Knut Andreas Bergsvik
Biographic Data
| ID | 134575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Knut Andreas Bergsvik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Knut Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergsvik |
| SIGNATURE | BERGSVIK K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1151-773X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Fordeling av steinalderens løsfunn og boplassfunn i Vestland
Fordeling av steinalderens løsfunn og boplassfunn i Vestland Kontraster og konsekvenser for forskning og forvaltning
Transport Patterns as Heuristic Testing Variables for the Social Coherence of Taxonomic Units at Different Spatial Scales
Taxonomic units in archaeology strongly convey the assumption of a social connection between the people having left the sites attributed to these units. The (implicit) assumption is that people whose sites are attributed to the same unit had closer social relations among one another than they had to people whose sites are attributed to other taxonomic units, and that such social proximity is reflected in similarities in their material culture. It…
Knowledge from the ancient sea – a long-term perspective of human impact on aquatic life in Mesolithic Scandinavia
Lately, evidence for early-Holocene emerging sedentism has been suggested among foragers in Northern Europe. The core of this suggested sedentism lies in the increasing dependency on large-scale fishing and mass consumption of fish and a territorial behaviour associated with access to the best fishing locations. This territoriality might also be associated with increasing numbers of people settling and living in Northern Europe at this time. In t…
Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic-Old questions, novel perspectives
The bond mechanism between steel and concrete can be compromised during a fire and is one of the least investigated phenomena in concrete research. In this work we present a thorough review of the experimental data available on this topic. The results from the tests reported by a number of researchers have been systematically collected in a database. This work also reports the results obtained in the bond strength tests carried out on four batche…
Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500-1500
Fjord fishing in Mesolithic Western Norway
Recent excavations at two rockshelters (Olsteinhelleren and Sævarhelleren) on the Hardanger fjord in Western Norway have provided an unparalleled opportunity to examine the Mesolithic subsistence economy of this region. Thousands of fish remains (as well as numerous mammal and bird bones) have been analysed from these assemblages. Results show that the fishery was dominated by gadids, but labrids and salmonids were also important. Many other fish…
Crafting Bone Tools in Mesolithic Norway
This article focuses on the production of bone tools during the seventh millennium cal BC. A large number of fishhooks and waste from fishhook production have been found at the sites of Sævarhelleren and Viste cave, in western Norway. The data have been studied by means of the chaîne opératoire concept, meaning that the artefacts are described and analysed in order to identify the different steps in the production process and to characterize the …
Caves in Context
Hesitant hunters
Evidence for the introduction of agriculture in western Norway is presented, using three categories of data: (1) palaeobotanical data, including pollen diagrams from lakes, bogs and archaeological sites, focusing on the presence of cereals, Plantago lanceolata L. and anthropogenic pollen indicators, and charred macro remains of cereals from archaeological sites; (2) osteological data, focusing on the occurrences of bones of cattle, sheep and goat…
Task Groups and Social Inequality in Early Neolithic Western Norway
In this contribution, a flexible definition of task group mobility is applied, one which allows for tasks other than food procurement to be sufficient motives for subgroup travelling among hunter-gatherers. It is held that task group mobility has economic, social and cosmogonical aspects. It is also argued that control of the task group moves may have represented a possible pathway to power among prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations. Examples …
Crafting Bone Tools in Mesolithic Norway
This article focuses on the production of bone tools during the seventh millennium cal BC. A large number of fishhooks and waste from fishhook production have been found at the sites of Sævarhelleren and Viste cave, in western Norway. The data have been studied by means of the chaîne opératoire concept, meaning that the artefacts are described and analysed in order to identify the different steps in the production process and to characterize the …
Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic-Old questions, novel perspectives
The bond mechanism between steel and concrete can be compromised during a fire and is one of the least investigated phenomena in concrete research. In this work we present a thorough review of the experimental data available on this topic. The results from the tests reported by a number of researchers have been systematically collected in a database. This work also reports the results obtained in the bond strength tests carried out on four batche…
Fjord fishing in Mesolithic Western Norway
