• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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. ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• Expanding Horizons in North Atlantic Archaeology 

  Mooney, Dawn Elise; Guðmundsdóttir, Lísabet; Dahl, Barbro; Roberts, Howell; Ramstad, Morten (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

• Recent archaeological surveys in Ryfylke, with examples from Sandsa, Grasdalen and Forsandmoen 

  Svensson, Jennica; Dahl, Solveig Roti (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  In 2015, Rogaland County Council began the most extensive archaeological surveys in the mountain areas of Ryfylke since the development of hydropower came to a halt in the 1980s. This article aims to demonstrate how such ...

• Skuggi landnám farm and site economy in transition: an assessment of the Structure A and household midden remains from the Viking Age to the Medieval period 

  Harrison, Ramona; Roberts, Howell M. (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  This paper provides an initial overview and assessment of the Skuggi Settlement Era farm in Hörgárdalur, Eyjafjörður. Excavations on the marginal site in 2008-09 resulted in organic and inorganic remains collected from a ...

• Living on the edge: patterns of agrarian settlement and land-use in the fjord landscape of Inner Sunnmøre 

  Dahle, Kristoffer; Busengdal, Susanne (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  In 2005 the Geiranger fjord entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, as a central part of the Western Norwegian Fjord landscape. It represents a marginal agrarian landscape, with small iconic farms situated on ledges and ...

• Preface 

  Mooney, Dawn Elise; Guðmundsdóttir, Lísabet; Dahl, Barbro; Roberts, Howell; Ramstad, Morten (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

• Expanding Horizons. Settlement Patterns and Outfield Land Use in the Norse North Atlantic 

  Mooney, Dawn Elise; Guðmundsdóttir, Lísabet; Dahl, Barbro; Roberts, Howell; Ramstad, Morten (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Book, 2022)

• Haymaking as the driving force for shieling use from the Viking Age/early Medieval Period: a comparative study of two outfield areas in southwestern Norway 

  Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  This paper focuses on the southernmost group of shielings in Norway where haymaking was the driving force for the shieling practice. Two shieling zones in the county of Rogaland that differ in respect to relief and proximity ...

• Wood resource exploitation in the Norse North Atlantic: a review of recent research and future directions 

  Mooney, Dawn Elise; Pinta, Élie; Guðmundsdóttir, Lísabet (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  The North Atlantic islands have always been relatively wood-poor. Nonetheless, from the Viking Age they were home to Norse settlers who in their homelands relied significantly on wood resources for the production of a huge ...

• Settlement and subsistence strategies in western Norway: examples from two deserted medieval farms 

  Nesset, Therese; Hjelle, Kari Loe (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  Two deserted medieval farms are investigated: the coastal Høybøen farm, located on an island on the western coast of Norway, and the inland Hellaug farm located in an upland but low-lying mountain valley. Both farms were ...

• Beyond the farmstead: the role of dispersed dwellings in the settlement of Iceland 

  Catlin, Kathryn A.; Bolender, Douglas J. (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  Norse farms of the Viking Age were organised in diverse ways, and adaptable to the variety of geographic, social, and ecological circumstances throughout Scandinavia and the Norse diaspora. Scandinavian farms show a range ...

• Settlement, resources and routes in Iron Age Forsand 

  Dahl, Barbro (UBAS – Universitetet i Bergen Arkeologiske Skrifter;13, Chapter, 2022)

  Forsandmoen is a prehistoric settlement site continuously in use from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age. This paper uses the large settlement as a case study to explore the duality of the agrarian and the outfield ...

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