Browsing Publication series by Author "Albris, Sofie Laurine"
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The Iron Age and Medieval portage at Haraldseid, southwest Norway. Legends, place names and archaeology
Reiersen, Håkon; Kvæstad, Christopher Fredrik (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)The old Norse term eið occurs in many Scandinavian place names. It denotes a passage over land between two trafficable waters, i.e., an isthmus which could be utilised as a portage for boats, people and cargo. Thus, the ... -
Place names as a resource for evaluating Iron Age central place complexes in the coastal landscape of northern Trøndelag, Central Norway
Maixner, Birgit (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)Archaeological research on Iron Age central place complexes in Norway has been limited so far compared to Denmark and Sweden, but especially little has been learnt about centres of power in the coastal landscape of northern ... -
Place names types and their distribution – what do they signify?
Gammeltoft, Peder (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)This article is a work-in-progress detailing how the digitization of the central Norwegian settlement name source, Norske Gaardnavne by Oluf Rygh can be used in advancing place name research and spread the results to other ... -
Placing Place Names in Norwegian Archaeology. Current Discussions and Future Perspectives
Albris, Sofie Laurine (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Book, 2023) -
Placing place names in Norwegian archaeology. Key themes, challenges and reflections
Albris, Sofie Laurine; Vasshus, Krister SK (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)Archaeological discoveries are forwarding new understandings of the settlement history all over Scandinavia, encouraging us to re-evaluate traditional views on the place name material. But how can place names inform the ... -
Plural tuna-names in Norway
Vikstrand, Per (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)This paper investigates the settlements with plural tuna-names in Norway, with the objective to investigate if they, as their East Scandinavian counterparts, show indications of centrality during the Scandinavian Iron Age. ... -
The process of recording the Sámi place names at Stuorgieddi in the region of southern Troms, Northern Norway
Storm, Dikka (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)Studies from a Sámi settlement on the island of Iinnasuolu in the region of Southern Troms, Northern Norway, where a large number of traces in the outlying fields from earlier settlements are localised, were the point of ... -
Settlements without names, names without settlements – and the transformation to an occupied landscape
Grønnesby, Geir (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;14, Chapter, 2023)Archaeological settlement surveys have shown marked differences in the settlement structure between the Early and Late Iron Age. The historic Norwegian farm seems to be established at the end of the 6th century. This has ... -
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 ...