I vassdrag som ble bygd ut før 1960, ble det ikke gjennomført arkeologiske registreringer og utgr... more I vassdrag som ble bygd ut før 1960, ble det ikke gjennomført arkeologiske registreringer og utgravninger. Nå skal imidlertid slike gjennomføres i tråd med den såkalte sektoravgiftsordningen i forbindelse med at gamle vassdragskonsesjoner fornyes eller at vilkårene for konsesjonen revideres.
Sektoravgiftsordningen er enestående i europeisk sammenheng. Ingen andre land arbeider systematisk med å kartlegge, dokumentere og forske på kulturminner som ble neddemmet for mer enn 60 år siden. Selv om mange kulturminner er gått tapt, kan mange likevel være godt bevarte og ha et stort kunnskapspotensial, selv etter hundre år med regulering.
Med begrensete ressurser er det viktig å prioritere undersøkelser som gir ny kunnskap om landets kulturarv knyttet til aktivitet og bosetning ved vassdragene. I Riksantikvarens nye bok fins det en oppdatert oversikt over kunnskapsstatus om kulturminner i vassdrag, hvilke kunnskapshull som fins og derfor hvilke problemstillinger som bør belyses i kommende undersøkelser.
Med godt samarbeid mellom konsesjonærer og kulturminneforvaltningen er undersøkelser i tidligere utbygde vassdrag en kilde til nye og spennende fortellinger om vassdragenes betydning for menneskets liv og virke gjennom hele historien i Norge.
Arkeologiske undersøkelser i vassdrag. Faglig program for Midt- og Nord-Norge er i første rekke en bok for de som jobber med forvaltning av kulturhistorie, men den er også en kilde til kunnskap om ressursutnyttelse og samfunnsstrukturer gjennom mer enn 10000 år i denne delen av landet.
This innovative volume draws on a range of materials and places to explore the disparate facets o... more This innovative volume draws on a range of materials and places to explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities.
The Bronze Age in Northern Europe was a place of diversity and contrast, an era that saw movements and changes not just of peoples, but of cultures, beliefs, and socio-political systems, and that led to the forging of ontological ideas materialized in landscapes, bodies, and technologies. Drawing on a range of materials and places, the innovative contributions gathered here in this volume explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities. The contributions explore how and why society evolved over time, from the changing nature of sea travel to new technologies in house building, and from advances in lithic production to evolving burial practices and beliefs in the afterlife.
This edited collection honours the ground-breaking research of Professor Christopher Prescott, an outstanding figure in the study of the Bronze Age north, and it takes as its inspiration the diversity, interdisciplinarity, and vitality of his own research in order to make a major new contribution to the field, and to shed new light on a Bronze Age full of contrasts and connections.
What is considered masculine is not something given and innate to males but determined by cultura... more What is considered masculine is not something given and innate to males but determined by cultural ideas and ideals constructed through performative practices – today and in the past. This book questions whether androcentric archaeology has taught us anything about prehistoric men and their masculinities. Starting from broad discussions of feminist theory and critical men’s studies, this study examines how notions of masculinity are expressed in cremation burials from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Roman Period (1100 BC - 400 AD) in Eastern Norway and Funen in Denmark. It is argued that notions of masculinity were deeply intertwined with society, and when central aspects like war systems, task differentiation, or technology changed, so did gender and ideas of masculinity and vice versa.
In the Late Bronze Age, an idealisation and sexualisation of the male body related to warrior esthetic was probably essential to the performance of masculinity. In the Early Roman Period, masculinity became bounded by what it was not – the unmanly. Warrior capabilities were the most prominent ideals of masculinity and concepts of unmanliness structured society, highlighting divergences between men and women. In the Late Roman Period, society grew more complex and multiple contemporary, possibly complementary masculinities associated with the rising class of free peasants, specific roles and regional differences developed and the warrior lost the dominant position as masculine ideal.
