• Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of vegetation change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene 

      ter Schure, Anneke Theresia Maria; Bajard, Manon Juliette Andree; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Ballo, Eirik Gottschalk; Bakke, Jostein; Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel; Iversen, Frode; Kool, Anneleen; Brysting, Anne Krag; Krüger, Kirstin; Boessenkool, Sanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Uncovering anthropogenic and environmental drivers behind past biological change requires integrated analyses of long-term records from a diversity of disciplines. We applied an interdisciplinary approach exploring effects ...
    • Approaching trade in pre-state and early state societies 

      Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Climate adaptation of pre-Viking societies 

      Bajard, Manon Juliette Andree; Ballo, Eirik Gottschalk; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Bakke, Jostein; Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Iversen, Frode; Hagopian, William Martin; Jahren, Anne Hope Florine; Svensen, Henrik Hovland; Krüger, Kirstin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Understanding how the Viking societies were impacted by past climate variability and how they adapted to it has hardly been investigated. Here, we have carried out a new multi-proxy investigation of lake sediments, including ...
    • Climate and societal impacts in Scandinavia following the 536 and 540 CE volcanic double event 

      Van Dijk, Evelien; Gundersen, Ingar Mørkestøl; de Bode, Anna; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Iversen, Frode; Timmreck, Claudia; Jungclaus, Johann; Krüger, Kirstin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In the Northern Hemisphere, the mid-6th century was one of the coldest periods of the last 2000 years, as indicated by both proxy records and Earth System Model (ESM) simulations. This cold period was initiated by volcanic ...
    • Jernframstilling i raudt land. Jernvinna på Rauland i vikingtid og mellomalder 

      Loftsgarden, Kjetil (Master thesis, 2007-11-19)
      Rauland er inga frodig jordbruksbygd, og ein var avhengig av å nytte utmarka ekstensivt både til stølsbruk og andre utmarksressursar, som jern. Jernframstilling kunne inngå i ein fjellgårdsøkonomi, der jernet vart nytta ...
    • Marknadsplassar omkring Hardangervidda. Ein arkeologisk og historisk analyse av innlandets økonomi og nettverk i vikingtid og mellomalder 

      Loftsgarden, Kjetil (Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-01)
      The period from the late Viking Age to the High Middle Ages, c. 950–1350, was an era of economic expansion, where towns were formed, populations increased, and royal and church power were established. This thesis examines ...
    • Skeid – uncovering a fleeting meeting site 

      Loftsgarden, Kjetil (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)
      Although scarcely represented in archaeological or historical sources, place names reveal how widespread assemblies of the skeid-type were held throughout Norway, at least from the Viking Age/Early Middle Ages. These ...