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Re-evaluationg 'Denmark's Stonehenge'. Bronze Age communal activities in a distinctive landscape setting.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In 1965, an aerial photograph from eastern Denmark revealed three concentric circles surrounding a large hill. In the following years, the National Museum conducted two small excavations, which seemed to confirm that these ... -
A realm of virtual knowledge: Exploring the capacities of Norwegian Metal-detected assemblages
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper explores the knowledge potential of the Norwegian metal-detected assemblage through the conceptual framework of assemblage thinking. Drawing on the concepts of the actual/virtual, affect and coding, combined ... -
A Review on the Development and Current Role of Ground-Based Geophysical Methods for Archaeological Prospection in Scandinavia
(Chapter, 2024)This chapter provides an extensive overview of the use of geophysics in archaeological research and cultural heritage management in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. It discusses the current status, role and ... -
A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to mercury (Hg) ... -
Ritual Practice at Late Iron-Age and Viking-Age Cemeteries in Norway: The Mortuary Houses From Skeiet, Vinjeøra
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)THREE PROPOSED LATE IRON- AND VIKING-AGE MORTUARY HOUSES were recently excavated in Central Norway. Excavations and geoarchaeological investigations imply underground wooden buildings resembling domestic houses with doors. ... -
Roman Iron Age and Migration period building traditions and settlement organisation at Vik, Ørland
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)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 ... -
SAGA Meeting Report: "First Joint Working Group & Management Committee Meeting"
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Saurbekken- a discussion of food subsistence strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The zooarchaeological material from the North Norwegian settlement mound known as Saurbekken is examined using the number of identified specimens. The aim is to gain knowledge about food subsistence strategies at the site, ... -
Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sea turtles (Cheloniidae) are extremely rare in the Northern European archaeological record; however, sporadic finds have occurred. Here we used bioarchaeological tools to investigate two archaeological sea turtle specimens ... -
Sensing Archaeology in the North: The Use of Non-Destructive Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods in Archaeology in Scandinavian and North Atlantic Territories
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In August 2018, a group of experts working with terrestrial/marine geophysics and remote sensing methods to explore archaeological sites in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden gathered together for the first time ... -
Sensor-Carrying Platforms
(Chapter, 2020)Information and communication technology, autonomy, and miniaturization in terms of, for example, microelectromechanical systems are enabling technologies with significant impact on the development of sensors, sensor-carrying ... -
SENTRUM - PERIFERI. Sentra og sentrumsdannelser gjennom førhistorisk og historisk tid: Den 18. nordiske arkeologkongress, Trondheim 28.8.-4.9.1989
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Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe. In the Scandinavian seascapes, both ... -
Settlements without names, names without settlements – and the transformation to an occupied landscape
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Archaeological settlement surveys have shown marked differences in the settlement structure between the Early and Late Iron Age. The historic Norwegian farm seems to be established at the end of the 6th century. This has ... -
Shamanism and Material Culture in the Northern Circumpolar Area, brought to the fore by some newly discovered South-Saami Drums with Accessories in the Norwegian Mountains
(Chapter, 2010)Shamanism is known among native peoples in the northern circumpolar areas, but also occurs among other peoples around the world. Defining shamanism is problematic, but is usually connected to a special material culture of ... -
Sharkaeology: Expanding Understandings of Historical Chinese Diaspora Shark Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California, through the Genetic Species Identification of Archaeological Chondrichthyes Remains
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the ... -
Sikringsundersøkelse av jernvinneanlegg på Hansvollen, Meråker 2015
(NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport;, Research report, 2016)ID 106442 is an iron smelting site from the early iron age situated near the summer farm Hansvollen (farm id number 45/1) in Meråker municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county. The site contains several smelting ... -
Soil geochemical methods in archaeo-geophysics: Exploring a combined approach at sites in Scotland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article explores the application of geophysical and soil geochemical methods to detect archaeological features in three traditionally ‘difficult’ survey environments in Scotland: wind‐blown sands (Bay of Skaill, ... -
Spatial patterning and occupation dynamics during the Early Holocene in an archaeological site from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: Binushmuka I
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We explore the implications of the spatial structure of the artifact assemblages at the Binushmuka I site,located in the north coast of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego). The information corresponding to the stratigraphy, ...