Artikkelen diskuterer romertidas prestisjeobjekter i et luksusperspektiv. Luksus kan forstås både... more Artikkelen diskuterer romertidas prestisjeobjekter i et luksusperspektiv. Luksus kan forstås både fra et etisk og økonomisk ståsted og diskusjoner av luksus har ofte et moralsk aspekt - også i de antikke kildene. I denne studien utforsker jeg hvorfor konsumet av luksus ble så omfattende i romertid og hvordan luksuspraksiser ble en sentral del av elitens habitus. Luksus forstås i denne sammenheng som vakre og sjeldne gjenstander, uvanlig store bygninger og eksklusiv mat og drikke. Gjennom bruk og utveksling av luksusvarer og tjenester etablerte og vedlikeholdt eliten sosiale relasjoner og produserte og legitimerte sosiale forskjeller. På denne måten fikk luksus en sentral rolle i utviklingen av diplomatiske strategier hvor allianser ble etablert gjennom gavebytter.
Women in archaeology : intersectionalities in practice worldwide Women in archaeology, 2023
Norwegian archaeologists were among the first to apply a gender perspective and explicitly focuse... more Norwegian archaeologists were among the first to apply a gender perspective and explicitly focused on women and gender in prehistory. An extensive critique of androcentrism, objectivity, and positivism developed in the mid-1980s, even if the first studies were conducted within acknowledged procedures of processual archaeology. At its core was establishing the journal and organization K.A.N. – Kvinner i arkeologi i Norge (Women in archaeology in Norway) in 1985. The chapter accounts for the development of K.A.N. throughout 20 years, from the initial re-orientation of research, through theoretical and epistemological developments and consolidation of the field to the closing of the journal in 2005. On this basis, I discuss how the journal worked as a safe space, especially for early-career women archaeologists, and the theoretical and epistemological impact the debates in the journal may have had on Norwegian archaeology.
In Hallingdal, southern Norway, a number of round dwelling structures have been documented. A con... more In Hallingdal, southern Norway, a number of round dwelling structures have been documented. A contemporary parallel to these constructions is the stállo foundations in the mountains along the Norwegian-Swedish border, which are recognized as a Saami type of dwelling from the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages AD (800-1300). Based on analyses of the round structures in Hallingdal and stállo foundations further north, the paper suggests that the dwellings in Hallingdal may represent similar ethnic processes that initiated a homogenization and standardization of Saami material culture and consolidation of Saami identity all over Sápmi in the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages, and that Saami identity was manifested and materialized through practices of dwelling in the mountains of Hallingdal.
Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age. Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott, 2020
The article approaches the extraordinary Late Bronze Age burials in the Lusehøj mound through the... more The article approaches the extraordinary Late Bronze Age burials in the Lusehøj mound through the concept intersectionality. It discusses and defines social categories and identities on individual and collective levels that might be identified in the material remains of funeral practices and explores how categories and identities of difference may contrast and intersect, and how they are related to sources of power. Through this approach the article aims to explore the relations between individuals and structures and integrate micro and macro perspectives.
Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age. Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott, 2020
The Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700–500 BCE, see Table 1.1), broadly encompassing the southern and mid... more The Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700–500 BCE, see Table 1.1), broadly encompassing the southern and middle parts of Scandinavia, coastal areas of northern Sweden and northern Norway (to Troms), the south-western region of Finland and the northernmost parts of Germany, has in the twenty-first century evolved into one of the most vibrant research fields of European prehistory. This has resulted in the publication of a multitude of books addressing general and particular aspects alike (e.g. Jensen 2002; Earle 2002; Kristiansen and Larsson 2005; Nørgaard and others 2014; Ling, Skoglund, and Bertilsson 2015; Vandkilde 2017; Armstrong Oma 2018; Horn and Kristiansen 2018; Goldhahn 2019). New results are being disseminated quickly, with an unprecedented number of Bronze Age articles coming out each year, often in high-ranked journals and on open access platforms. Far from making volumes like the current superfluous, we consider the new realities of our research field to have increased the need for volumes aimed at exploring the intersectionality of different approaches, such as books focusing on the wider picture made up of several contrasting perspectives.
The large majority of warriors are and have, most likely, always been males. Warfare is, thus, a ... more The large majority of warriors are and have, most likely, always been males. Warfare is, thus, a gendered practice where certain types of violence are not only legitimate but even encouraged. As such, the ability and will to perform legitimate violence may be crucial in the construction and constitution of masculinity. In this article, I will discuss the possibly changing role of violence in the construction of masculinity by exploring the war systems and warrior roles in the Late Bronze Age Funen in Denmark and the Roman Period in Eastern Norway.
The arrangement with sector fee for heritage management in regulated watercourses.
In this repo... more The arrangement with sector fee for heritage management in regulated watercourses.
