Terje Gansum
Biographic Data
| ID | 227829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terje Gansum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terje |
| FAMILY NAME | Gansum |
| SIGNATURE | GANSUM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vestfold fylkeskommune |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Archaeology of Earth
In this article, the author takes a closer look at mounds built of earth. The point of departure is that there is more to earth than building material. To pinpoint the view: earth is probably the main material for an archaeologist, not the attefacts. How do archaeologists treat earth? How is earth recorded when excavating, for instance, mounds? Ifwe focus on the possibilities we may ask: what is the element earth connected to or associated with? …
Halls at Borre
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
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‐…
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets
Bjørn Myhre 1938–2015
Bjorn Myhre died on the 28 September 2015 at the age of 77. Although he had been diagnosed in the 1990s as suffering from a serious disease, he continued his active engagement in research and manag
Role the bones – from iron to steel
Rituals and technology have many common structural features. Planned sequences of actions assure that goals are achieved. The actions are technical necessities, whereas rituals are actions impossible not to do. This work is the result of cooperation between an archaeologist and a smith. We wish to put forward thoughts on technological processes for carbonization of iron, i.e. making steel. The process can be divided into several phases, but the t…
The Ritual Stratigraphy of Monuments that Matter
This article focuses on one of the two big mounds at Haugar in Tønsberg, Norway, and the role they played in the constitution of the Norwegian kingdom. The monument we will discuss is dated to the ninth century AD. We argue that the stratigraphy represents the rituals performed. There are no finds of grave-goods, but the mound contains an enormous layer of charcoal. Our ambiguity towards designating all mounds as 'graves' seeks to open a wider ra…
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
The Ritual Stratigraphy of Monuments that Matter
This article focuses on one of the two big mounds at Haugar in Tønsberg, Norway, and the role they played in the constitution of the Norwegian kingdom. The monument we will discuss is dated to the ninth century AD. We argue that the stratigraphy represents the rituals performed. There are no finds of grave-goods, but the mound contains an enormous layer of charcoal. Our ambiguity towards designating all mounds as 'graves' seeks to open a wider ra…
Role the bones – from iron to steel
Rituals and technology have many common structural features. Planned sequences of actions assure that goals are achieved. The actions are technical necessities, whereas rituals are actions impossible not to do. This work is the result of cooperation between an archaeologist and a smith. We wish to put forward thoughts on technological processes for carbonization of iron, i.e. making steel. The process can be divided into several phases, but the t…
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
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‐…
The Archaeology of Earth
In this article, the author takes a closer look at mounds built of earth. The point of departure is that there is more to earth than building material. To pinpoint the view: earth is probably the main material for an archaeologist, not the attefacts. How do archaeologists treat earth? How is earth recorded when excavating, for instance, mounds? Ifwe focus on the possibilities we may ask: what is the element earth connected to or associated with? …
Halls at Borre
Bjørn Myhre 1938–2015
Bjorn Myhre died on the 28 September 2015 at the age of 77. Although he had been diagnosed in the 1990s as suffering from a serious disease, he continued his active engagement in research and manag
Role the bones – from iron to steel
Rituals and technology have many common structural features. Planned sequences of actions assure that goals are achieved. The actions are technical necessities, whereas rituals are actions impossible not to do. This work is the result of cooperation between an archaeologist and a smith. We wish to put forward thoughts on technological processes for carbonization of iron, i.e. making steel. The process can be divided into several phases, but the t…
The Ritual Stratigraphy of Monuments that Matter
This article focuses on one of the two big mounds at Haugar in Tønsberg, Norway, and the role they played in the constitution of the Norwegian kingdom. The monument we will discuss is dated to the ninth century AD. We argue that the stratigraphy represents the rituals performed. There are no finds of grave-goods, but the mound contains an enormous layer of charcoal. Our ambiguity towards designating all mounds as 'graves' seeks to open a wider ra…
Bjørn Myhre 1938–2015
Bjorn Myhre died on the 28 September 2015 at the age of 77. Although he had been diagnosed in the 1990s as suffering from a serious disease, he continued his active engagement in research and manag
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
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‐…
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
Halls at Borre
The Archaeology of Earth
In this article, the author takes a closer look at mounds built of earth. The point of departure is that there is more to earth than building material. To pinpoint the view: earth is probably the main material for an archaeologist, not the attefacts. How do archaeologists treat earth? How is earth recorded when excavating, for instance, mounds? Ifwe focus on the possibilities we may ask: what is the element earth connected to or associated with? …
Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (3 works) · Geophysical Methods and Applications (3 works) · Ground-Penetrating Radar (3 works) · Radar (3 works) · Remote sensing (3 works)