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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 ... -
Timber as a Marine Resource: Exploitation of Arctic Driftwood in the North Atlantic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03)The North Atlantic islands of the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland have always been relatively poor in terms of native timber resources, due to their cold climate and exposed topography. Nevertheless, timber was vital ... -
To spenner fra samme hånd? Folkevandringstidens relieffspenner i detalj
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Two brooches from the same hand? A detailed study of Migration Period relief brooches “From the same hand” is a phrase repeatedly used in studies of Migration Period brooches. We explore if it is possible to establish ... -
Transforming images: Exploring powerful children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)The perception of children as vulnerable, instead of powerful, beings is the opposite of what is found to be the case in the historic evidence. The paper investigates the relationship between ideology and material culture ... -
Turfs and Timbers - Resource use in the construction of the Viking Age Fortress Borgring, Southeast Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Viking Age ring fortresses were some of the largest construction projects in Danish prehistory. In this article we reconstruct the amount of turf and timber used in the construction of the Borgring ring fortress and estimate ... -
Understanding climate resilience in Scandinavia during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-11)Mid and late-Holocene climate shifts are considered to have profoundly shaped demographic developments and adaptive responses of communities globally. Yet their onset, duration, and impact on Neolithic and Early Nordic ... -
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 ... -
The View from the Cheap Seats. An Archaeologist Grappling with Multispecies Entanglements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Moving beyond entanglement as a generic cue for human-animal relationships requires intellectual enquiry and an engagement with various approaches and different strands of evidence. Christina Fredengren has produced a ... -
We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)The story of human history was changed forever in 1863 with William King's proposal that we had not always been the sole members of the Homo genus. Yet, more than 150 years after Homo neanderthalensis was first named and ... -
Wood resource exploitation in the Norse North Atlantic: a review of recent research and future directions
(Chapter, 2022)The North Atlantic islands have always been relatively wood-poor. Nonetheless, from the Viking Age they were home to Norse settlers who in their homelands relied significantly on wood resources for the production of a huge ...