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    • Norwegian 19th century instrumental and non-instrumental meterological series 

      Wishman, Erik H. (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 ...

    • Norwegian historical records of climatological relevance from the latter part of the Maunder minimum period (1675-1715) 

      Pedersen, Einar Solheim (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 ...

    • Nye pollenanalyser fra Skerdenhagen myr i Stange, Hedmark Fylkeskommune Stange k., gnr. 51 bnr.1 

      Lechterbeck, Jutta (Oppdragsrapport;2023/07, Research report, 2023)
      Kulturhistorisk museum (UiO) utarbeider for tiden prosjektplan og budsjett for videre arkeologiske ca. 1 km øst for Skjerdenhagan myr i forbindelse med et massedeponi for byggingen av ny jernbane. Hovedvekten av lokalitetene ...

    • Nye undersøkelser av skipsgraven Storhaug 

      Reiersen, Håkon; Hillesland, Kristoffer; Gil Bell, Theo Eli (Chapter, 2023)
      Skipsgraven Storhaug har stor betydning for forståelsen av vikingtidens begynnelse (fig. 1). Som den eldste skipsgraven vi hittil kjenner i landet, representerer den en klar forløper for østnorske skipsgraver. Graven vitner ...

    • On the Fringe. Sheepdogs and Their Status Within Bronze Age Ontologies in Scandinavia 

      Armstrong-Oma, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This contribution draws mainly on images of dogs, humans and sheep from Nordic Bronze Age rock art sources, but living arrangements within the household and depositional patterns of dog bones on settlements are also ...

    • Osteologiske og paleobotaniske undersøkelser av skjelett og jordprøve fra Sverresborg, Trøndelag Folkemuseum, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag 

      Denham, Sean Dexter; Westling, Sara (Oppdragsrapport;2014/19, Research report, 2014)
      Sverressaga records that during the siege and destruction of Sverresborg in 1197, the body of a murdered birkebeiner was cast into the well of Sverresborg in order to poison the water supply and thus make the fortress ...

    • Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic 

      Izdebski, A.; Guzowski, P.; Poniat, R.; Masci, L.; Palli, J.; Vignola, C.; Bauch, M.; Cocozza, C.; Fernandes, R.; Ljungqvist, F.C.; Newfield, T.; Seim, A.; Abel-Schaad, D.; Alba-Sánchez, F.; Björkman, L.; Brauer, A.; Brown, A.; Czerwiński, S.; Ejarque, A.; Fiłoc, M.; Florenzano, A.; Fredh, Erik Daniel; Fyfe, R.; Jasiunas, N.; Kołaczek, P.; Kouli, K.; Kozáková, R.; Kupryjanowicz, M.; Lagerås, P.; Lamentowicz, M.; Lindbladh, M.; López-Sáez, J.A.; Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R.; Marcisz, K.; Mazier, F.; Mensing, S.; Mercuri, A.M.; Milecka, K.; Miras, Y.; Noryśkiewicz, A.M.; Novenko, E.; Obremska, M.; Panajiotidis, S.; Papadopoulou, M.L.; Pędziszewska, A.; Pérez-Díaz, S.; Piovesan, G.; Pluskowski, A.; Pokorny, P.; Poska, A.; Reitalu, T.; Rösch, M.; Sadori, L.; Sá Ferreira, Ferreira; Sebag, D.; Słowiński, M.; Stančikaitė, M.; Stivrins, N.; Tunno, I.; Veski, S.; Wacnik, A.; Masi, A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Black Death (1347–1352 CE) is the most renowned pandemic in human history, believed by many to have killed half of Europe’s population. However, despite advances in ancient DNA research that conclusively identified the ...

    • Patterns in recent and Holocene pollen accumulation rates across Europe - the Pollen Monitoring Programme Database as a tool for vegetation reconstruction 

      Vojtech, Abraham; Hicks, Sheila; Svobodova-Svitavska, Helena; Bozilova, Elissaveta; Panajiotidis, Sampson; Filipova-Marinova, Mariana; Jensen, Christin E; Tonkov, Spassimir; Pidek, Irena Agnieszka; Swieta-Musznicka, Joanna; Zimny, Marcelina; Kvavadze, Eliso; Filbrandt-Czaja, Anna; Hättestrand, Martina; Kilic, Nurgül Karhoglu; Kosenko, Jana; Nosova, Maria; Severova, Elena; Volkova, Olga; Hallsdottir, Margret; Kalnina, Laimdota; Noryskiewicz, Agnieszka; Noryskiewicz, Bozena; Pardoe, Heather S.; Christodoulou, Areti; Koff, Tiiu; Fontana, Sonia L.; Alenius, Teija; Isaksson, Elisabeth; Seppä, Heikki; Veski, Siim; Pedziszewska, Anna; Weiser, Martin; Giesecke, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The collection of modern, spatially extensive pollen data is important for the interpretation of fossil pollen assemblages and the reconstruction of past vegetation communities in space and time. Modern datasets are readily ...

    • Peat bog excavations at L’Anse aux Meadows 2018-2019 

      Forbes, Véronique; Ledger, Paul; Girdland-Flink, Linus; Mooney, Dawn Elise; Tapper, Bryn; Wolfrum, Allan (Chapter, 2021)
      This text provides an overview of archaeological work conducted during the summers of 2018 and 2019 at the L’Anse aux Meadows (LAM) National Historic Site by teams led by Paul Ledger (2018, Parks Canada permit # AM-2018- ...

