• Challenging an old theory – Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyses of greenstone adzes in Rogaland, southwestern Norway 

      Nyland, Astrid J.; Gebremariam, Kidane Fanta; With, Ruben (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;12, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The first large scale regional provenance analysis of greenstone and diabase adzes in western Norway was undertaken forty years ago. The study identified two social territories, which have been central in Norwegian archaeology ...
    • Placing – fragmenting – circulating: Mesolithic burial and mortuary practices in Norway in a Northern European perspective 

      Schülke, Almut (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;12, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This contribution investigates burial and mortuary practice in the Mesolithic period (9300–3900 BC) in what today is defined as Norway. This issue has received little attention, as poor preservation conditions for bone ...
    • A Revised Chronology of the Mesolithic in Southeast Norway 

      Reitan, Gaute (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;12, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      A chronological outline of the Mesolithic in southeast Norway was published by Egil Mikkelsen in 1975, dividing the Mesolithic period into four succeeding phases. Since then, this chronology has remained the main framework ...
    • Soapstone in the North. Quarries, Products and People 7000 BC - AD 1700 

      Hansen, Gitte; Storemyr, Per; Stavsøien, Eva; Wickler, Stephen; Lindahl, Ingvar; Nilsson, Lars Petter; Bunse, Laura; Bergsvik, Knut Andreas; Grenne, Tor; Østerås, Bodil; Stenvik, Lars F.; Heldal, Tom; Schou, Torbjørn Preus; Baug, Irene; Vangstad, Hilde; Høegsberg, Mogens Skaaning; Forster, Amanda; Jones, Richard; Jansen, Øystein J.; Berglund, Birgitta; Hommedal, Alf Tore (UBAS, University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Book; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This book addresses soapstone use in Norway and the North Atlantic region, including Greenland. Although the majority of the papers deal with the Iron Age and Middle Ages, the book spans the Mesolithic to the early modern ...