Rebecca J S Cannell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1083560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca J S Cannell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca J S |
| FAMILY NAME | Cannell |
| SIGNATURE | CANNELL R J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7416-8189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sedimentary ancient DNA metagenomic analysis provides new insights into farming in central Norway from the Bronze Age to late Medieval period
Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has been proposed as a key methodology for reconstructing paleoclimates and biodiversity over time. To a lesser extent, it has been explored as a complementary tool for reconstructing human-driven local environmental changes over time, such as those explored in open air archaeological sites. Our study employs a sedaDNA metagenomic approach to investigate land use and environmental change at the archaeological sit…
Environmental Context in Preventative Archaeology
Human-environmental interaction in medieval urban spaces, Environmental and geomorphological reconstruction via coring
The ghostly features of Odberg
Burial mounds remain detectable in GPR data even after destruction. Soil analyses identify podzolisation as key factor for their detectability
Hvorfor Hundorp? Nytt lys på gudbrandsættens maktsenter
Hundorp is considered one of the most important Viking Age sites in inland Eastern Norway. However, our knowledge of the site is blurred by a mix of fact, fiction, and folklore, and little is known regarding its development and role in the overall power dynamics of the time. In this article, we present a whole new body of antiquarian, geophysical, and archaeological proxies, including the latest pagan burial documented so far in the region, and d…
On the definition and practice of Geoarchaeology
Tanker omkring definisjon og praktisering av geoarkeologi Utviklingen av geoarkeologi som en arkeologisk disiplin har en lang historie og kan sies å begynne med bruken av geologiske tilnærminger til arkeologiske problemstillinger på 1800-tallet. Selve begrepet geoarkeologi dukket for første gang opp på 1980-tallet, og faget har i dag vokst til en slik grad at det undervises ved mange universiteter som en spesialisert underdisiplin. Til tross for …
Ship Mounds Matter
This article discusses the construction details of the mounds erected over large Viking ship burials in Norway and shows that they form an integral part of mortuary practice. Moreover, elements of the construction that are potentially unique to this type of monument are repeated, suggesting a knowledge of the properties of materials and their inter-relationships within the mounds. Here, referencing between and within the mounds is considered alon…
What Makes a Mound? Earth-Sourced Materials in Late Iron Age Burial Mounds
The interpretation of Late Iron Age burial mounds often focuses exclusively on the discovered contents, the social identity or role of the interred and the economic and political implications that can be extracted. This article considers the mound itself as a basis for archaeological interpretation, and attempts to place substantial late Iron Age burial mounds within the landscape they are made of. Within these burial mounds internal references t…
Geochemical analysis of the truncated Viking Age trading settlement of Heimdalsjordet, Norway
Single and multielement archaeological geochemistry has been applied to research and rescue projects for many decades to enhance our understanding of the past use of space. Often applied on one contextual plane, this ignores the complex palimpsest resulting from past occupation and soil processes. Furthermore, many important sites are now heavily truncated by plowing, leaving little more than negative features below the homogenized topsoil. These…
Constructing and deconstructing the Gokstad mound
Viking Age burial mounds are usually interpreted with reference to their exterior dimensions, the funerary treatment of the deceased and the artefacts placed within them. The process of constructing these mounds, however, may also have played an important role in funerary traditions. Investigations at the Gokstad mound in Norway demonstrate that the building of this mound-in terms of its phases and material expressions-formed an integral part of …
Delineating an Unmarked Graveyard by High-Resolution GPR and pXRF Prospection
The lack of accurate locational information on abandoned medieval and later graveyards constitutes a considerable challenge to national and local bodies tasked with their protection and management. These sites are increasingly in danger of destruction due to climatic changes, intensified farming schemes or developmental encroachment, and there is an ever-growing need to develop nonintrusive methods to ensure their detection and delineation so tha…
Archaeological prospection of a specialized cooking‐pit site at Lunde in Vestfold, Norway
In September 2010, an exceptionally large cooking‐pit site was discovered by means of geophysical prospection at Lunde in Vestfold County, Norway. The site contains in excess of 1000 cooking‐pits and is, to date, one of the largest of its kind discovered in Scandinavia. Features known as cooking‐pits are ubiquitous on Northern European archaeological sites. Despite research spanning decades, however, the true function and role of this rather non‐…
Geochemical analysis of the truncated Viking Age trading settlement of Heimdalsjordet, Norway
Single and multielement archaeological geochemistry has been applied to research and rescue projects for many decades to enhance our understanding of the past use of space. Often applied on one contextual plane, this ignores the complex palimpsest resulting from past occupation and soil processes. Furthermore, many important sites are now heavily truncated by plowing, leaving little more than negative features below the homogenized topsoil. These…
Ship Mounds Matter
This article discusses the construction details of the mounds erected over large Viking ship burials in Norway and shows that they form an integral part of mortuary practice. Moreover, elements of the construction that are potentially unique to this type of monument are repeated, suggesting a knowledge of the properties of materials and their inter-relationships within the mounds. Here, referencing between and within the mounds is considered alon…
What Makes a Mound? Earth-Sourced Materials in Late Iron Age Burial Mounds
