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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
In Northern Europe, the Holocene is characterized by climatic and environmental variations. A central question is how hunter-gatherer in different regions coped with these changes. In this article, we explore the temporal ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The flake axe is one of the most debated stone tools of the Scandinavian Mesolithic. Few analysis have however been carried out in order to investigate the actual function and use of the tool. In this paper we present the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The paper explores the emergence and development of arable farming in southeastern Norway by compiling and analyzing directly dated cereals from archaeological contexts. By using summed probability distributions of radiocarbon ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
In this paper we explore temporal variation in demography and settlement intensity in southeastern Norway during the Early and mid-Holocene. In order to investigate the temporal variation in demography and settlement we ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The study of the effects of human presence on vegetation in the Mesolithic has been controversial. It is often assumed that hunter-gatherers did not change or affect their environment in a way that can be detected by means ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This paper explores environmental variations in time and space, adaptive strategies and possible cultural responses to climatic changes as manifested through archaeological data in terms of lithic tool technology, site ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The sea and coast have always been central to Norwegian Stone Age research, and most of the archaeological sites we know from the period are located along the coast. Natural conditions associated with the land uplift after ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Charcoal from archaeological contexts differs from off-site pollen samples as it is mainly a product of intentional human action. As such, analysis of charcoal from excavations is a valuable addition to studies of past ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The coastal settlement in Middle Mesolithic (MM) Southeast Norway is generally described as a dynamic system of small, short-lived sites and large sites that were visited repeatedly over a long time. It has been suggested ...