Geophysical surveying of sites known from metal detecting shows a varying spatial relationship between the finds material and the geophysical information. The survey results of two case studies indicate that coastal erosion ...

This paper sets out to address some of the organizing principles behind the Pre-Roman Iron Age settlement at Hofstad in Melhus, Trøndelag, as reflected in house layout and function. Of particular interest is the observed ...

Fjorder som binder sammen kyst og innland, er særlig særpreget for Norge. Fjordmunningene på Helgeland har trukket til seg folk som har satt mange spor i over 10 000 år. En del av sporene er arkeologisk undersøkt, mens ...

The Nidelven River, which meanders through the centre of Trondheim before flowing into the Trondheim Fjord, has played a vital role in the location, growth and development of the city since its establishment in the 10th ...

The slag pit furnace of the Trøndelag tradition for iron production is a very specific cultural-historical tradition in central Norway in the Early Iron Age, but few of these iron production sites have been excavated in ...

In Norway, copper was used in alloys from the Bronze Age onwards, but domestic copper mining and smelting has not been recognized before the Late Middle Ages. A copper smelter found in Meråker Municipality in Central Norway ...

The rehousing of the NTNU University Museum’s (Trondheim, Norway) conserved collection of wet archaeological textiles is part of the large-scale Nidaros Archaeological Archive (NIDARK) project. NIDARK is consolidating and ...

Affects of cavescapes: It is a paradox; perhaps our confidence in a scientific approach sometimes make us miss the point. Archaeologists cherish caves as a place for fortunate discoveries – they are containers of well- ...

This article examines Roman Iron Age and Migration Period building traditions, settlement organisations and the social relations of two multiphase farmsteads in Fields C and D at southern Vik, Ørland. Firstly and by applying ...