Recent excavations at two rockshelters (Olsteinhelleren and Sævarhelleren) on the Hardanger fjord in Western Norway have provided an unparalleled opportunity to examine the Mesolithic subsistence economy of this region. Thousands of fish remains (as well as numerous mammal and bird bones) have been analysed from these assemblages. Results show that the fishery was dominated by gadids, but labrids and salmonids were also important. Many other fish…
Task Groups and Social Inequality in Early Neolithic Western Norway
In this contribution, a flexible definition of task group mobility is applied, one which allows for tasks other than food procurement to be sufficient motives for subgroup travelling among hunter-gatherers. It is held that task group mobility has economic, social and cosmogonical aspects. It is also argued that control of the task group moves may have represented a possible pathway to power among prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations. Examples …
Knowledge from the ancient sea – a long-term perspective of human impact on aquatic life in Mesolithic Scandinavia
Lately, evidence for early-Holocene emerging sedentism has been suggested among foragers in Northern Europe. The core of this suggested sedentism lies in the increasing dependency on large-scale fishing and mass consumption of fish and a territorial behaviour associated with access to the best fishing locations. This territoriality might also be associated with increasing numbers of people settling and living in Northern Europe at this time. In t…
Task Groups and Social Inequality in Early Neolithic Western Norway
In this contribution, a flexible definition of task group mobility is applied, one which allows for tasks other than food procurement to be sufficient motives for subgroup travelling among hunter-gatherers. It is held that task group mobility has economic, social and cosmogonical aspects. It is also argued that control of the task group moves may have represented a possible pathway to power among prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations. Examples …
Hesitant hunters
Evidence for the introduction of agriculture in western Norway is presented, using three categories of data: (1) palaeobotanical data, including pollen diagrams from lakes, bogs and archaeological sites, focusing on the presence of cereals, Plantago lanceolata L. and anthropogenic pollen indicators, and charred macro remains of cereals from archaeological sites; (2) osteological data, focusing on the occurrences of bones of cattle, sheep and goat…
Caves in Context
Crafting Bone Tools in Mesolithic Norway
This article focuses on the production of bone tools during the seventh millennium cal BC. A large number of fishhooks and waste from fishhook production have been found at the sites of Sævarhelleren and Viste cave, in western Norway. The data have been studied by means of the chaîne opératoire concept, meaning that the artefacts are described and analysed in order to identify the different steps in the production process and to characterize the …
Fjord fishing in Mesolithic Western Norway
Recent excavations at two rockshelters (Olsteinhelleren and Sævarhelleren) on the Hardanger fjord in Western Norway have provided an unparalleled opportunity to examine the Mesolithic subsistence economy of this region. Thousands of fish remains (as well as numerous mammal and bird bones) have been analysed from these assemblages. Results show that the fishery was dominated by gadids, but labrids and salmonids were also important. Many other fish…
Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500-1500
Knowledge from the ancient sea – a long-term perspective of human impact on aquatic life in Mesolithic Scandinavia
Lately, evidence for early-Holocene emerging sedentism has been suggested among foragers in Northern Europe. The core of this suggested sedentism lies in the increasing dependency on large-scale fishing and mass consumption of fish and a territorial behaviour associated with access to the best fishing locations. This territoriality might also be associated with increasing numbers of people settling and living in Northern Europe at this time. In t…
Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic-Old questions, novel perspectives
The bond mechanism between steel and concrete can be compromised during a fire and is one of the least investigated phenomena in concrete research. In this work we present a thorough review of the experimental data available on this topic. The results from the tests reported by a number of researchers have been systematically collected in a database. This work also reports the results obtained in the bond strength tests carried out on four batche…
Transport Patterns as Heuristic Testing Variables for the Social Coherence of Taxonomic Units at Different Spatial Scales
Taxonomic units in archaeology strongly convey the assumption of a social connection between the people having left the sites attributed to these units. The (implicit) assumption is that people whose sites are attributed to the same unit had closer social relations among one another than they had to people whose sites are attributed to other taxonomic units, and that such social proximity is reflected in similarities in their material culture. It…
Fordeling av steinalderens løsfunn og boplassfunn i Vestland
Fordeling av steinalderens løsfunn og boplassfunn i Vestland Kontraster og konsekvenser for forskning og forvaltning
Geography (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Biology (4 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 works) · Mesolithic (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Cave (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)