In this report I account for the background, legislation, and procedures of the arrangement of sector fee within the hydroelectric sector in Norway. I discuss preliminary experiences with the arrangement, look at the practical and principal challenges with archaeological investigations in submerged areas, and possibilities for future projects.
With a potential for knowledge – archaeological heritage management and knowledge production.
I... more With a potential for knowledge – archaeological heritage management and knowledge production.
In this article I discuss how we might achieve better knowledge production based on contract archaeology. I shortly account for how the understanding of archaeological data has changed throughout the history of archaeology, and how ideals of neutral and total documentation affect the collection of data and understanding of archaeological material as a source of knowledge. Further, I debate the limits and possibilities of knowledge production within the Norwegian model of archaeological heritage management and argue that rescue excavations should be guided by specific research questions. At the end, I discuss whether the arrangement of sector fee for cultural heritage within the hydroelectric sector in Norway involves principles regarding financing and research which are worth transferring to the heritage management in general.
The article starts with a discussion of the relation between feminist archaeology and gender arch... more The article starts with a discussion of the relation between feminist archaeology and gender archaeology followed by a short account of how androcentrism may influence on archaeological research. By exploring two representative examples I will argue that androcentric archaeology mainly reproduces stereotype images of men and do not provide much new or real knowledge about prehistoric men or understandings of masculinity. Consequently, there is a need to study prehistoric men as gendered and I will argue that to include studies in men and masculinity into a gender archaeology based on feminist theory might challenge androcentric archaeological studies just as much as to study women in prehistory. Cet article débute par une analyse de la relation entre l’archéologie féministe et l’archéologie de genre, suivie d’un court exposé portant sur la manière dont l’androcentrisme peut influencer la recherche archéologique. Par l’exploration de deux exemples représentatifs, je démontrerai que l’archéologie androcentrique reproduit principalement les images stéréotypées des hommes et n’apportent que peu de connaissances nouvelles ou réelles concernant les hommes préhistoriques ou la compréhension de la masculinité. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire d’étudier les hommes préhistoriques en tant qu’êtres sexués, et je démontrerai qu’inclure les études portant sur les hommes et la masculinité dans une archéologie de genre basée sur la théorie féministe est tout autant susceptible de remettre en question les études archéologiques androcentriques qu’étudier les femmes dans la préhistoire. Este artículo comienza con un debate sobre la relación entre la arqueología feminista y la arqueología de género, seguido de una breve narración de cómo el androcentrismo puede influir en las investigaciones arqueológicas. Analizando dos ejemplos representativos, arguyo que la arqueología androcéntrica reproduce básicamente estereotipos sobre los hombres y no ofrece mucho conocimiento nuevo o real sobre los hombres prehistóricos ni sobre la comprensión de la masculinidad. Por tanto, es necesario estudiar a los hombres prehistóricos desde la base del género, y postulo que la inclusión de los estudios sobre los hombres y la masculinidad en una arqueología de género basada en la teoría feminista podría hacer peligrar los estudios arqueológicos androcéntricos, de la misma forma que lo haría el estudiar a las mujeres en la prehistoria.
In 1977, the first Nordic Bronze Age symposium was held at Isegran, Østfold, Norway. In 2017, the... more In 1977, the first Nordic Bronze Age symposium was held at Isegran, Østfold, Norway. In 2017, the 40th anniversary of the symposium series will be celebrated, this time in Oslo. Recent years has seen a trend towards disparate discourses, either focusing on small-scale or large-scale, southern or northern narratives of Bronze Age Scandinavia. In this call for papers, we encourage perspectives on the multi-scaled and contrasting Bronze Age, and the diversity and connections between e.g. landscapes, technologies, social practices and materialities. From the snow patches of the Scandinavian Mountains to the fertile agricultural areas of south Scandinavia, along the paths to the upland pastures to the open sea lanes, from the monumental mounds to the mundane finds; we invite papers exploring the contrasts and connections that formed the Nordic Bronze Age.
I vassdrag som ble bygd ut før 1960, ble det ikke gjennomført arkeologiske registreringer og utgr... more I vassdrag som ble bygd ut før 1960, ble det ikke gjennomført arkeologiske registreringer og utgravninger. Nå skal imidlertid slike gjennomføres i tråd med den såkalte sektoravgiftsordningen i forbindelse med at gamle vassdragskonsesjoner fornyes eller at vilkårene for konsesjonen revideres.
