Blar i Articles (AmS) på emneord "Norge"
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333 years of copper mining in the Røros region of the Mid-Scandic highlands - written sources versus natural archives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The progression of industrial, rural and agrarian development is studied from sediment cores collected from two kettlehole lakes, Doktortjønna and Sandtjønna, in the vicinity of the mining town of Røros, focusing ... -
An interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of past settlement and farming: two cases from SE Norway.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-12)An interdisciplinary approach involving analysis of plant macrofossils, pollen and soil micro morphology in combination with large-scale stripping of top soil, was applied in order to get a comprehensive understanding of ... -
Borgund and the Borgundfjord fisheries
(The Bryggen Papers. Main series;5, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2004) -
Carbonised cereal from three late neolithic and two early bronze age sites in western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2000)Carbonised cereals were found in three Late Neolithic and two Early Bronze Age sites in western Norway. One site, Hjelle is located in northwestern Norway with no close connection to the sea. The Skrivarhelleren site is ... -
Colonizing contrasting landscapes. The pioneer coast settlement and inland utilization in southern Norway 10,000-9500 years before present
(Journal article, 2012)This article contributes a western Scandinavian perspective to the discussion of the human colonization of former glaciated landscapes. Four assumptions concerning the peopling of the Norwegian coast are discussed: 1) a ... -
Impulses of agro-pastoralism in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC on the south-western coastal rim of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)A review of the available archaeological and palaeoecological evidence from the coastal heathlands of south-western Norway was compiled to reveal the processes of neolithisation proceeding from the Early Neolithic towards ... -
Lead mortuary crosses found in christian and heathen graves in Norway
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Missing boats - or lacking thoughts?
(Journal article, 2013-06)At the Wenner-Gren Supper Conference held at Harvard University on 6 November 1953, the British archaeologist Christopher Hawkes described a four-step ‘ladder’ of inductive reasoning. The lowest and most easily accessible ... -
Prehistorical cereal raising at Forsandmoen, south-western Norway : changes between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age
(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. ... -
Rock art preservation : improved and ecology‐based methods can give weathered sites prolonged life
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)Rock art is defined as systematic and man-made depressions or paintings on a smooth rock surface. In contrast to other cultural monuments, they have hardly any ecological importance. Nevertheless rock art sites should ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
The archaeology of the early viking age in Norway
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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 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 ... -
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 ...