Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Storemyr, Per"
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Bakestones – Production and Trade in the Middle Ages
Baug, Irene (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)During the Middle Ages, bakestones, or stone griddles, were an important part of Norwegian households, representing everyday products required for the preparation of food over the hearth. Demand for these Tools formed the ... -
The Building Stones from the Vanished Medieval Church at Onarheim, Tysnes, Hordaland County in Western Norway: Provenancing Chlorite Schist and Soapstone
Jansen, Øystein J.; Heldal, Tom (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)This study centres on the provenance of soapstone and chlorite schist building stones at Onarheim church, 50 km south of Bergen and also provides geochemical results that are of key interest in further studies of Norwegian ... -
Cistercian Soapstone. Production and Delivery of Building Material from Lyse Abbey to Bergen in the 13th century
Hommedal, Alf Tore (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Geochemical analyses of four medieval building stones in the collections of the University Museum of Bergen and one sample from a standing church have demonstrated a geological provenance to the soapstone quarry located ... -
From Homeland to Home; Using Soapstone to Map Migration and Settlement in the North Atlantic
Forster, Amanda; Jones, Richard (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)One of the most characteristic features of Viking material culture is the use of soapstone (steatite) to make vessels, lamps and other artefacts. As soapstone was a readily available material in the Viking homelands, the ... -
From Numeric Data to Cultural History - A Typological and Chronological Analysis of Soapstone Vessels from the Medieval Bryggen Wharf in Bergen, Norway
Vangstad, Hilde (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)This paper’s task is to establish a typology and a finer chronology of medieval Norwegian soapstone vessels used primarily as cooking pots. The case study includes 806 soapstone vessels from BRM 0 the Bryggen site located ... -
From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway
Berglund, Birgitta; Heldal, Tom; Grenne, Tor (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Several soapstone quarries are found along the coast of Helgeland in north Norway, including some on islands in the mouth of Vefsnfjorden, where there are significant ancient workings. Several medieval stone churches in ... -
Mesolithic Soapstone Line-sinkers in Western Norway: Chronology, Acquisition, Distribution, Function and Decoration
Bergsvik, Knut Andreas (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Soapstone sinkers are commonly found at coastal Mesolithic sites in western Norway.The large majority of these sinkers weigh less than 10 g (small sinkers), and a few weigh between 150 and 200 g (large sinkers). They were ... -
Multi-ethnic Involvement? Production and Use of Soapstone in Northern Norway
Bunse, Laura (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)The northern Norwegian soapstone quarries display small, mainly rectangular extractions possibly for the production of smaller types of artifact or a kind of blank or rough out for various objects. In addition, some soapstone ... -
Reconstructing a Medieval Underground Soapstone Quarry: Bakkaunet in Trondheim in an International Perspective
Storemyr, Per; Heldal, Tom (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Underground medieval quarries are rare, in Norway and elsewhere in Europe. Thus the question: Could a big underground soapstone quarry have been opened at Bakkaunet in Trondheim (central Norway) in the Middle Ages? This ... -
The Sandbekkdalen Quarry, Kvikne: A Window into Early Iron Age Soapstone Exploitation in Norway
Grenne, Tor; Østerås, Bodil; Stenvik, Lars F. (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08) -
Slipsteinberget Soapstone Vessel Quarry. Home Production or Professional Craft?
Østerås, Bodil (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)A case study of the large Slipsteinsberget soapstone quarry at Sparbu in Nord-Trøndelag County (central Norway) is presented. The archaeological evidence indicates that professional craftspeople worked at the soapstone ... -
Soapstone in Northern Norway: Archaeological and Geological Evidence, Quarry and Artifact Survey Results
Wickler, Stephen; Lindahl, Ingvar; Nilsson, Lars Petter (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Archaeological research on the extraction, distribution and utilization of soapstone artifacts in northern Norway has been limited, but systematic geological documentation of soapstone exposures that includes quarry activity ... -
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 ... -
The Soapstone of Norse Greenland
Høegsberg, Mogens Skaaning (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)The article presents an overview of Norse Greenlandic portable objects of soapstone, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation (2009). An analysis of 1168 artefacts from six Norse sites and their comparison with soapstone ... -
Soapstone Quarrying, a Stoneworker’s Approach
Stavsøien, Eva (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Practical activities are best expressed and understood through practice. Present understanding of former times’ crafts practice are mainly based on theoretical interpretations of the traces and products left behind. By ... -
Soapstone Vessels from Town and Country in Viking Age and Early Medieval Western Norway. A Study of Provenance
Hansen, Gitte; Jansen, Øystein J.; Heldal, Tom (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)In this study geological and archaeological data and analytic methods are combined and explored to find the geological source for 146 late Iron Age/Viking Age and early medieval soapstone vessels from the Hordaland region ... -
Trade and Hierarchy: The Viking Age Soapstone Vessel Production and Trade of Agder, Norway
Schou, Torbjørn Preus (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)The Viking Age soapstone vessel production and trade in Norway was a spatially allocated enterprise due to limited access to raw materials and the logistically confining topography of the country’s rugged landscapes. In ... -
A Versatile Resource - The Procurement and Use of Soapstone in Norway and The North Atlantic Region
Hansen, Gitte; Storemyr, Per (UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Soapstone is a remarkable rock. While it is very workable due to a high content of talc, the softest known mineral in existence, it is also durable, heat-resistant and has a high heat storage capacity. These properties ...