Sektoravgiftsordningen er enestående i europeisk sammenheng. Ingen andre land arbeider systematisk med å kartlegge, dokumentere og forske på kulturminner som ble neddemmet for mer enn 60 år siden. Selv om mange kulturminner er gått tapt, kan mange likevel være godt bevarte og ha et stort kunnskapspotensial, selv etter hundre år med regulering.
Med begrensete ressurser er det viktig å prioritere undersøkelser som gir ny kunnskap om landets kulturarv knyttet til aktivitet og bosetning ved vassdragene. I Riksantikvarens nye bok fins det en oppdatert oversikt over kunnskapsstatus om kulturminner i vassdrag, hvilke kunnskapshull som fins og derfor hvilke problemstillinger som bør belyses i kommende undersøkelser.
Med godt samarbeid mellom konsesjonærer og kulturminneforvaltningen er undersøkelser i tidligere utbygde vassdrag en kilde til nye og spennende fortellinger om vassdragenes betydning for menneskets liv og virke gjennom hele historien i Norge.
Arkeologiske undersøkelser i vassdrag. Faglig program for Midt- og Nord-Norge er i første rekke en bok for de som jobber med forvaltning av kulturhistorie, men den er også en kilde til kunnskap om ressursutnyttelse og samfunnsstrukturer gjennom mer enn 10000 år i denne delen av landet.
This innovative volume draws on a range of materials and places to explore the disparate facets o... more This innovative volume draws on a range of materials and places to explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities.
The Bronze Age in Northern Europe was a place of diversity and contrast, an era that saw movements and changes not just of peoples, but of cultures, beliefs, and socio-political systems, and that led to the forging of ontological ideas materialized in landscapes, bodies, and technologies. Drawing on a range of materials and places, the innovative contributions gathered here in this volume explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities. The contributions explore how and why society evolved over time, from the changing nature of sea travel to new technologies in house building, and from advances in lithic production to evolving burial practices and beliefs in the afterlife.
This edited collection honours the ground-breaking research of Professor Christopher Prescott, an outstanding figure in the study of the Bronze Age north, and it takes as its inspiration the diversity, interdisciplinarity, and vitality of his own research in order to make a major new contribution to the field, and to shed new light on a Bronze Age full of contrasts and connections.
What is considered masculine is not something given and innate to males but determined by cultura... more What is considered masculine is not something given and innate to males but determined by cultural ideas and ideals constructed through performative practices – today and in the past. This book questions whether androcentric archaeology has taught us anything about prehistoric men and their masculinities. Starting from broad discussions of feminist theory and critical men’s studies, this study examines how notions of masculinity are expressed in cremation burials from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Roman Period (1100 BC - 400 AD) in Eastern Norway and Funen in Denmark. It is argued that notions of masculinity were deeply intertwined with society, and when central aspects like war systems, task differentiation, or technology changed, so did gender and ideas of masculinity and vice versa.
In the Late Bronze Age, an idealisation and sexualisation of the male body related to warrior esthetic was probably essential to the performance of masculinity. In the Early Roman Period, masculinity became bounded by what it was not – the unmanly. Warrior capabilities were the most prominent ideals of masculinity and concepts of unmanliness structured society, highlighting divergences between men and women. In the Late Roman Period, society grew more complex and multiple contemporary, possibly complementary masculinities associated with the rising class of free peasants, specific roles and regional differences developed and the warrior lost the dominant position as masculine ideal.
Artikkelen diskuterer romertidas prestisjeobjekter i et luksusperspektiv. Luksus kan forstås både... more Artikkelen diskuterer romertidas prestisjeobjekter i et luksusperspektiv. Luksus kan forstås både fra et etisk og økonomisk ståsted og diskusjoner av luksus har ofte et moralsk aspekt - også i de antikke kildene. I denne studien utforsker jeg hvorfor konsumet av luksus ble så omfattende i romertid og hvordan luksuspraksiser ble en sentral del av elitens habitus. Luksus forstås i denne sammenheng som vakre og sjeldne gjenstander, uvanlig store bygninger og eksklusiv mat og drikke. Gjennom bruk og utveksling av luksusvarer og tjenester etablerte og vedlikeholdt eliten sosiale relasjoner og produserte og legitimerte sosiale forskjeller. På denne måten fikk luksus en sentral rolle i utviklingen av diplomatiske strategier hvor allianser ble etablert gjennom gavebytter.