The interpretation of Late Iron Age burial mounds often focuses exclusively on the discovered contents, the social identity or role of the interred and the economic and political implications that can be extracted. This article considers the mound itself as a basis for archaeological interpretation, and attempts to place substantial late Iron Age burial mounds within the landscape they are made of. Within these burial mounds internal references t…
Constructing and deconstructing the Gokstad mound
Viking Age burial mounds are usually interpreted with reference to their exterior dimensions, the funerary treatment of the deceased and the artefacts placed within them. The process of constructing these mounds, however, may also have played an important role in funerary traditions. Investigations at the Gokstad mound in Norway demonstrate that the building of this mound-in terms of its phases and material expressions-formed an integral part of …
Archaeological prospection of a specialized cooking‐pit site at Lunde in Vestfold, Norway
In September 2010, an exceptionally large cooking‐pit site was discovered by means of geophysical prospection at Lunde in Vestfold County, Norway. The site contains in excess of 1000 cooking‐pits and is, to date, one of the largest of its kind discovered in Scandinavia. Features known as cooking‐pits are ubiquitous on Northern European archaeological sites. Despite research spanning decades, however, the true function and role of this rather non‐…
Archaeological prospection of a specialized cooking‐pit site at Lunde in Vestfold, Norway
In September 2010, an exceptionally large cooking‐pit site was discovered by means of geophysical prospection at Lunde in Vestfold County, Norway. The site contains in excess of 1000 cooking‐pits and is, to date, one of the largest of its kind discovered in Scandinavia. Features known as cooking‐pits are ubiquitous on Northern European archaeological sites. Despite research spanning decades, however, the true function and role of this rather non‐…
Delineating an Unmarked Graveyard by High-Resolution GPR and pXRF Prospection
The lack of accurate locational information on abandoned medieval and later graveyards constitutes a considerable challenge to national and local bodies tasked with their protection and management. These sites are increasingly in danger of destruction due to climatic changes, intensified farming schemes or developmental encroachment, and there is an ever-growing need to develop nonintrusive methods to ensure their detection and delineation so tha…
Geochemical analysis of the truncated Viking Age trading settlement of Heimdalsjordet, Norway
Single and multielement archaeological geochemistry has been applied to research and rescue projects for many decades to enhance our understanding of the past use of space. Often applied on one contextual plane, this ignores the complex palimpsest resulting from past occupation and soil processes. Furthermore, many important sites are now heavily truncated by plowing, leaving little more than negative features below the homogenized topsoil. These…
Constructing and deconstructing the Gokstad mound
Viking Age burial mounds are usually interpreted with reference to their exterior dimensions, the funerary treatment of the deceased and the artefacts placed within them. The process of constructing these mounds, however, may also have played an important role in funerary traditions. Investigations at the Gokstad mound in Norway demonstrate that the building of this mound-in terms of its phases and material expressions-formed an integral part of …
On the definition and practice of Geoarchaeology
Tanker omkring definisjon og praktisering av geoarkeologi Utviklingen av geoarkeologi som en arkeologisk disiplin har en lang historie og kan sies å begynne med bruken av geologiske tilnærminger til arkeologiske problemstillinger på 1800-tallet. Selve begrepet geoarkeologi dukket for første gang opp på 1980-tallet, og faget har i dag vokst til en slik grad at det undervises ved mange universiteter som en spesialisert underdisiplin. Til tross for …
Ship Mounds Matter
This article discusses the construction details of the mounds erected over large Viking ship burials in Norway and shows that they form an integral part of mortuary practice. Moreover, elements of the construction that are potentially unique to this type of monument are repeated, suggesting a knowledge of the properties of materials and their inter-relationships within the mounds. Here, referencing between and within the mounds is considered alon…
What Makes a Mound? Earth-Sourced Materials in Late Iron Age Burial Mounds
The interpretation of Late Iron Age burial mounds often focuses exclusively on the discovered contents, the social identity or role of the interred and the economic and political implications that can be extracted. This article considers the mound itself as a basis for archaeological interpretation, and attempts to place substantial late Iron Age burial mounds within the landscape they are made of. Within these burial mounds internal references t…
Hvorfor Hundorp? Nytt lys på gudbrandsættens maktsenter
Hundorp is considered one of the most important Viking Age sites in inland Eastern Norway. However, our knowledge of the site is blurred by a mix of fact, fiction, and folklore, and little is known regarding its development and role in the overall power dynamics of the time. In this article, we present a whole new body of antiquarian, geophysical, and archaeological proxies, including the latest pagan burial documented so far in the region, and d…
Environmental Context in Preventative Archaeology
Human-environmental interaction in medieval urban spaces, Environmental and geomorphological reconstruction via coring
The ghostly features of Odberg
Burial mounds remain detectable in GPR data even after destruction. Soil analyses identify podzolisation as key factor for their detectability
Sedimentary ancient DNA metagenomic analysis provides new insights into farming in central Norway from the Bronze Age to late Medieval period
Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has been proposed as a key methodology for reconstructing paleoclimates and biodiversity over time. To a lesser extent, it has been explored as a complementary tool for reconstructing human-driven local environmental changes over time, such as those explored in open air archaeological sites. Our study employs a sedaDNA metagenomic approach to investigate land use and environmental change at the archaeological sit…
Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Viking Age (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ground-Penetrating Radar (3 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (3 works)