Steinalder

Den nye E39 strekker seg gjennom Lyngdal kommune. I høsten 2019 og våren 2020, gjennomførte arkeologene ved Agder fylkeskommune registreringen på strekning Herdal  - Røyskår. Det ble avdekket 8 automatiske fredete kulturminner innenfor planområdet (to hulveier, to hellere, to steinalderlokaliteter, en bosetting-aktivitetsområde fra romertid - folkevandringstid, og en postvei).

Neither coastal nor mountain – the use of inland areas close to the coast in the Stone Age. Old and new finds from Notodden, Telemark

During the 1930s, a local enthusiast discovered several Stone Age sites in Gransherad in Notodden, Telemark. Later, more sites have been discovered, and today more than 50 sites
in the area are known. The area is neither coastal, «deep» inland nor mountain, but located immediately inland of the concurrent coast. The sites and artefacts have been found and collected without archaeological excavation. The purpose of this article is twofold: Firstly, it will show how archaeological material, collected from several sites by non-archaeologists over almost 100 years, can be analysed and give information of the extensive use of this landscape zone throughout the Stone Age; Secondly it will show how this inland area, close to the coast, was utilized by the same people who also used the outer coast in the first half of
the Neolithic.

In this article, old and new sites are presented and iscussed. As none of the sites have been properly excavated by today’s standards, the duration and extent of each site is difficult
to infer. Inspired by perspectives from ethnoarchaeological research, the material is analysed more as a whole, rather than separate units. Based on this analysis, it is argued that the activity in the area peaked during the first half of the Neolithic, even if the material also shows continuity in the utilization of the area both earlier and later. The archaeological material bears witness of repeated visits by people who came to the area to hunt and exploit resources of the forest, river and lakes. It also implies that these people had good access to flint, polished flint axes and pottery, a find assemblage more often associated with coastal sites. Though probably underrepresented, local raw materials were also used, although not to the extent often seen further inland or in mountain areas. It is concluded that this immediate inland area close to the coast was used on a regular basis by the same people who also exploited the outer coast.

ARK1001 Eksamen 7d Høsten 2019

This paper is my 7-days exam from the autumn semester 2019. This essay is written in Norwegian and deals with rock art in Norway.
You are welcome to comment on this paper as that will only help me to get better both at writing and knowledge to my studies.

Grade on this paper is a B.

En nødutgraving ble gjort på Bjorøy i Hordaland, som følge av at et nytt tunellutslag "landet" midt i en steinalderlokalitet med yngre steinaldermateriale. Flere kontekster ble avdekket under lokaliteten.  Kontekstene ble tolket som boligstrukturer og aktivitetsområder. Spesifikke gjenstandskategorier ble utskilt til ulike områder i kontekstene-. De ble tolket som deler av utstyr til enkeltindivider. Det er gjort tankespill om hvordan enkeltpersoner har forholdt seg i sosiale strategier, og hvordan det sosiale samspillet har endret seg i forhold til status.

A rescue investigation was performed on Bjorøy in Hordaland, as a result of a new tunnel opening "landed" in a Stone Age site with Neolithic material. Several contexts were uncovered during the fieldwork. Contexts were interpreted as residential structures and activity areas. Specific subject categories were separated into different areas within the contexts-. They were interpreted as parts of equipment to individuals. The author has made some mind games about how individuals have behaved in social strategies, and how the social interaction has changed in relation to status during western norwegian neolithic.
Abstract in english.

De forskjellige planområdene for Ny E39 mellom Mandalselva og Lyngdal øst ble undersøkt med overflateregistrering, kontrollregistrert, maskinell sjakting og prøvestikking. I løpet av 2018 ble det registret 36 automatisk fredede lokaliteter, og ytterligere 36 nyere tid lokaliteter.

http://fylkeskonservatoren.vaf.no/fotoweb/archives/5006-Arkeologiske-rapporter/Arkeologiske%20rapporter/ArkReg-Mandal-17-09038.pdf.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5006-Arkeologiske-rapporter%2F