• A chaîne opératoire analysis of the early Mesolithic site Mohalsen-I, Vega 

      Sæther, Øyunn Wathne (Master thesis, 2017)
      Den tidlige mesolittiske boplassen Mohalsen-I på Vega, datert til ca. 10 700 - 10 500 cal. BP., er en av få kjente preboreale steder som er funnet langs Helgelandskysten i Nord-Norge. Boplassen har vært gjenstand for to ...
    • Agriculture and cultural heritage. A state of the art report on research based knowledge 

      Daugstad, Karoline; Ringdal, Siv; Rønningen, Katrina; Skar, Birgitte (Rapport Norsk senter for bygdeforskning;, Research report, 2002)
    • Environment and adaptation of forager pioneers in the North-western regions of Europe 

      Skar, Birgitte; Breivik, Heidi Mjelva (Chapter, 2017)
    • Frøyas framtid formes nå - Rapport fra scenarioutviklingsseminar, Frøya 12. – 13. mai 2009 

      Thomassen, Jørn; Linnell, John Durrus; Follestad, Arne; Aarrestad, Per Arild; Næss, Camilla; Skar, Birgitte; Larsen, Kari Ch.; Harvold, Kjell; Kelman, Ilan (NINA Rapport;482, Research report, 2009)
      Scenarier kan beskrives som reiser til en mulig framtid. De reflekterer ulike antakelser om hvordan dagens trender vil videreføres, hvordan kritiske usikkerheter vil virke og hvordan nye faktorer vil påvirke utviklingen ...
    • The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present 

      Rodriguez-Varela, Ricardo; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Ebenesersdottir, Sunna; Kilinc, Gulsah; Kjellström, Anna; Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig; Alfsdotter, Clara; Berglund, Birgitta; Alrawi, Loey; Kashuba, Natlija; Sobrado, Veronica; Lagerholm, Vendela Kempe; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Munters, Arielle R.; Bernhardsson, Carolina; Skar, Birgitte; Christophersen, Axel; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Daskalaki, Evangelia; Omrak, Ayca; Perez-Ramallo, Patxi; Skoglund, Pontus; Girdland-Flink, Linus; Gunnarsson, Fredrik; Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Lidén, Kerstin; Jakobsson, Mattias; Einarsson, Lars Petter; Victor, Helena; Krzewinska, Maja; Zachrisson, Torun; Storå, Jan; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Götherström, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We investigate a 2,000-year genetic transect through Scandinavia spanning the Iron Age to the present, based on 48 new and 249 published ancient genomes and genotypes from 16,638 modern individuals. We find regional variation ...
    • Marine Ventures - Archaeological perspectives on Human-Sea relations 

      Bjerck, Hein Bjartmann; Breivik, Heidi Mjelva; Fretheim, Silje Elisabeth; Piana, Ernesto; Skar, Birgitte; Tivoli, Angélica M.; Zangrando, Atilio Francisco (Book, 2016)
      Human–sea relations are important factors in past and present human evolution. Discussions about these relations have ranged from shellfish gathering at beaches to the elaboration of technological, social and cognitive ...
    • Mobility and material culture in the Middle Mesolithic of Fennoscandia - validating the input from biomolecular studies 

      Skar, Birgitte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Similarities in late-glacial lithic technology (direct percussion) of western Europe and the oldest counterparts of Scandinavia appearing around 11,700 BP have sustained arguments for an early postglacial migration from ...
    • Mohalsen-I, Vega : en arkeologisk og geologisk analyse av råstoffvariasjon og landskapsbruk i tidligmesolitikum 

      Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen (Master thesis, 2016)
      Mohalsen-I er en av få kjente preboreale lokaliteter på Helgelandskysten. Gjennom undersøkelser i 1974, 2012 og 2013 ble det funnet totalt 7025 gjenstander. Flint er det dominerende råmaterialet, men det ble også funnet ...
    • Multi-isotope variation reveals social complexity in Viking Age Norway 

      Strand, Lisa Mariann; Leggett, Sam; Skar, Birgitte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Multi-isotope studies from human remains from Viking Age graves throughout Norway allow for a deeper understanding of mobility, livelihood, and social organization during the Viking Age (750–1050 CE). Based on a framework ...
    • Natural and cultural heritage in mountain landscapes: towards an integrated valuation 

      Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Birks, Harry John Betteley; Johnson, Sally; Kvamme, Mons; Nagy, Laszlo; Sjøgren, Per Johan E; Skar, Birgitte; Stone, Duncan; Svensson, Eva; Thompson, Des B.A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Mountain areas of Europe have been managed by humans for a long time, leading to a prevalence of semi-natural habitats in mountain landscapes today. These landscapes contain both natural and cultural heritage; however, ...
    • The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic 

      Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ebenesersdottir, S.Sunna; Lundstrøm, Inge K.C.; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Luisi, Pierre; Magaryan, Ashot; Martin, Michael D.; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Magnusson, Olafur T.; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; Snorradóttir, Steinunn; Magnúsdóttir, Droplaug N.; Laffoon, Jason E.; van Dorp, Lucy; Liu, Xiaodong; Moltke, Ida; Avila-Arcos, María C.; Schraiber, Joshua G.; Rasmussen, Simon; Juan, David; Galabert, Pere; De-Dios, Toni; Fotakis, Anna K.; Iraeta-Orbegozo, Miren; Vågene, Åshild J.; Denham, Sean Dexter; Christophersen, Axel; Stenøien, Hans K.; Vieira, Filipe G.; Liu, Shanlin; Günther, Torsten; Kivisild, Toomas; Moseng, Ole Georg; Skar, Birgitte; Cheung, Christina; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Wales, Nathan; Schroeder, Hannes; Campos, Paula F.; Gudmundsdottir, Valdis B; Sicheritz - Ponten, Thomas; Petersen, Bent; Halgunset, Jostein; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske; Balloux, Francois; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Nielsen, Rasmus; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Gilbert, Thomas P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Human populations have been shaped by catastrophes that may have left long-lasting signatures in their genomes. One notable example is the second plague pandemic that entered Europe in ca. 1,347 CE and repeatedly returned ...
    • Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation 

