Norway

Event Review: The Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archaeology 2023

Author(s)
Fredrik Bjønnes 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/4
The Norwegian forum for experimental archaeology (NFEA) 2023 was held on the 15th and 16th of September at Tingvatn Fornminnepark in Agder, Norway. Tingvatn, a part of the Vestagder museum, is well known in Norway as a museum where the main focus lies on experimental archeology and historical crafts. The director of Tingvatn fornminnepark, Katja Regevik, organized the seminar...

Scandinavian Arrowheads of the Viking Age, Their Manufacture and Distribution

Author(s)
Hector Cole 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the arrowheads used in the Viking Age and their distribution. The 187 excavation of Viking graves in the Black Earth of Birka region of Sweden, re-examined in 2019 by Price (Price, et al., 2019) and the finding of arrows and arrowheads where glaciers have melted in Norway, prompted my research into the forging techniques of specific arrowheads from these...

A Tablet Woven Band from the Oseberg Grave: Interpretation of Motif and Technique

Author(s)
Bente Skogsaas 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2022/3
In this article, the intention is to show the documentations behind the reconstruction of a tablet woven band from the Oseberg discovery catalogued as 13B2. Parts of the band are well preserved, and it is possible to interpret motifs and techniques with considerable confidence. Some parts are poorly preserved and are not possible to interpret clearly. By analysing the band, criteria were developed as ...

Pilot fires: Preliminary Report from Interdisciplinary Actualistic Fire Experiments

Author(s)
Silje Evjenth Bentsen 1,2,3 ✉,
Magnus Haaland 3,4,
Jovana Milic 3,,
Turid Hillestad Nel 3,,
Ole F. Unhammer 3,,
Elizabeth Velliky 3,
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2022/1
Hearth formation processes are complex. They involve multiple actions, reactions, and activities before, during, and after an active fire and can also impact a wide range of materials and sediments at an archaeological site. Archaeologists approach combustion features and formation processes from multiple analytical perspectives...

Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archeology

Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archeology
Date
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Organised by
Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archeology
Vest-Agder museums
Midgard Viking Centre / The Vestfold museums
Country
Norway

The Norwegian forum for experimental archeology will be held at Tingvatn and organized by the Vest-Agder museums.
Midgard Viking Centre / The Vestfold museums are co-hosting the forum.

More info to follow.