Women in archaeology : intersectionalities in practice worldwide Women in archaeology, 2023
Norwegian archaeologists were among the first to apply a gender perspective and explicitly focuse... more Norwegian archaeologists were among the first to apply a gender perspective and explicitly focused on women and gender in prehistory. An extensive critique of androcentrism, objectivity, and positivism developed in the mid-1980s, even if the first studies were conducted within acknowledged procedures of processual archaeology. At its core was establishing the journal and organization K.A.N. – Kvinner i arkeologi i Norge (Women in archaeology in Norway) in 1985. The chapter accounts for the development of K.A.N. throughout 20 years, from the initial re-orientation of research, through theoretical and epistemological developments and consolidation of the field to the closing of the journal in 2005. On this basis, I discuss how the journal worked as a safe space, especially for early-career women archaeologists, and the theoretical and epistemological impact the debates in the journal may have had on Norwegian archaeology.
In Hallingdal, southern Norway, a number of round dwelling structures have been documented. A con... more In Hallingdal, southern Norway, a number of round dwelling structures have been documented. A contemporary parallel to these constructions is the stállo foundations in the mountains along the Norwegian-Swedish border, which are recognized as a Saami type of dwelling from the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages AD (800-1300). Based on analyses of the round structures in Hallingdal and stállo foundations further north, the paper suggests that the dwellings in Hallingdal may represent similar ethnic processes that initiated a homogenization and standardization of Saami material culture and consolidation of Saami identity all over Sápmi in the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages, and that Saami identity was manifested and materialized through practices of dwelling in the mountains of Hallingdal.
Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age. Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott, 2020
The article approaches the extraordinary Late Bronze Age burials in the Lusehøj mound through the... more The article approaches the extraordinary Late Bronze Age burials in the Lusehøj mound through the concept intersectionality. It discusses and defines social categories and identities on individual and collective levels that might be identified in the material remains of funeral practices and explores how categories and identities of difference may contrast and intersect, and how they are related to sources of power. Through this approach the article aims to explore the relations between individuals and structures and integrate micro and macro perspectives.
Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age. Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott, 2020
The Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700–500 BCE, see Table 1.1), broadly encompassing the southern and mid... more The Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700–500 BCE, see Table 1.1), broadly encompassing the southern and middle parts of Scandinavia, coastal areas of northern Sweden and northern Norway (to Troms), the south-western region of Finland and the northernmost parts of Germany, has in the twenty-first century evolved into one of the most vibrant research fields of European prehistory. This has resulted in the publication of a multitude of books addressing general and particular aspects alike (e.g. Jensen 2002; Earle 2002; Kristiansen and Larsson 2005; Nørgaard and others 2014; Ling, Skoglund, and Bertilsson 2015; Vandkilde 2017; Armstrong Oma 2018; Horn and Kristiansen 2018; Goldhahn 2019). New results are being disseminated quickly, with an unprecedented number of Bronze Age articles coming out each year, often in high-ranked journals and on open access platforms. Far from making volumes like the current superfluous, we consider the new realities of our research field to have increased the need for volumes aimed at exploring the intersectionality of different approaches, such as books focusing on the wider picture made up of several contrasting perspectives.
The large majority of warriors are and have, most likely, always been males. Warfare is, thus, a ... more The large majority of warriors are and have, most likely, always been males. Warfare is, thus, a gendered practice where certain types of violence are not only legitimate but even encouraged. As such, the ability and will to perform legitimate violence may be crucial in the construction and constitution of masculinity. In this article, I will discuss the possibly changing role of violence in the construction of masculinity by exploring the war systems and warrior roles in the Late Bronze Age Funen in Denmark and the Roman Period in Eastern Norway.
The arrangement with sector fee for heritage management in regulated watercourses.
In this repo... more The arrangement with sector fee for heritage management in regulated watercourses.
In this report I account for the background, legislation, and procedures of the arrangement of sector fee within the hydroelectric sector in Norway. I discuss preliminary experiences with the arrangement, look at the practical and principal challenges with archaeological investigations in submerged areas, and possibilities for future projects.
With a potential for knowledge – archaeological heritage management and knowledge production.
I... more With a potential for knowledge – archaeological heritage management and knowledge production.
In this article I discuss how we might achieve better knowledge production based on contract archaeology. I shortly account for how the understanding of archaeological data has changed throughout the history of archaeology, and how ideals of neutral and total documentation affect the collection of data and understanding of archaeological material as a source of knowledge. Further, I debate the limits and possibilities of knowledge production within the Norwegian model of archaeological heritage management and argue that rescue excavations should be guided by specific research questions. At the end, I discuss whether the arrangement of sector fee for cultural heritage within the hydroelectric sector in Norway involves principles regarding financing and research which are worth transferring to the heritage management in general.
The article starts with a discussion of the relation between feminist archaeology and gender arch... more The article starts with a discussion of the relation between feminist archaeology and gender archaeology followed by a short account of how androcentrism may influence on archaeological research. By exploring two representative examples I will argue that androcentric archaeology mainly reproduces stereotype images of men and do not provide much new or real knowledge about prehistoric men or understandings of masculinity. Consequently, there is a need to study prehistoric men as gendered and I will argue that to include studies in men and masculinity into a gender archaeology based on feminist theory might challenge androcentric archaeological studies just as much as to study women in prehistory. Cet article débute par une analyse de la relation entre l’archéologie féministe et l’archéologie de genre, suivie d’un court exposé portant sur la manière dont l’androcentrisme peut influencer la recherche archéologique. Par l’exploration de deux exemples représentatifs, je démontrerai que l’archéologie androcentrique reproduit principalement les images stéréotypées des hommes et n’apportent que peu de connaissances nouvelles ou réelles concernant les hommes préhistoriques ou la compréhension de la masculinité. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire d’étudier les hommes préhistoriques en tant qu’êtres sexués, et je démontrerai qu’inclure les études portant sur les hommes et la masculinité dans une archéologie de genre basée sur la théorie féministe est tout autant susceptible de remettre en question les études archéologiques androcentriques qu’étudier les femmes dans la préhistoire. Este artículo comienza con un debate sobre la relación entre la arqueología feminista y la arqueología de género, seguido de una breve narración de cómo el androcentrismo puede influir en las investigaciones arqueológicas. Analizando dos ejemplos representativos, arguyo que la arqueología androcéntrica reproduce básicamente estereotipos sobre los hombres y no ofrece mucho conocimiento nuevo o real sobre los hombres prehistóricos ni sobre la comprensión de la masculinidad. Por tanto, es necesario estudiar a los hombres prehistóricos desde la base del género, y postulo que la inclusión de los estudios sobre los hombres y la masculinidad en una arqueología de género basada en la teoría feminista podría hacer peligrar los estudios arqueológicos androcéntricos, de la misma forma que lo haría el estudiar a las mujeres en la prehistoria.
In 1977, the first Nordic Bronze Age symposium was held at Isegran, Østfold, Norway. In 2017, the... more In 1977, the first Nordic Bronze Age symposium was held at Isegran, Østfold, Norway. In 2017, the 40th anniversary of the symposium series will be celebrated, this time in Oslo. Recent years has seen a trend towards disparate discourses, either focusing on small-scale or large-scale, southern or northern narratives of Bronze Age Scandinavia. In this call for papers, we encourage perspectives on the multi-scaled and contrasting Bronze Age, and the diversity and connections between e.g. landscapes, technologies, social practices and materialities. From the snow patches of the Scandinavian Mountains to the fertile agricultural areas of south Scandinavia, along the paths to the upland pastures to the open sea lanes, from the monumental mounds to the mundane finds; we invite papers exploring the contrasts and connections that formed the Nordic Bronze Age.
How you live is an essential part of who you are and forms how you perceive the world. In the Vik... more How you live is an essential part of who you are and forms how you perceive the world. In the Viking Age and Early Middle Age two clearly different types of settlements existed side by side in the interior of Southern Norway. Likely, they reflect differences between Sámi and Norse ways of living and an intensified signaling of ethnic identity. The poster shortly presents the different types of settlements and argues why the round dwellings might be considered as Sámi. The study will be published in Acta Borealia 2023
Norway was one of the first countries to introduce studies in women and gender and today gender s... more Norway was one of the first countries to introduce studies in women and gender and today gender studies are established in most fields of social science as well as in archaeology. Many Norwegian archaeological studies have gender, if not as their main perspective, then at least as an important variable or aspect of interpretation. To a certain degree gender has become a part of mainstream Norwegian archaeology. It is not considered particularly controversial and maybe it has become even too conventional?