      Günther, Torsten; Malmström, Helena; Svensson, Emma M.; Omrak, Ayça; Sánchez-Quinto, Frederico; Kılınç, Gülşah M.; Krzewinska, Maja; Eriksson, Gunilla; Fraser, Magdalena; Edlund, Hanna; Munteres, Arielle R.; Coutinho, Alexandra; Simões, Luciana G.; Vicente, Mário; Sjölander, Anders; Sellevold, Berit J.; Jørgensen, Roger; Claes, Peter; Shriver, Mark D.; Valdiosera, Cristina; Netea, Mihai G.; Apel, Jan; Lidén, Kerstin Birgitta; Skar, Birgitte; Storå, Jan; Götherström, Anders; Jakobsson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Scandinavia was one of the last geographic areas in Europe to become habitable for humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the routes and genetic composition of these postglacial migrants remain unclear. We ...
    • Population genomics of the Viking world 

      Margaryan, Ashot; Lawson, Daniel J.; Sikora, Martin; Racimo, Fernando; Rasmussen, Simon; Moltke, Ida; Cassidy, Lara M.; Jørsboe, Emil; Ingason, Andres; Pedersen, Mikkel Winther; Korneliussen, Thorfinn; Wilhelmson, Helene; Bus, Magdalena M.; de Barros Damgaard, Peter; Martiniano, Rui; Renaud, Gabriel; Bhérer, Claude; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Fotakis, Anna K.; Allen, Marie; Allmäe, Raili; Molak, Martyna; Cappellini, Enrico; Scorrano, Gabriele; McColl, Hugh; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Fox, Allison; Albrechtsen, Anders; Schütz, Berit; Skar, Birgitte; Arcini, Caroline; Falys, Ceri; Jonson, Charlotte Hedenstierna; Błaszczyk, Dariusz; Pezhemsky, Denis; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Gestsdóttir, Hildur; Lundstrøm, Inge; Gustin, Ingrid; Mainland, Ingrid; Potekhina, Inna; Muntoni, Italo M.; Cheng, Jade Y.; Stenderup, Jesper; Ma, Jilong; Gibson, Julie; Peets, Jüri; Gustafsson, Jörgen; Iversen, Katrine Højholt; Simpson, Linzi; Strand, Lisa Mariann; Loe, Louise; Sikora, Maeve; Florek, Marek; Vretemark, Maria; Redknap, Mark; Bajka, Monika; Pushkina, Tamara; Søvsø, Morten; Grigoreva, Natalia; Christensen, Tom; Kastholm, Ole; Uldum, Otto; Favia, Pasquale; Holck, Per; Sten, Sabine; Arge, Símun V; Ellingvåg, Sturla; Moiseyev, Vayacheslav; Bogdanowicz, Wiesław; Magnusson, Yvonne; Orlando, Ludovic; Pentz, Peter; Jessen, Mads Dengsø; Pedersen, Anne; Collard, Mark; Bradley, Daniel G.; Jørkov, Marie Louise; Arneborg, Jette; Lynnerup, Niels; Price, Neil; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Allentoft, Morten E.; Bill, Jan; Sindbæk, Søren M; Hedeager, Lotte; Kristiansen, Kristian; Nielsen, Rasmus; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about ad 750–1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across ...
    • Spor av rituell praksis i materiell kultur i mellom- og sen-mesolitiku 

      Westgaard, Heidi (Master thesis, 2020)
      The middle Mesolithic in Norway is known for its changes in technology, the dwellings sites, but also we can start to see some form of cosmology emerge. The first burials are coming from this era for example. This thesis ...
    • Store data som inngang til fortidig demografi: Variasjon i demografi og bosetningsintensitet langs kysten av Midt-Norge i mesolittisk tid 

      Sletvold, Brage (Master thesis, 2021)
      Målsetningen med denne oppgaven var å undersøke gjennomførbarheten til analyser av store sett med arkeologiske data fra mesolittisk tid i Midt-Norge. Disse datasettene består av 14C-dateringer og strandlinjedaterte ...
    • Tales of Middle Mesolithic cultural transformations and marine adaptation: The case of a simple hatchet of whale bone 

      Skar, Birgitte; Rosvold, Jørgen; Nymoen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Submerged archaeological sites from the early Holocene, along the south-western and western Norwegian coastline are important sources of new information about stone-age human populations and coastal adaptation. In this ...
    • "The conical core pressure blade concept" i Midt- og Nordvest- Norge. En dynamisk-teknologisk klassifisering av lokaliteter fra mellommesolittikum 

      Holen, Magnus Nilsson (Master thesis, 2018)
      Hovedmålet i avhandlingen var å gjennomføre en casestudie-basert analyse på forekomsten av det post-swiderianske teknologiske konseptet kjent som "the conical core pressure blade concept" (CCPBC) i Midt- og Nordvest-Norge, ...
    • Utprøving av NIJOS’ landskapsregioner etter kulturhistoriske kriterier 

      Puschmann, Oskar; Skar, Birgitte (NIJOS-rapport;, Research report, 2003)
      En statistisk og geografisk analyse av sammenhengen og den geografiske spredning av forskjellige kulturminnekategorier i Vest-Agder viser interessant overlapp med NIJOS foreslåtte landskapsregioner. Dataene er hentet fra ...