Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Nesje, Atle"

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    • Interpreting archaeological site-formation processes at a mountain ice patch: A case study from Langfonne, Norway 

      Solli, Brit; Pilø, Lars Holger; Barrett, James H; Eiken, Trond; Finstad, Espen; Grønning, Sunniva; Post-Melbye, Julian R.; Nesje, Atle; Rosvold, Jørgen; Ødegård, Rune Strand (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In the context of global warming, ice patches are increasingly important foci of high-elevation archaeology. Langfonne in Jotunheimen, central southern Norway, is uniquely suited to provide a window onto site formation ...

    • Little Ice Age summer temperatures in Western Norway from a 700-year tree-ring chronology 

      Svarva, Helene Løvstrand; Thun, Terje; Kirchhefer, Andreas; Nesje, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A ring-width Pinus sylvestris chronology from Sogndal in western Norway was created, covering the period AD 1240–2008 and allowing for reconstruction of monthly mean July temperatures. This reconstruction is the first of ...

    • Ötzi, 30 years on: A reappraisal of the depositional and post-depositional history of the find 

      Pilø, Lars; Reitmaier, Thomas; Fischer, Andrea; Barrett, James; Nesje, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      When Ötzi, the Iceman, was found in a gully in the Tisenjoch pass in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, he was a huge surprise for the archaeological community. The lead initial investigator of the find argued that it was unique, ...

    • The chronology of reindeer hunting on Norway's highest ice patches 

      Pilø, Lars Holger; Finstad, Espen; Bronk Ramsey, Christopher; Martinsen, Julian Robert Post; Solli, Brit; Nesje, Atle; Wangen, Vivian; Callanan, Martin; Barrett, James H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The melting of perennial ice patches globally is uncovering a fragile record of alpine activity, especially hunting and the use of mountain passes. When rescued by systematic fieldwork (glacial archaeology), this evidence ...