Fra steinalderforskningens pionértid på Jæren

The formative years of Stone Age research in Jæren (Southwest Norway) 1895–1920, with later contributions and future challenges This paper presents an overview of the efforts and scientific results of Stone Age research in Rogaland 1895–1920 by the archaeologists Gabriel Gustafson, Anton Brøgger and Helge Gjessing, and the entomologist Tor Helliesen, in investigating and trying to understand the early human settlement on the coastal plain of Jæren in Southwest Norway. They all were, in different respects, true pioneers working through a formative period of research 100–130 years ago, influenced and inspired by earlier achievements of Danish archaeology and biology. The results of the first excavations of the open-air site Holeheia in Klepp 1898–1901 and the Svarthåla (Viste) cave in Randaberg 1907–1910 are presented and evaluated in the light of later field investigations, analyses and radiocarbon dating of the actual sites and a few comparable Stone Age localities. Finally, the present status of research, some recent trends and future archaeological prospects in the Jæren region are emphasized

Archaeology · Art · Cave · Danish · Excavation · Geography · Radiocarbon dating · Stone Age · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology