AmS-Varia: Recent submissions
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Formuende, middelmådige og fattige : den sosiale sammensetningen i Stavanger 1661 - 1801
(AmS-Varia;54, Book, 2013)There have been no detailed studies of a Norwegian urban population covering the whole period of absolute monarchy in Denmark-Norway, from 1660 to 1814. This thesis examines the social structure of the population of ... -
Soil micromorphology and it's contribution to the interpretation of archaeological sites
(AmS-Varia;37, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2000)The soils and the sediments of archaeological sites provide a context for the artefacts. They are a resource for essential information about stratigraphy, site formation processes and possible natural or artificial ... -
Hafrsfjord og nokre andre stadnamn kring fjorden på Nord-Jæren
(AmS-Varia;53, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)This article deals with the fjord name Hafrsfjord and other place-names from the Hafrsfjord area in northern Jæren (Southwest- Norway). The author discusses the etymology and the semantics of the fjord name and related ... -
Evig eies kun det tapte - med alle sine hemmeligheter. Refleksjoner rundt en gjenstand av kleberstein funnet ved Håelva på Jæren
(AmS-Varia;49, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)A polished, dark-green soapstone artefact, found by accident at Njærheim beside the estuary of the River Hå in the Jæren district of Southwest Norway in the 1980-ies, is described and discussed. It is 128 mm long, weighs ... -
Klimarom : klimaets avhengighet av skala og landskap
(AmS-Varia;49, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)Variations in temperature, precipitation and wind depend on variations in topography, vegetation, surface properties and topographic lines in a given landscape. Various weather phenomena exist within well-defined areas, ... -
Bebyggelse, landskap og lokalklima
(AmS-Varia;49, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)The purpose of the project is to investigate how the landscape and vegetation influenced the temperature and wind conditions at Tastarustå and ultimately the settlement and the growing conditions at the site, which was ... -
Historieformidling og historiebevissthet : den utfordrende fortellingen om den fjerne fortiden
(AmS-Varia;49, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)Museums are non-places for teaching pupils/students history. Digital information and communication technology have given museums challenges that were not foreseen only a couple of decades ago to the art of presenting ... -
Mennesker og natur i fjellet i Sør-Norge etter siste istid med hovedvekt på mesolitikum
(AmS-Varia;51, Book, 2010)The main aim of the project is to interpret people’s relationship to nature with emphasis on the culture of huntergatherers in the mountain area of South Norway in the Mesolithic period. The palaeoenvironment and traces ... -
Økosystemer i endring : tidlig jordbrukspåvirkning innen kystlyngheibeltet i Sørvest-Norge
(AmS-Varia;44, Book; Peer reviewed, 2005)Palynological data collected over a period of 60 years have been compiled and re-interpreted in order to reveal the deforestation patterns in the southwestern Norwegian coastal heathland. PCA- is used to study the ecological ... -
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 ... -
Kvinnedrakten fra Rogaland i folkevandringstid. Draktutstyr
(AmS-Varia;45, Book; Peer reviewed, 2006)The text presents accessories as brooches, pins and buckles, which were used on the Migration Period womans dress from Rogaland county in Norway. Central questions concern types in use and how and where on the dress they ... -
Reinsdyrgraver i Setesdal Vesthei : analyse av gravenes beliggenhet, byggemåte og brukshistorie
(AmS-Varia;40, Book; Peer reviewed, 2004)The purpose is to analyse approximately 60 reindeer pitfall traps, which during the last 25 years have been identified and partly archaeologically investigated in the Setesdal Vesthei, furthest south in range of mountains ... -
Menneskers forhold til vær og klima i forhistorien. Skisser til metodeutvikling
(AmS-Varia;43, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2005)Ideas to development of methods with regard to the human conditions to the weather and the climate in the past are outlined. The first method is based on the human’s challenges and consequences in connection to the climate ... -
Fra hall til stove
(AmS-Varia;43, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2005)With the introduction of cross-timbered dwelling houses around 1000 AD, a several thousand years old building tradition in Norway was broken. The cross-timbering technique that in fact was well known at this time, being ... -
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, ... -
Historisk riss av utvikling og integrering av arkeologiske og naturvitenskapelige metoder. Eksempler fra Forsand og Rogaland forøvrig
(AmS-Varia;43, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2005)This manuscript is a shortened version of an oral lecture held at the symposium «Structures and building tradition. Mechanical topsoil stripping – methods, interpretations and management». The lecture was meant to be an ... -
Konflikter i landskapet: Kulturminnevern og kulturforståelse: Analyse av alvedans og utmarksmiljø i Hå kommune i Rogaland, SV-Norge
(AmS-Varia; 42, Book, 2003)The work is a theoretical and empirical study of how the management of the cultural heritage is perceived by different interest groups in the society. It represents a new approach which has been little dealt with within ...