføringen av kristendommen i Norge på 1000-tallet ble det en markant endring i hvor og hvordan den døde ble begravd. De største endringene av begravelseskikken var nok at kristendommen krevde at alle kristne skulle begraves i vigslet jord, noe som i praksis ville si at de skulle begraves på et relativt begrenset område rundt kirkebygningene. I tillegg ble alle begravd på likt vis under flat mark og det ble slutt på kremeringsbegravelser. Ved første øyekast kan det se ut som om kristendommen innførte en form for likhet i døden, i motsetning til hvordan sosiale forskjeller tidligere hadde blitt markert gjennom store gravmonumenter. Det heter seg at i døden er vi alle like, men det er likevel lite som tyder på at dette var tilfelle i middelalderen. Både skriftlige og arkeologiske kilder viser at det var flere faktorer som innvirket på hvor man ble plassert på kirkegården: kjønn, sosial status, alder. I denne artikkelen vil jeg prøve å belyse dette ved en gjennomgang av noen av de skriftlige og arkeologiske bevisene for tidlig kristen gravskikk, med spesiell vekt på min egen studie av det norske osteoarkeologiske materialet fra fire tidlig kristne gravplasser.
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The main topics of this thesis are the burial practices carried out at the time of early Christia... more The main topics of this thesis are the burial practices carried out at the time of early Christianity in Norway and how the burial practices relate to the burial regulations given in the provincial laws (Gulating, Frostating, Eidsivating, Borgarting). The study is based on the data collected from the examination of the skeletal material from four different graveyards and the data collected from the archaeological records from the different sites (St. Mary’s church in Bergen, Public Library site in Trondheim, Hamar cathedral and the St. Peter’s church in Tønsberg). Questions regarding sexual segregation and social stratification of the graveyards have been the main interest of this research, but other features which could have influenced the place of burial have also been touched upon: age, family relations, foreigners.
It has been shown that the sexes were not treated equally on three of the four graveyards: there was no evidence suggesting that the sexes were ever segregated on the graveyard for the St. Mary’s church in Bergen. It has also become apparent that the separation of the sexes was adapted to the individual graveyard and did not necessarily follow the north-south division prescribed in the Eidsivating law and a pattern which has been shown on many graveyards in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland.
It has been argued that pathological conditions, especially degenerative changes to the joints and vertebrae, can be good indicators of social differences. Based on the distribution of these pathological conditions, strong evidence has been presented in favour of the graveyards having been socially stratified. It seems very likely that an individual’s social status decided a person’s placement on the graveyard at the Public Library site in Trondheim and for the St. Peter’s church in Tønsberg.
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The bryggen papers. Osteoarchaeological analyses from medieval Bergen.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the skeletal remains of a large number of individuals wer... more In the latter half of the 19th century, the skeletal remains of a large number of individuals were exhumed from the medieval cemetery for the Nonneseter convent in Bergen. These remains were, however, never examined anthropologically until 2006 when the author carried out some initial work on this material. This article will present the results of this preliminary anthropological examination. Some comparisons will also be made to the only other skeletal assemblage from Bergen which has been properly examined anthropologically to see if any differences are evident between the convent cemetery at Nonneseter and the material from the St. Mary’s Church graveyard at Bryggen.
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Books by Stian Suppersberger Hamre
Foreigners and Outside Influences in Medieval Norway results from an international conference hel... more Foreigners and Outside Influences in Medieval Norway results from an international conference held in Bergen, Norway, in March 2016, entitled ‘Multidisciplinary approaches to improving our understanding of immigration and mobility in pre-modern Scandinavia (1000-1900)’. The articles in this volume discuss different aspects of immigration and foreign influences in medieval Norway, from the viewpoint of different academic disciplines. The book will give the reader an insight into how the population of medieval Norway interacted with the surrounding world, how and by whom it was influenced, and how the population was composed.
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Papers by Stian Suppersberger Hamre
The results show that the majority of the immigrants came from areas to the north or east of Trondheim, and some travelled at least 800–1000 km to come to Trondheim. It has also been shown that a large proportion of the medieval individuals moved during childhood. Both with regard to child mobility and migration in general, the evidence suggests that the migratory activity decreased from the medieval to the post-medieval period.
It has been shown that the sexes were not treated equally on three of the four graveyards: there was no evidence suggesting that the sexes were ever segregated on the graveyard for the St. Mary’s church in Bergen. It has also become apparent that the separation of the sexes was adapted to the individual graveyard and did not necessarily follow the north-south division prescribed in the Eidsivating law and a pattern which has been shown on many graveyards in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland.
It has been argued that pathological conditions, especially degenerative changes to the joints and vertebrae, can be good indicators of social differences. Based on the distribution of these pathological conditions, strong evidence has been presented in favour of the graveyards having been socially stratified. It seems very likely that an individual’s social status decided a person’s placement on the graveyard at the Public Library site in Trondheim and for the St. Peter’s church in Tønsberg.
Books by Stian Suppersberger Hamre
If you're interested in this book, please go to the Archaeopress website where it can be downloaded free of charge or you can purchase a printed copy: http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id={64115350-6376-44C9-A890-A7A2202DF4C1}
The results show that the majority of the immigrants came from areas to the north or east of Trondheim, and some travelled at least 800–1000 km to come to Trondheim. It has also been shown that a large proportion of the medieval individuals moved during childhood. Both with regard to child mobility and migration in general, the evidence suggests that the migratory activity decreased from the medieval to the post-medieval period.
It has been shown that the sexes were not treated equally on three of the four graveyards: there was no evidence suggesting that the sexes were ever segregated on the graveyard for the St. Mary’s church in Bergen. It has also become apparent that the separation of the sexes was adapted to the individual graveyard and did not necessarily follow the north-south division prescribed in the Eidsivating law and a pattern which has been shown on many graveyards in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland.
It has been argued that pathological conditions, especially degenerative changes to the joints and vertebrae, can be good indicators of social differences. Based on the distribution of these pathological conditions, strong evidence has been presented in favour of the graveyards having been socially stratified. It seems very likely that an individual’s social status decided a person’s placement on the graveyard at the Public Library site in Trondheim and for the St. Peter’s church in Tønsberg.
If you're interested in this book, please go to the Archaeopress website where it can be downloaded free of charge or you can purchase a printed copy: http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id={64115350-6376-44C9-A890-A7A2202DF4C1}