The number of female archaeologists in Norway has increased steadily over the last decades. Today women make up the majority of undergraduates and PhD-students as well as employed graduate archaeologists in general. Nevertheless there are about twice as many male professors as female professors in Norwegian archaeology. Thus it is still important to focus on female career paths and challenge male power structures as well as androcentric studies. But if we want to disseminate gender archaeology to a wider public it has to be considered relevant for archaeology in general. It is necessary to communicate that gender archaeology is a lot more than finding women in prehistory. Gender archaeology should also study men and masculinities as significant gendered social structures and we should continue and reinforce the feminist tradition of questioning established truths.
Paper presented at a round table session at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. 15-20 September 2009, Riva del Garda, Italy.
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Sektoravgiftsordningen er enestående i europeisk sammenheng. Ingen andre land arbeider systematisk med å kartlegge, dokumentere og forske på kulturminner som ble neddemmet for mer enn 60 år siden. Selv om mange kulturminner er gått tapt, kan mange likevel være godt bevarte og ha et stort kunnskapspotensial, selv etter hundre år med regulering.
Med begrensete ressurser er det viktig å prioritere undersøkelser som gir ny kunnskap om landets kulturarv knyttet til aktivitet og bosetning ved vassdragene. I Riksantikvarens nye bok fins det en oppdatert oversikt over kunnskapsstatus om kulturminner i vassdrag, hvilke kunnskapshull som fins og derfor hvilke problemstillinger som bør belyses i kommende undersøkelser.
Med godt samarbeid mellom konsesjonærer og kulturminneforvaltningen er undersøkelser i tidligere utbygde vassdrag en kilde til nye og spennende fortellinger om vassdragenes betydning for menneskets liv og virke gjennom hele historien i Norge.
Arkeologiske undersøkelser i vassdrag. Faglig program for Midt- og Nord-Norge er i første rekke en bok for de som jobber med forvaltning av kulturhistorie, men den er også en kilde til kunnskap om ressursutnyttelse og samfunnsstrukturer gjennom mer enn 10000 år i denne delen av landet.
The Bronze Age in Northern Europe was a place of diversity and contrast, an era that saw movements and changes not just of peoples, but of cultures, beliefs, and socio-political systems, and that led to the forging of ontological ideas materialized in landscapes, bodies, and technologies. Drawing on a range of materials and places, the innovative contributions gathered here in this volume explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities. The contributions explore how and why society evolved over time, from the changing nature of sea travel to new technologies in house building, and from advances in lithic production to evolving burial practices and beliefs in the afterlife.
This edited collection honours the ground-breaking research of Professor Christopher Prescott, an outstanding figure in the study of the Bronze Age north, and it takes as its inspiration the diversity, interdisciplinarity, and vitality of his own research in order to make a major new contribution to the field, and to shed new light on a Bronze Age full of contrasts and connections.
In the Late Bronze Age, an idealisation and sexualisation of the male body related to warrior esthetic was probably essential to the performance of masculinity. In the Early Roman Period, masculinity became bounded by what it was not – the unmanly. Warrior capabilities were the most prominent ideals of masculinity and concepts of unmanliness structured society, highlighting divergences between men and women. In the Late Roman Period, society grew more complex and multiple contemporary, possibly complementary masculinities associated with the rising class of free peasants, specific roles and regional differences developed and the warrior lost the dominant position as masculine ideal.
Papers
In this report I account for the background, legislation, and procedures of the arrangement of sector fee within the hydroelectric sector in Norway. I discuss preliminary experiences with the arrangement, look at the practical and principal challenges with archaeological investigations in submerged areas, and possibilities for future projects.
In this article I discuss how we might achieve better knowledge production based on contract archaeology. I shortly account for how the understanding of archaeological data has changed throughout the history of archaeology, and how ideals of neutral and total documentation affect the collection of data and understanding of archaeological material as a source of knowledge. Further, I debate the limits and possibilities of knowledge production within the Norwegian model of archaeological heritage management and argue that rescue excavations should be guided by specific research questions. At the end, I discuss whether the arrangement of sector fee for cultural heritage within the hydroelectric sector in Norway involves principles regarding financing and research which are worth transferring to the heritage management in general.
