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Excavations at Gjærlu, Rømma, Kroksti and Skramstad were mainly focused on cooking pits. In addition to the 118 cooking pits that have been found, a clearance cairn underneath cultivation layers at Gjærlu and two kilns at ...
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Two of the most significant archaeological monuments on Karmøy are the burials from Storhaug and Grønhaug. Consisting of impressive mounds containing large chamber graves in ships, they belong to the most exclusive and ...
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Metal detecting at a cooking pit site at Rømma in Løten, Hedmark (discussed in chapter 7), lead to the discovery of a brooch formed like a bird. The brooch is unusual and has no exact parallels. This paper presents the ...
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In 2015, the Museum of Cultural History organized a large excavation project in Løten, Hedmark with over 90 sites. During the project both clearance cairns and cairns interpreted as graves were excavated. The field at ...
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Man over board – on missing skeletal remains, lack of artefacts and the symbolic meaning behind cairn and mound constructions This paper builds on the results from the excavation of the field of cairns at Skillingstad (see ...
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The paper explores enhanced visualisation of site distribution, with the purpose of understanding shifts in landscape preferences from Middle to Late Neolithic in East Norway. It includes single finds and artefacts from ...
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The exploitation of the borderland, where Løten and Elverum represent contact points for the interaction between the agricultural areas Hedmarken and areas of dense forest in inland Norway, is the focus point of this book. ...
Jordbruk i grenseland –Utviklingen av jordbruket på Hedmarken og i Østerdalen frem til ca. 570 e.Kr.
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Agricultural history in pre-modern societies is commonly characterized by relatively long periods of stability, interspersed by a small number of large- scale transformations. The main aim of this article is to identify ...
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When studying the physical remains from an excavation, focus is naturally at the microscopic level. Fernand Braudel emphasized the necessity to rise above the explanation of individual events and of limited periods, ...
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The entire site at Skillingstad, id 140788, consisted of 109 features. However only the eastern part of the site was directly affected by road construction. 41 cairns and five charcoal pits were excavated during this ...