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Jernvinna : spontant eller organisert opptak?
(AmS-Varia;4, Chapter, 1979-02)Litteraturen om jernvinna har ofte en deskriptiv karakter. Den er preget av tekniske spørsmål. Det er få som har forsøkt å gi svar på hvorfor og hvordan kunnskap om jernfremstilling har spredd seg. Det er forståelig utifra ... -
Vegetasjon og naturgrunnlag i Tveitaneset Naturreservat, Rogaland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1981)Tveitaneset, an exposed point in Nedstrandsfjorden, Rogaland county, was in 1977 protected by law due to the occurrence of oceanic evergreen forests typical of the district. The bedrock consists of mica schist, but without ... -
Verneplan for vassdrag - 10 års vernede vassdrag : Kulturminner i Vikedalsvassdraget, Rogaland/Hordaland
(AmS-Varia;10, Book, 1982)This report was prepared under a contract from "the steering committee for evaluating cultural remains in rivers temporarily protected from hydroelectric development". Under this program 60 watercourses have been surveyed ... -
Kulturminner i Dyraheio : sammenfatning av arkeologiske registreringer utført 1972-1979 i Suldal-, Hjelmeland- og Bykleheiene i Rogaland og Aust-Agder som ledd i Ulla/Førre-undersøkelsene
(AmS-Varia;12, Book, 1983)Bakgrunn : Undersøkelsesomårdet ligger i NV del av det SV-norske høgfjellet. Fylkesgrensa mellom Aust-Agder og Rogaland passerer N-S gjennom Ø del av fjellområdet, som totalt omfatter mellom 4000 og 5000 km2. Fjelltraktene ... -
The correlation between the shape of grave monuments and sex in the iron age, based on material from Østfold and Vestfold
(AmS-Varia;17, Chapter, 1987)A typological analysis of burial customs based on the idea that there is a difference in layout of the graves according to analysis of the grave goods; fundamental in the analysis is that men's graves can be distinguished ... -
Looking for individuals among archaeological burial data : an interim model for the relationship between life and death
(AmS-Varia;17, Chapter, 1987)In order to develop working methods to distinguish between individuals in burial material, the author establishes a "pyramid of death". This theoretical model is then applied in a discussion of the usefulness of burial ... -
Small scale archaeology. Remarks on Synnøve Vinsrygg's paper.
(AmS-Varia;17, Chapter, 1987)It is assumed that it is possible in the material from the Stone Age sites to recognize the results of the process of teaching children how to survive. Analysing "the refuse material" and "poorly" made artifacts from camp ... -
Strandforskyvnings-undersøkelser i Kårstø-området : landskapsendringer gjennom de siste 13 000 år grunnet strandens skiftende beliggenhet
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Some erroneous radiocarbon dates of lacustrine sediments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1989)In some cases radiocarbon dating of both the NaOH soluble fraction and the insoluble fractionof lacustine sediments give different ages as a result of dating errors : (1) the insoluble fraction is too old, due probably to ... -
Prehistorical cereal raising at Forsandmoen, south-western Norway : changes between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1992)On the Forsandmoen site, Rogaland, SW-Norway, a macrofossil study of 7810 charred cereal grains from nine houses representing a time span of about 800 years (from 2990 +/- 70 BP to 2140 +/- 70 BP uncalibrated) is described. ... -
Norwegian historical records of climatological relevance from the latter part of the Maunder minimum period (1675-1715)
(AmS-Varia;25, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 1994)A brief synopsis is given of Norwegian historical records which contain climactic data from the period 1675-1715. Although we still do not know how much climactic data can be found in them, we do know which contain relevant ... -
Innledning til seminaret "Kilder for klimadata i Norden fortrinnsvis i perioden 1860-1993"
(AmS-Varia;24, Chapter, 1995)The Museum of Archaeology , Stavanger (AmS) and its climate projects are briefly presented. Although the projects are fundamentally historical, their aim is not only to study the climatic history of the past but to ... -
Eksempler på klassifisering av atmosfæriske sirkulasjonsmønsstre over Nord-Atlanteren og Europa 1881-1993 etter en statistisk metode
(AmS-Varia;24, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 1995)Marked variations in temperature and precipitation, associated with variations in the atmospheric circulation, have occurred over the North Atlantic and Europe during the last hundred years. This paper presents examples ... -
Mesolithic man and the rising sea spotlighted by three tapes-transgressed sites in SW Norway
(Chapter, 1995)The Holocene (Tapes) transgression in West Norway, which started c. 900 y b.p. and ended between 6700 and 4500 b.p., did not invariably disturb Mesolithic coast-line situated settlement sites. In SW Norway, several sites, ... -
The Mesolithic of Western Norway : prevailing problems and possibilities
(Chapter, 1995)The landscape and settlement development in West Norway until c. 5200 y. b.p. is broadly outlined. An evaluation of the source material reveals lacunaes which delimit detailed information on topics such as daily life, ... -
Maskinell flateavdekking og utgravning av forhistoriske jordbruksboplasser
(AmS-Varia;26, Book, 1996)A major scientific breakthrough in Norwegian archaeology was seen in the 1980'ies. The investigation of agricultural sites in cultivated fields was revolutionized by the introduction of large-scale mechanical removal of ... -
Norwegian 19th century instrumental and non-instrumental meterological series
(AmS-Varia;25, Chapter, 1996-04)The project "Establishment of a national historic-climatological database at the Museum of Archaeology, Stavanger", has been supported by the Norwegian Research Council in the period 1990-1992. One of the tasks is to search ... -
Lavteknologisk jernframstilling i Rogaland i jernalder og middelalder
(AmS-Varia;31, Chapter, 1997)This paper deals with iron extraction sites from the Iron Age and the Medieval period in Rogaland county, Norway. In Southwestern Norway prehistoric and medieval traces of iron production from bog ore have been rather ... -
Vestlandskjeler, velstand og makt. Tre studier av Vestlandskjelenes plass og betydning i lokalsamfunnet i eldre jernalder i Vest-Norge
(AmS-Varia;31, Chapter, 1997)All Roman Iron Age and Migration Period graves in three West Norwegian districts were analysed and compared from a quantitative and qualitative aspect. Cauldron graves in general belong to an upper stratum of graves, ... -
Årdalskrusifikset : et unggotisk krusifiks fra Ryfylke : undersøkelse, konservering og restaurering
(AmS-Varia;29, Book; Peer reviewed, 1997)The crucifix from Årdal in Ryfylke is the only large medieval crucifix still in the county of Rogaland. It was presented to Stavanger Museum in 1908 and is looked upon as the museum’s greatest treasure. Its poor state of ...