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Late Neolithic Agriculture in Temperate Europe — A Long-Term Experimental Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Long-term slash-and-burn experiments, when compared with intensive tillage without manuring, resulted in a huge data set relating to potential crop yields, depending on soil quality, crop type, and agricultural measures. ... -
Early Neolithic human bog finds from Falbygden, western Sweden. New isotopic, osteological and histological investigations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12)Departing from two recently dated finds of human bones in wetlands from the area of Falbygden in western Sweden, this paper describes the finds in detail and sets them in a wider context of depositional practices in the ... -
Beastly Belonging in the Premodern North
(Chapter, 2018)This article discusses the representations of animals on maps from the Middle Ages and early modern period that depict Scandinavia. It argues that examining animal images on maps of Scandinavia, like the Carta marina made ... -
Introduksjonen av dreiekvernen i Sørvest-Norge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Kvernsteiner, er det noe spennende, da? Tunge og uhåndterlige tar de opp stor plass i magasin rundt om i både Norge og Europa, ofte uten at noen har ofret en tanke på deres potensial som forskningsobjekter. Selv om de har ... -
Kvastad A1. To tidligmesolittiske aktivitetsområder med skivemeisel og -avfall
(Chapter, 2018)Undersøkelsen av Kvastad A1 resulterte i 2210 funn av flint, bergkrystall, kvarts og kvartsitt. To tydelig adskilte aktivitetsområder ble undersøkt, et sørlig og et nordlig. Disse var begge små og med få funn. Selv om ... -
Krøgenes D1. En strandbundet lokalitet med strukturer og funn fra seinmesolitikum, tidligneolitikum og mellomneolitikum
(Chapter, 2018)Lokaliteten Krøgenes D1 fordelte seg på tre ulike terrasser mellom 16 og 22 moh. i nordøstvendt, slakt hellende terreng. Ved utgravingen ble de tre terrassene behandlet som en enhet til tross for høydeforskjellene. ... -
Long-term changes in regional vegetation cover along the west coast of southern Norway: The importance of human impact
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-01)Questions: How open was the landscape prior to agriculture? Did agriculture start earlier in the south than in the north? How did the vegetation change in different regions after the introduction of agriculture? Location: ... -
A Scandinavian Relief Brooch: Artistic Vision and Practical Method Combined
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12)THIS PAPER considers the craftspeople that created ornamental metalwork, the contexts in which they operated, and the communication they had with their contemporaries. The study focuses on the Dalem brooch, a 6th-century ... -
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 ... -
Mistet på sjøen? En nyoppdaget fiskekrok fra steinalderen i Søgne, Vest-Agder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)I dette bidraget har vi presentert en nyoppdaget fiskekrok funnet i et prøvestikk på grunt vann ved Tømmervigodden i Søgne. Vi har presentert funnkonteksten og sammenlignet sjøbunns- forholdene med andre, bedre undersøkte ... -
Petrified Life or Living Stone? The Problems of Categorisation. Exemplified by Fossils Found at Stone Age Sites in Rogaland, Norway
(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’ ... -
On the Fringe. Sheepdogs and Their Status Within Bronze Age Ontologies in Scandinavia
(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 ... -
Roe deer as raw material for Middle Mesolithic fishhooks? An experimental approach to the manufacture of small bone fishhooks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden (the north-eastern Skagerrak region, ... -
Agrarian storytellers. Pollen and charred plant macrofossils of ancient field layers.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper offers a descriptive overview and main trends of pollen and macrofossil data obtained from 19 archaeological sites in Rogaland, SW Norway, excavated between 1998 and 2018. The dataset covers the period from late ... -
Landscape Dynamics in the Sømmevågen Area, with Focus on the Last 8000 Years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study is based on stratigraphical descriptions, radiocarbon dates and pollen records obtained in connection with three archaeological excavations ( Sømme III, Einargården and Sola Airport ). The combined data are ... -
Multi-omic detection of Mycobacterium leprae in archaeological human dental calculus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Mineralized dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient biomolecules. Here we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold), the causative agent of leprosy, recovered via shotgun sequencing ... -
Endringer i korndyrking gjennom 3500 år i Sola, Sørvest-Norge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Carbonised cereal grains recovered from settlement structures, field layers and graves have been <sup>14</sup>C-dated, calibrated and are presented in summed probability curves. The cereal grains are recovered from thirteen ... -
Land cover and exploitation of upland resources on the Høg-Jæren Plateau, southwestern Norway, over the last 6500 years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study explores the use of upland resources on the Høg-Jæren Plateau (360 m asl) in southwestern Norway during the last 6500 years. Human activities and land-use variations were reconstructed using a compilation of ... -
Picking up the Pieces : Contextualizing Utilized Blade Fragments from Two Assemblages in Southwest Norway
(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 ...