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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 ... -
Something about children
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2008)The paper deals with the epistemological background of archaeology's conceptualisation of children's identities in the past. In the advancement of child archaeology there is something about children that catches the eye ... -
Southwest Norway at the Pleistocene/ Holocene Transition: Landscape Development, Colonization, Site Types, Settlement Patterns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003)This article contributes a western Norwegian perspective to the ongoing debate on the timing and nature of the earliest colonization of northern Europe. Despite there being a theoretical possibility of Late Glacial settlement, ... -
Spenner i en overgangstid. Sene småspenner i den turbulente overgangen mellom eldre og yngre jernalder.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)To understand the transition between the Early and the Late Scandinavian Iron Age, and the turbulent time around the year 536, we are dependent on our ability to recognize the changes in the artefacts. A chronology with ... -
Stuck like glue: Wood tar as a medieval stone adhesive
(Chapter, 2023)This study outlines a medieval stone repair technique involving wood tar. In the process of condition assessment, an unusual adhesive was identified used for repairs and indents on Stavanger Cathedral, a medieval Norwegian ... -
Sub-local differences in Late Holocene land use at Orstad, Jæren in SW-Norway, revealed by soil pollen stratigraphy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Four soil profiles along an 84 m transect through a clearance cairn field on podsol soils at Orstad, Jæren, SW Norway, were investigated. By relating pollen-analytical results to soil stratigraphical and morphological ... -
Subfossils of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) from the mountain area of South Norway as the basis for a long tree-ring chronology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1998)In order to use the South Norwegian alpine pine subfossils as the basis for dendroclimatological purposes, information about samples collected earlier is presented. The potential to construct a complete Holocene tree-ring ... -
Surroundings, Beginnings and Formation of a Journal – a dialogue with NAR's alpha editor Bjørn Myhre
(Journal article, 2008)Bjørn Myhre played a key role in the establishment of Norwegian Archaeological Review. All in all, 17 volumes of NAR were produced under his editorial leadership (1968–1978 and 1985–1990). Bjørn Myhre was born in Stavanger ... -
Ten, tråd og nøste - om dekor på spinnehjul
(Viking;76, Journal article, 2013)Fra Rogaland foreligger en overveldende mengde spinnehjul; ifølge universitetsmuseenes elektroniske database er det tett oppunder 1000. I 1985 gjennomførte Ellen Høigård Hofseth en analyse der 614 av spinnehjulene inngikk. ... -
Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and ... -
The archaeology of the early viking age in Norway
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The early Neolithic Volling site of Kildevang : its chronology and intra-spacial organisation
(Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission;89, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)Due to the lack of large undisturbed sites, questions relating to the early Neolithic I (ENI) transition in Scandinavia, 6,000 years ago, reapeatedly get caught up in discussions of chronology and the nature of the fragmentary ... -
The early settlement of south Norway after the last deglaciation: a diasporic perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-10)Based on a theoretical approach of diaspora theory and the use of ethnographical comparative analysis, it is argued that the early settlement of South Norway probably brought about diasporic conditions. Archaeological and ... -
The environmental aspects and palynological signals of the “fairy circles” : ancient networks linked to coastal heathland in south-western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001)The fairy-circles, a group of mysterious earthworks, are restricted to the coastal heathland of Jæren, south-western Norway. They are the result of a specialised farming practice adapted to local environmental conditions ... -
The iron age
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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, ... -
The past in the present. Landscape perception, archaeological heritage and marginal farmland in Jæren, south-western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)This paper examines the background of conflicts in the resource management of a specific type of ‘utmark’ in the agrarian landscape. The historical relationship between empirically experienced ‘utmark’ and the resource ... -
The telltale potency of a simple milligram of charcoal found in a hearth left by Mesolithic reindeer hunters in the Norwegian mountains.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07)The discovery and excavation of superimposed, information-rich Pre-Boreal hunting sites around the mountain lakes of Myrvatn and Fløyrlivatn in Southwest Norway have been the subject of archaeological debate. A brief review ... -
'Those who survived the battlefields' - Archaeological investigations in a prisoner of war camp near to Quedlinburg (Harz Mountains / Germany) from the First World War
(Journal article, 2009)In 2004, the site of a prisoner of war camp from the First World War was investigated archaeologically during a large rescue excavation project initiated by highway construction works in the municipality of Quedlinburg in ...