LARM Investigations in Inner Finnmark 1: The Kárášjohka/Karasjok Region

Archaeological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes and Resource Management in Interior North Norway - Marianne Skandfer

Marianne Skandfer [+-]
Tromsø Museum – The University Museum, UIT - The Arctic University of Norway
Marianne Skandfer is Professor of Archaeology at The University Museum and Academy of Arts at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. Her research focuses on hunter-gatherer knowledge acquisition and transmission, specifically prehistoric technology transmission and resource management, including human-animal socialities. She has published several papers on, among other subjects, early ceramic technology, material culture and identity, and human-animal relations in northern, prehistoric, hunter-gatherer societies. She is currently primary investigator in a project looking at demography and settlement in Stone Age North Norway.
Bryan C. Hood [+-]
UiT - the Arctic University of Norway
Bryan C. Hood is Professor in Archaeology at UiT- the Arctic University of Norway, with a focus on hunter-gatherer settlement and social organization in the circumpolar region. In addition to northern Norway, he has worked in the Arctic/Subarctic transition zone of northeastern Canada (Labrador), Greenland, Baffin Island and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. His research interests include the organization of lithic technology, shellfish procurement and archaeological research history. Currently, he is exploring the use of pXRF in characterizing the chert sources of northern Norway, as well as the use of incremental growth in marine shells for seasonality determination.

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8.1. General Introduction 8.2. The Kárášjohka/Karasjok Region 8.3. The Iešjohka – Mollešjohka – Iešjávri Corridor 8.4. Regional Case Study: A Hunting-pit System at Jálgesvárri 8.5. The Jergul Region 8.6. Regional Case Study: An Early Metal Age Dwelling Site at Guovžadievvá 8.7. The Ássebákti – Kárášjohka Region 8.8. Regional Case Study: An Early Metal Age Multi-Phase House-Pit at Čoallajávri 8.9. Small-Scale Investigations 8.10. Discussion of Landscape Use

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Skandfer, Marianne; Hood, Bryan. LARM Investigations in Inner Finnmark 1: The Kárášjohka/Karasjok Region. Archaeological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes and Resource Management in Interior North Norway. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. May 2024. ISBN 9781781798171. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=33995. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.33995. May 2024

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