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Sektoravgiftsordningen er enestående i europeisk sammenheng. Ingen andre land arbeider systematisk med å kartlegge, dokumentere og forske på kulturminner som ble neddemmet for mer enn 60 år siden. Selv om mange kulturminner er gått tapt, kan mange likevel være godt bevarte og ha et stort kunnskapspotensial, selv etter hundre år med regulering.
Med begrensete ressurser er det viktig å prioritere undersøkelser som gir ny kunnskap om landets kulturarv knyttet til aktivitet og bosetning ved vassdragene. I Riksantikvarens nye bok fins det en oppdatert oversikt over kunnskapsstatus om kulturminner i vassdrag, hvilke kunnskapshull som fins og derfor hvilke problemstillinger som bør belyses i kommende undersøkelser.
Med godt samarbeid mellom konsesjonærer og kulturminneforvaltningen er undersøkelser i tidligere utbygde vassdrag en kilde til nye og spennende fortellinger om vassdragenes betydning for menneskets liv og virke gjennom hele historien i Norge.
Arkeologiske undersøkelser i vassdrag. Faglig program for Midt- og Nord-Norge er i første rekke en bok for de som jobber med forvaltning av kulturhistorie, men den er også en kilde til kunnskap om ressursutnyttelse og samfunnsstrukturer gjennom mer enn 10000 år i denne delen av landet.
The Bronze Age in Northern Europe was a place of diversity and contrast, an era that saw movements and changes not just of peoples, but of cultures, beliefs, and socio-political systems, and that led to the forging of ontological ideas materialized in landscapes, bodies, and technologies. Drawing on a range of materials and places, the innovative contributions gathered here in this volume explore the disparate facets of Bronze Age society across the Nordic region through the key themes of time and trajectory, rituals and everyday life, and encounters and identities. The contributions explore how and why society evolved over time, from the changing nature of sea travel to new technologies in house building, and from advances in lithic production to evolving burial practices and beliefs in the afterlife.
This edited collection honours the ground-breaking research of Professor Christopher Prescott, an outstanding figure in the study of the Bronze Age north, and it takes as its inspiration the diversity, interdisciplinarity, and vitality of his own research in order to make a major new contribution to the field, and to shed new light on a Bronze Age full of contrasts and connections.
In the Late Bronze Age, an idealisation and sexualisation of the male body related to warrior esthetic was probably essential to the performance of masculinity. In the Early Roman Period, masculinity became bounded by what it was not – the unmanly. Warrior capabilities were the most prominent ideals of masculinity and concepts of unmanliness structured society, highlighting divergences between men and women. In the Late Roman Period, society grew more complex and multiple contemporary, possibly complementary masculinities associated with the rising class of free peasants, specific roles and regional differences developed and the warrior lost the dominant position as masculine ideal.
In this report I account for the background, legislation, and procedures of the arrangement of sector fee within the hydroelectric sector in Norway. I discuss preliminary experiences with the arrangement, look at the practical and principal challenges with archaeological investigations in submerged areas, and possibilities for future projects.
In this article I discuss how we might achieve better knowledge production based on contract archaeology. I shortly account for how the understanding of archaeological data has changed throughout the history of archaeology, and how ideals of neutral and total documentation affect the collection of data and understanding of archaeological material as a source of knowledge. Further, I debate the limits and possibilities of knowledge production within the Norwegian model of archaeological heritage management and argue that rescue excavations should be guided by specific research questions. At the end, I discuss whether the arrangement of sector fee for cultural heritage within the hydroelectric sector in Norway involves principles regarding financing and research which are worth transferring to the heritage management in general.
The number of female archaeologists in Norway has increased steadily over the last decades. Today women make up the majority of undergraduates and PhD-students as well as employed graduate archaeologists in general. Nevertheless there are about twice as many male professors as female professors in Norwegian archaeology. Thus it is still important to focus on female career paths and challenge male power structures as well as androcentric studies. But if we want to disseminate gender archaeology to a wider public it has to be considered relevant for archaeology in general. It is necessary to communicate that gender archaeology is a lot more than finding women in prehistory. Gender archaeology should also study men and masculinities as significant gendered social structures and we should continue and reinforce the feminist tradition of questioning established truths.
Paper presented at a round table session at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. 15-20 September 2009, Riva del Garda, Italy.