Kviteseid Old Church in Telemark, Norway, is a medieval stone church with murals of a seemingly informal character. These depictions consist of ships, figures, individual letters, and longer inscriptions, apparently randomly ...

In recent years, attempts have been made to transfer systems of monitoring archaeological deposits outside the medieval towns. This paper presents the results of the past two years' investigations and monitoring at the ...

Industrial heritage represents an opportunity for architects and designers to combine a building’s robust form with creative solutions. A former methanol factory in Skien used as art hall, and a former paper mill in Moss ...

Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about 5,000 y. Nonetheless, questions concerning ...

This paper introduces a case study from Oslo, Norway, where two outreach programmes aimed at local chil dren have been carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) as part of devel opment-led ...

Gully erosion represents one of the most destructive geomorphological processes at a global level. Modern methods of gully erosion measurement are typically derived from earlier techniques that have since become outdated. ...

I Norge er det registrert flere hundre nedlagte kirkesteder fra middelalderen, der en betydelig andel mangler sikker stedfesting. Kirkestedene, som befinner seg over hele landet, ligger ofte i områder som i dag benyttes ...

In this study, the land use around the Churches of Moldavia, UNESCO WH (World Heritage) sites, has been analysed using photo interpretation and GIS. The cartographic analysis used historical maps and modern orthophotos to ...