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Two thousand years of Landscape—Human interactions at a coastal peninsula in Norway revealed through pollen analysis, shoreline reconstruction, and radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Object-vector (OV) cells are cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) that track an animal’s distance and direction to objects in the environment. Their firing fields are defined by vectorial relationships to free-standing ... -
UAV LiDAR in coastal environments: Archaeological case studies from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and Vega, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)LiDAR has become fairly integrated into archaeological practice at a global scale. This has gradually evolved to include UAV LiDAR. Nevertheless, considerable biases remain, including with regard to geographical regions, ... -
Undersökning av fjädrar från båtgravar i Valsgärde gravbacke
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Fågelfjädrar från Färöarna och Nordnorge an vändes enligt skriftliga källor både som handels vara och till att betala skatter och avgifter med under medeltiden och tidigare (Kolsrud 1959; Berglund 2009, s. 119ff). Den ... -
Understandings - burial practice, identity and social ties. The Horvnes Iron Age burials, a peephole into the farming society of Helgeland, North-Norway
(Chapter, 2016)In the Horvnes cairns in Alstahaug on the coast of Helgeland, North-Norway, people have been buried in the same stone cist or small chamber for hundreds of years in the Iron Age, but in different ways. Why were they buried ... -
Undersøkelse av funnsted for holkøks, Våttån, Midtre Gauldal kommune
(NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport;, Research report, 2016)03.06.2014 påviste arkeologer ved Sør-Trøndelag fylkeskommune og NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet en bygdeborgpå lokaliteten Våttån, i Midtre Gauldal kommuneiSør-Trøndelag. 08.06.2014 ble eiyngre jernalders holkøks ... -
Underwater hyperspectral imaging: a new tool for marine archaeology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)By applying an underwater hyperspectral imager (UHI) to a selection of archaeological artifacts, we have found spectral signatures that are representative of materials likely to be present at wreck sites. By successfully ... -
Unlocking the potential of ancient fish DNA in the genomic era
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates, fulfil important ecological functions and are of significant economic interest for aquaculture and wild fisheries. Advances in DNA extraction methods, sequencing technologies ... -
Unravelling social status in the first medieval military order of the Iberian Peninsula using isotope analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Medieval Iberia witnessed the complex negotiation of religious, social, and economic identities, including the formation of religious orders that played a major role in border disputes and conflicts. While archival records ... -
Urban Market Production and Coastal Trade in the Early Viking Age. A Study of Eighth-Century AD Blue Period Millefiori Beads in Central and Northern Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Resources from outland regions of the Scandinavian Peninsula have been the topic of several studies about trade in the early Viking Age. In contrast, the distribution of highly refined items from the urban markets in ... -
Utprøving av NIJOS’ landskapsregioner etter kulturhistoriske kriterier
(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 ... -
Våpengrav fra vikingtid på Mannsfjellet, Olstad, Skaun kommune, Sør-Trøndelag
(NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport;, Research report, 2016)14.08.2014 ble et sverd og ei øks påvist med metalldetektor på Olstad, i Skaun kommune. Høsten 2014ble det utført en sikringsgravning på funnstedet av NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet. Et utgravningsfelt på 3 x 3 m ble totalgravd, ... -
Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritage
(Journal article, 2017)Visualisations of land-use projects have become an important part of the planning process. Using a survey of heritage professionals’ attitudes towards visualisations as a starting point, this article addresses tensions ... -
Walruses on the Dnieper: new evidence for the intercontinental trade of Greenlandic ivory in the Middle Ages
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Mediaeval walrus hunting in Iceland and Greenland—driven by Western European demand for ivory and walrus hide ropes—has been identified as an important pre-modern example of ecological globalization. By contrast, the main ... -
What could the ‘sea ice machine’ do to its people? On the lateglacial Doggerland, marine foraging, and the colonisation of Scandinavian seascapes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)‘Climate’ is rarely experienced directly – contrary to day-to-day ‘weather’ and ‘seasons’ that manifest in landscapes (‘weather-worlds’). This paper elaborates the role of sea ice and sea ice hunting outside the lateglacial ... -
What we see is what we get - Seeing Sandhalsan with new "eyes"
(Chapter, 2018)The rock art at Sandhalsan, in Åfjord municipality, has been known since 1931 and has been an important subject for researchers through the years since discovery. Different methods for documentation, different light, ... -
Where Styles Meet - What Does it Mean?
(Chapter, 2017)My PhD project focuses on the concept of style in rock art. As in other parts of the world, style has primarily been used as a dating method in Norwegian rock art research. In combination with shoreline dating researchers ...