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

Volume 1 and Volume 2 (set)

Edited by Marianne Skandfer Edited by Hans Peter Blankholm Edited by Bryan C. Hood

Book cover: Archaeological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes and Resource Management in Interior North Norway

Extent: 844 pages

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2024)

ISBN: 9781781798171

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $420.00

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For a century, Stone Age research on the coast of north Norway has been influential on settlement studies in the larger region. Research on Stone Age and Sami coastal sites has brought forward central debates in the general archaeology in Fennoscandia. Our knowledge of the inland has on the other hand, been week, geographically skewed towards the larger river valleys and exhibiting major chronological gaps, the reality of which was unknown. From 2008 to 2013 the LARM project (Landscape and Resource Management) was aimed at generating new archaeological knowledge of the inland and integrating it with old, mostly unpublished, data derived from hydroelectric development projects implemented in the 1970s and 1980s. This book is the result of that effort. The book is framed conceptually by a general approach to hunter-gatherer landscape use. This is discussed also in relation to the transition from hunting to reindeer herding among the indigenous Sami in the region under study. Sami landscape practices and knowledge constitute an important baseline, with circumpolar perspectives integrated. The archaeological and historical data investigated in the book range from about 7500 BC until the Early Modern period (AD 1500-1700).

Landscape and Resource Management in Interior Sapmi, North Norway Bryan C. Hood, Marianne Skandfer Culture-History Overview: From Ethnography towards Archaeology Marianne Skandfer Concepts and Methods Bryan C. Hood, Marianne Skandfer Reflections on Living in Landscapes Bryan C. Hood, Marianne Skandfer Modern Ecological Structure and Lithic Resources of Northern Norway Hans Peter Blankholm, Bryan C. Hood Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions Bryan C. Hood, Hans Peter Blankholm Previous Archaeological Research in Interior Finnmark and Troms Marianne Skandfer, Bryan C. Hood, Hans Peter Blankholm LARM Investigations in Inner Finnmark 1: The Karajohka/Karasjok Region Marianne Skandfer, Bryan C. Hood LARM Investigations in Inner Finnmark 2: Small Investigations in Western Finnmark and Investigations of House-Pits in the Bacheveaij/Pasvik and Deatnu/Tana River Valleys, Eastern Finnmark Marianne Skandfer, Bryan C. Hood LARM Investigations in Inner Troms 1: Altevatn - Leinvatn and Vuolit Rostojavri/ Lille Rostavatn Hans Peter Blankholm LARM Investigations in Inner Troms 2: The Guomojavrrit Region Asgeir Svestad House Pits in the Northern Interior Hans Peter Blankholm, Marianne Skandfer Hunting-Pit Systems in the Northern Interior Bryan C. Hood Settlement Models for Interior Finnmark Bryan C. Hood The Emergence of Reindeer Herding in North Norway, Part I: Improvisations on Two Scales Bryan C. Hood The Emergence of Reindeer Herding in North Norway Part 2: Archaeological and Historical Evidence Bryan C. Hood Historical Sources and Ethnographic Analogies: The Early Modern Sami of Inner Finnmark as Seen Through the Swedish Tax Records, 1553-1752 Bryan C. Hood Pollen Analytical Investigations in Finnmark Helge Irgens Heg Conclusions. Resource Management and Landscape Use in a Long-Term Perspective Marianne Skandfer, Hans Peter Blankholm, Bryan C. Hood

  • Edited by Marianne Skandfer
  • Edited by Hans Peter Blankholm
  • Edited by Bryan C. Hood