    • Petrified Life or Living Stone? The Problems of Categorisation. Exemplified by Fossils Found at Stone Age Sites in Rogaland, Norway 

      Nyland, Astrid Johanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      During archaeological excavations, artefacts are collected, tagged and stored. Based on these, archaeologists interpret peoples’ social identity, relations and even world view. However, a narrow range of ‘natural objects’ ...

    • Picking up the Pieces : Contextualizing Utilized Blade Fragments from Two Assemblages in Southwest Norway 

      Redmond, James; Eilertsen, Krister Scheie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article centers on a discussion of blade fragments from two Late Mesolithic assemblages recovered during a recent excavation project in Rogaland, southwest Norway. Analysis undertaken during post excavation cataloging ...

    • Plantemakrofossilanalysar av sedimentprøver frå Sande gnr. 136/1, 2, 5, Farsund kommune, Vest-Agder 

      Sandvik, Paula Utigard; Hansson, Ann-Marie (Oppdragsrapport;2006/19, Research report, 2006)
      I samband med inngrep for endringar av RV 465 på Sande, Farsund kommune, Vest-Agder, undersøkte KHM, UIO, ymse busetnadsspor. Det vart samla inn sedimentprøver frå fyllmassen i stolpehol for takbærande stolpar i til saman ...

    • Plantemakrofossiler i konstruksjonsspor : kilde til økt kunnskap om forhistorisk tid 

      Soltvedt, Eli-Christine (AmS-Varia;43, Chapter, 2005)
      The aim of this article is to illustrate what kind of information it is possible to gain from analysis of plant remains sampled from archaeological contexts. Three different examples are described from Rogaland, SW-Norway. ...

    • Planterestanalyse av jordprøver fra arkeologiske undersøkelser på Søra Bråde, Revheim, gnr. 39, bnr. 18, Stavanger 

      Bakkevig, Sverre; Virnovskaia, Tamara; Amundsen, Jon-Erik (Oppdragsrapport;2007/20, Research report, 2007)

    • Pollenanalyser fra Johannesvatnet, Stokkdal gnr. 78/5, og makrofossilanalyser fra Helganes, Stokkdal : Karmøy k., Rogaland 

      Overland, Anette; Westling, Sara (Oppdragsrapport;2012/11, Research report, 2012)
      I sammenheng med undersøkelser av forhistoriske boplasser på Helganes, i forbindelse med utvidelse av sikringssonen rundt Haugesund flyplass, Karmøy, ble det foretatt vegetasjonshistoriske undersøkelser av Johannesvatnet, ...

    • The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic 

      Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ebenesersdottir, S.Sunna; Lundstrøm, Inge K.C.; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Luisi, Pierre; Magaryan, Ashot; Martin, Michael D.; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Magnusson, Olafur T.; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; Snorradóttir, Steinunn; Magnúsdóttir, Droplaug N.; Laffoon, Jason E.; van Dorp, Lucy; Liu, Xiaodong; Moltke, Ida; Avila-Arcos, María C.; Schraiber, Joshua G.; Rasmussen, Simon; Juan, David; Galabert, Pere; De-Dios, Toni; Fotakis, Anna K.; Iraeta-Orbegozo, Miren; Vågene, Åshild J.; Denham, Sean Dexter; Christophersen, Axel; Stenøien, Hans K.; Vieira, Filipe G.; Liu, Shanlin; Günther, Torsten; Kivisild, Toomas; Moseng, Ole Georg; Skar, Birgitte; Cheung, Christina; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Wales, Nathan; Schroeder, Hannes; Campos, Paula F.; Gudmundsdottir, Valdis B; Sicheritz - Ponten, Thomas; Petersen, Bent; Halgunset, Jostein; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske; Balloux, Francois; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Nielsen, Rasmus; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Gilbert, Thomas P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Human populations have been shaped by catastrophes that may have left long-lasting signatures in their genomes. One notable example is the second plague pandemic that entered Europe in ca. 1,347 CE and repeatedly returned ...

    • Prehistoric reindeer hunting in the southern Norwegian highlands 

      Bang-Andersen, Sveinung (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      In contrast to the European alpine areas and lowland plains, where Rangifer tarandus L. became extinct during the final Late Glacial, the species has survived in a wild state in relatively unchanged natural environments ...

    • Prehistoric reindeer trapping by stone-walled pitfalls: news and views 

      Bang-Andersen, Sveinung (Prehistoric Society Research Papers;1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Rectangular stone-walled pitfalls, in contrast to originally wood-clad, oval or circular earth-dug traps of varying size, known from large parts of interior central and northern Fennoscandia and some circumpolar areas, ...

    • Prehistorical cereal raising at Forsandmoen, south-western Norway : changes between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age 

      Bakkevig, Sverre (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. ...

    • En presentasjon av fire utvalgte hus fra Forsandmoen 2007. En presentasjon av fire utvalgte hus fra Forsandmoen 2007 

      Dahl, Barbro I. (AmS-Varia;49, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      In 2007, a new excavation was carried out in the prehistoric village at Forsandmoen in Rogaland. 22 longhouses were found in an area that is going to be developed for industry. Eight of the buildings were not known prior ...