Hein B Bjerck
Biographic Data
| ID | 4121513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hein B Bjerck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hein B |
| FAMILY NAME | Bjerck |
| SIGNATURE | BJERCK H B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2851-5981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Words as Archaeological Objects: A Study of Marine Lifeways, Seascapes, and Coastal Environmental Knowledge in the Yagan-English Dictionary
Reverend Thomas Bridges’ Yagan-English dictionary (1879) has hitherto been little explored outside of linguistics but is highly valuable as a complementary source to archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile). The dictionary contains 22,800 entries and yields rich information concerning the marine lifeways of the Yagan and their and intimate knowledge about Fuegian seascapes. The idea behin…
From earth to sky: Large-scale archaeological settlement patterns in southernmost South America based on ground surveys, UAV LiDAR, and open access satellite imagery
UAV LiDAR in coastal environments: Archaeological case studies from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and Vega, Norway
LiDAR has become fairly integrated into archaeological practice at a global scale. This has gradually evolved to include UAV LiDAR. Nevertheless, considerable biases remain, including with regard to geographical regions, chronological periods, feature types and environments. At present, few studies of coastal environments exist, despite the fact that LiDAR—and UAV LiDAR in particular—has the obvious advantages of flexibility and time efficiency i…
Archaeology at Home: Notes on Things, Life and Time
Archaeology at Home takes a deep dive into the entanglements between humans and their things. It explores the notion that things themselves “remember” when left by “their” people and illustrates how the integration of humans and things involves connections running all the way from the present into deep time. Combining methods from contemporary and deep-time archaeology and balancing scholarly archaeology with personal narrative, Hein Bjerck prese…
What Could the ‘Sea Ice Machine’ do to its People? On Lateglacial Doggerland, Marine Foraging, and the Colonisation of Scandinavian Seascapes
‘Climate’ is rarely experienced directly – contrary to day-to-day ‘weather’ and ‘seasons’ that manifest in landscapes (‘weather-worlds’). This paper elaborates the role of sea ice and sea ice hunting outside the lateglacial Doggerland beaches. The winter–spring sea ice was a seasonal extension of the continental plains, and a potential meeting ground for the human hunters of the plains and the mammals of the sea. Here, the hunters could observe a…
Spatial patterning and occupation dynamics during the Early Holocene in an archaeological site from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: Binushmuka I
We explore the implications of the spatial structure of the artifact assemblages at the Binushmuka I site, located in the north coast of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego). Considering the expectations derived from ethno-archaeological models concerning settlement patterns, we assume here that the spatial distribution of artifacts, which mainly depend on the number and duration of the occupations and the size of the group, can be used to evalu…
Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland
Over the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged arrowheads from Scotland, it has also been discussed whether northern Britain was settled or visited from the north-east, by groups belonging to the Sc…
Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego
The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe. In the Scandinavian seascapes, both traveling and subsistence depended on seaworthy vessels. However, this highly mobile lifestyle was likewise dependent on settlements on firm ground. Departing from actor-network theory and symmetrical archaeology, I explore the stru…
Marine Ventures: Comparative Perspectives on the Dynamics of Early Human Approaches to the Seascapes of Tierra del Fuego and Norway
The Marine Ventures project seeks to increase our understanding of the early relations between humans and the sea, especially subsistence and maritime voyaging. Through comparative analysis, we are interested in how hunter-gatherer societies have adapted to environmental, material, and social surroundings in two different, yet similar settings: the archipelagos of Scandinavia and Patagonia. The similarities and differences in the natural and cult…
Looking With Both Eyes
On the Outer Fringe of the Human World: Phenomenological Perspectives on Anthropomorphic Cave Paintings in Norway
Colonizing Seascapes: Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Maritime Relations in Scandinavia and Patagonia
The lowering of global sea level during the Pleistocene by more than 100 m and subsequent inundation of coastal areas constitutes a problem in terms of general research on early maritime-oriented societies. However, post-glacial isostatic rise in glaciated regions has produced raised shorelines of Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene age, e.g., in Scandinavia, Patagonia, and North America. As these regions contain the oldest preserved coastal areas, t…
Norwegian Archaeological Review 1968–2008: True Trends
The 40th volume of Norwegian Archaeological Review (NAR) has arrived, safe and sound, with our subscribers. These four decades of scientific discourse – articles, discussions, book reviews – have b
Surroundings, Beginnings and Formation of a Journal – A Dialogue with NAR'sAlphaEditor Bjørn Myhre
Bjørn Myhre played a key role in the establishment of Norwegian Archaeological Review. All in all, 17 volumes of NAR were produced under his editorial leadership (1968–1978 and 1985–1990). Bjørn Myhre was born in Stavanger in 1938. He did his degree at the University of Bergen (1964), and has since been engaged in research, editing, culture heritage management, excavations, teaching and administration – in Stavanger, Bergen and Oslo. He has produ…
NAR Backstage
Stone Age settlement on Svalbard? A re-evaluation of previous finds and the results of a recent field survey
It is much easier to doubt than it is to believe in the existence of prehistoric hunters on Svalbard. Few researchers categorically deny the possibility of early settlers in this region, yet fewer still advocate the possibility. Since Christiansson and Simonsen (1970) presented artifacts discovered on Svalbard that may date from the Stone Age, no one has undertaken further serious survey work for prehistoric settlements on Svalbard. In this artic…
Reply to comments on the Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem
The Fosna—N⊘stvet problem. A consideration of archaeological units and chronozones in the South Norwegian Mesolithic period
The Tapes transgression has distorted the archaeological record, especially in the Western Norwegian Mesolithic Period. The concept of two distinct archaeological units, the ‘Fosna culture’ and the ‘N⊘stvet culture’, is mainly based on a ‘false contrast’ in the archaeological material, created by the transgression. A three‐phase model, similar to the provisional chronological framework for South‐eastern Norway, is indicated by the analysis of tra…
The Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem. A consideration of archaeological units and Chronozones in the South Norwegian Mesolithic period
The Tapes transgression has distorted the archaeological record, especially in the Western Norwegian Mesolithic Period. The concept of two distinct archaeological units, the ‘Fosna culture’ and the ‘N⊘stvet culture’, is mainly based on a ‘false contrast’ in the archaeological material, created by the transgression. A three‐phase model, similar to the provisional chronological framework for South‐eastern Norway, is indicated by the analysis of tra…
Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego
The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe. In the Scandinavian seascapes, both traveling and subsistence depended on seaworthy vessels. However, this highly mobile lifestyle was likewise dependent on settlements on firm ground. Departing from actor-network theory and symmetrical archaeology, I explore the stru…
The Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem. A consideration of archaeological units and Chronozones in the South Norwegian Mesolithic period
The Tapes transgression has distorted the archaeological record, especially in the Western Norwegian Mesolithic Period. The concept of two distinct archaeological units, the ‘Fosna culture’ and the ‘N⊘stvet culture’, is mainly based on a ‘false contrast’ in the archaeological material, created by the transgression. A three‐phase model, similar to the provisional chronological framework for South‐eastern Norway, is indicated by the analysis of tra…
Colonizing Seascapes: Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Maritime Relations in Scandinavia and Patagonia
The lowering of global sea level during the Pleistocene by more than 100 m and subsequent inundation of coastal areas constitutes a problem in terms of general research on early maritime-oriented societies. However, post-glacial isostatic rise in glaciated regions has produced raised shorelines of Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene age, e.g., in Scandinavia, Patagonia, and North America. As these regions contain the oldest preserved coastal areas, t…
Norwegian Archaeological Review 1968–2008: True Trends
The 40th volume of Norwegian Archaeological Review (NAR) has arrived, safe and sound, with our subscribers. These four decades of scientific discourse – articles, discussions, book reviews – have b
What Could the ‘Sea Ice Machine’ do to its People? On Lateglacial Doggerland, Marine Foraging, and the Colonisation of Scandinavian Seascapes
‘Climate’ is rarely experienced directly – contrary to day-to-day ‘weather’ and ‘seasons’ that manifest in landscapes (‘weather-worlds’). This paper elaborates the role of sea ice and sea ice hunting outside the lateglacial Doggerland beaches. The winter–spring sea ice was a seasonal extension of the continental plains, and a potential meeting ground for the human hunters of the plains and the mammals of the sea. Here, the hunters could observe a…
Spatial patterning and occupation dynamics during the Early Holocene in an archaeological site from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: Binushmuka I
We explore the implications of the spatial structure of the artifact assemblages at the Binushmuka I site, located in the north coast of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego). Considering the expectations derived from ethno-archaeological models concerning settlement patterns, we assume here that the spatial distribution of artifacts, which mainly depend on the number and duration of the occupations and the size of the group, can be used to evalu…
Words as Archaeological Objects: A Study of Marine Lifeways, Seascapes, and Coastal Environmental Knowledge in the Yagan-English Dictionary
Reverend Thomas Bridges’ Yagan-English dictionary (1879) has hitherto been little explored outside of linguistics but is highly valuable as a complementary source to archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile). The dictionary contains 22,800 entries and yields rich information concerning the marine lifeways of the Yagan and their and intimate knowledge about Fuegian seascapes. The idea behin…
Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland
Over the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged arrowheads from Scotland, it has also been discussed whether northern Britain was settled or visited from the north-east, by groups belonging to the Sc…
From earth to sky: Large-scale archaeological settlement patterns in southernmost South America based on ground surveys, UAV LiDAR, and open access satellite imagery
UAV LiDAR in coastal environments: Archaeological case studies from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and Vega, Norway
LiDAR has become fairly integrated into archaeological practice at a global scale. This has gradually evolved to include UAV LiDAR. Nevertheless, considerable biases remain, including with regard to geographical regions, chronological periods, feature types and environments. At present, few studies of coastal environments exist, despite the fact that LiDAR—and UAV LiDAR in particular—has the obvious advantages of flexibility and time efficiency i…
Surroundings, Beginnings and Formation of a Journal – A Dialogue with NAR'sAlphaEditor Bjørn Myhre
Bjørn Myhre played a key role in the establishment of Norwegian Archaeological Review. All in all, 17 volumes of NAR were produced under his editorial leadership (1968–1978 and 1985–1990). Bjørn Myhre was born in Stavanger in 1938. He did his degree at the University of Bergen (1964), and has since been engaged in research, editing, culture heritage management, excavations, teaching and administration – in Stavanger, Bergen and Oslo. He has produ…
Stone Age settlement on Svalbard? A re-evaluation of previous finds and the results of a recent field survey
It is much easier to doubt than it is to believe in the existence of prehistoric hunters on Svalbard. Few researchers categorically deny the possibility of early settlers in this region, yet fewer still advocate the possibility. Since Christiansson and Simonsen (1970) presented artifacts discovered on Svalbard that may date from the Stone Age, no one has undertaken further serious survey work for prehistoric settlements on Svalbard. In this artic…
Reply to comments on the Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem
The Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem. A consideration of archaeological units and Chronozones in the South Norwegian Mesolithic period
The Tapes transgression has distorted the archaeological record, especially in the Western Norwegian Mesolithic Period. The concept of two distinct archaeological units, the ‘Fosna culture’ and the ‘N⊘stvet culture’, is mainly based on a ‘false contrast’ in the archaeological material, created by the transgression. A three‐phase model, similar to the provisional chronological framework for South‐eastern Norway, is indicated by the analysis of tra…
Reply to comments on the Fosna‐N⊘stvet problem
The Fosna—N⊘stvet problem. A consideration of archaeological units and chronozones in the South Norwegian Mesolithic period
The Tapes transgression has distorted the archaeological record, especially in the Western Norwegian Mesolithic Period. The concept of two distinct archaeological units, the ‘Fosna culture’ and the ‘N⊘stvet culture’, is mainly based on a ‘false contrast’ in the archaeological material, created by the transgression. A three‐phase model, similar to the provisional chronological framework for South‐eastern Norway, is indicated by the analysis of tra…
Stone Age settlement on Svalbard? A re-evaluation of previous finds and the results of a recent field survey
It is much easier to doubt than it is to believe in the existence of prehistoric hunters on Svalbard. Few researchers categorically deny the possibility of early settlers in this region, yet fewer still advocate the possibility. Since Christiansson and Simonsen (1970) presented artifacts discovered on Svalbard that may date from the Stone Age, no one has undertaken further serious survey work for prehistoric settlements on Svalbard. In this artic…
NAR Backstage
Norwegian Archaeological Review 1968–2008: True Trends
The 40th volume of Norwegian Archaeological Review (NAR) has arrived, safe and sound, with our subscribers. These four decades of scientific discourse – articles, discussions, book reviews – have b
Surroundings, Beginnings and Formation of a Journal – A Dialogue with NAR'sAlphaEditor Bjørn Myhre
Bjørn Myhre played a key role in the establishment of Norwegian Archaeological Review. All in all, 17 volumes of NAR were produced under his editorial leadership (1968–1978 and 1985–1990). Bjørn Myhre was born in Stavanger in 1938. He did his degree at the University of Bergen (1964), and has since been engaged in research, editing, culture heritage management, excavations, teaching and administration – in Stavanger, Bergen and Oslo. He has produ…
Colonizing Seascapes: Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Maritime Relations in Scandinavia and Patagonia
The lowering of global sea level during the Pleistocene by more than 100 m and subsequent inundation of coastal areas constitutes a problem in terms of general research on early maritime-oriented societies. However, post-glacial isostatic rise in glaciated regions has produced raised shorelines of Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene age, e.g., in Scandinavia, Patagonia, and North America. As these regions contain the oldest preserved coastal areas, t…
On the Outer Fringe of the Human World: Phenomenological Perspectives on Anthropomorphic Cave Paintings in Norway
Marine Ventures: Comparative Perspectives on the Dynamics of Early Human Approaches to the Seascapes of Tierra del Fuego and Norway
The Marine Ventures project seeks to increase our understanding of the early relations between humans and the sea, especially subsistence and maritime voyaging. Through comparative analysis, we are interested in how hunter-gatherer societies have adapted to environmental, material, and social surroundings in two different, yet similar settings: the archipelagos of Scandinavia and Patagonia. The similarities and differences in the natural and cult…
Looking With Both Eyes
Lost and found twice: Discussion of an early post-glacial single-edged tanged point from Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland
Over the last few decades it has been shown that Scotland was settled – or at least occasionally visited – during the late Upper Palaeolithic period. The finds include diagnostic artefacts of Hamburgian, Federmesser and Ahrensburgian typology, but since Livens’ presentation in 1956 of three tanged arrowheads from Scotland, it has also been discussed whether northern Britain was settled or visited from the north-east, by groups belonging to the Sc…
Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego
The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe. In the Scandinavian seascapes, both traveling and subsistence depended on seaworthy vessels. However, this highly mobile lifestyle was likewise dependent on settlements on firm ground. Departing from actor-network theory and symmetrical archaeology, I explore the stru…
What Could the ‘Sea Ice Machine’ do to its People? On Lateglacial Doggerland, Marine Foraging, and the Colonisation of Scandinavian Seascapes
‘Climate’ is rarely experienced directly – contrary to day-to-day ‘weather’ and ‘seasons’ that manifest in landscapes (‘weather-worlds’). This paper elaborates the role of sea ice and sea ice hunting outside the lateglacial Doggerland beaches. The winter–spring sea ice was a seasonal extension of the continental plains, and a potential meeting ground for the human hunters of the plains and the mammals of the sea. Here, the hunters could observe a…
Spatial patterning and occupation dynamics during the Early Holocene in an archaeological site from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: Binushmuka I
We explore the implications of the spatial structure of the artifact assemblages at the Binushmuka I site, located in the north coast of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego). Considering the expectations derived from ethno-archaeological models concerning settlement patterns, we assume here that the spatial distribution of artifacts, which mainly depend on the number and duration of the occupations and the size of the group, can be used to evalu…
Archaeology at Home: Notes on Things, Life and Time
Archaeology at Home takes a deep dive into the entanglements between humans and their things. It explores the notion that things themselves “remember” when left by “their” people and illustrates how the integration of humans and things involves connections running all the way from the present into deep time. Combining methods from contemporary and deep-time archaeology and balancing scholarly archaeology with personal narrative, Hein Bjerck prese…
UAV LiDAR in coastal environments: Archaeological case studies from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and Vega, Norway
LiDAR has become fairly integrated into archaeological practice at a global scale. This has gradually evolved to include UAV LiDAR. Nevertheless, considerable biases remain, including with regard to geographical regions, chronological periods, feature types and environments. At present, few studies of coastal environments exist, despite the fact that LiDAR—and UAV LiDAR in particular—has the obvious advantages of flexibility and time efficiency i…
Words as Archaeological Objects: A Study of Marine Lifeways, Seascapes, and Coastal Environmental Knowledge in the Yagan-English Dictionary
Reverend Thomas Bridges’ Yagan-English dictionary (1879) has hitherto been little explored outside of linguistics but is highly valuable as a complementary source to archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile). The dictionary contains 22,800 entries and yields rich information concerning the marine lifeways of the Yagan and their and intimate knowledge about Fuegian seascapes. The idea behin…
From earth to sky: Large-scale archaeological settlement patterns in southernmost South America based on ground surveys, UAV LiDAR, and open access satellite imagery
Archaeology (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · History (11 works) · Geology (9 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 works) · History (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Mesolithic (5 works)