From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway
Several soapstone quarries are found along the coast of Helgeland in north Norway, including some on islands in the mouth of Vefsnfjorden, where there are significant ancient workings. Several medieval stone churches in the area are built of soapstone. Soapstone vessels are found in grave mounds fro...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2489076 2023-05-15T16:34:07+02:00 From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway Berglund, Birgitta Heldal, Tom Grenne, Tor 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2489076 eng eng UBAS Universitetet i Bergen Soapstone in the North. Quarries, Products and People. 7000 BC - AD 1700 http://bora.uib.no/ Norges forskningsråd: 210449 urn:isbn:978-82-90273-90-8 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2489076 cristin:1507797 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no CC-BY-NC-SA 329-358 VDP::Nordisk arkeologi: 091 VDP::Nordic archaeology: 091 Chapter 2017 ftntnutrondheimi 2019-09-17T06:53:30Z Several soapstone quarries are found along the coast of Helgeland in north Norway, including some on islands in the mouth of Vefsnfjorden, where there are significant ancient workings. Several medieval stone churches in the area are built of soapstone. Soapstone vessels are found in grave mounds from the Viking Age. In farm mounds, everyday utensils and rough-outs made from soapstone are commonly found. The most important quarries are briefly presented here, along with the soapstone churches. Provenance studies are used to determine from which quarries the soapstone used in the churches came. The results indicate that such studies may tell us much about the ownership and control of the quarries, the distribution of soapstone for building purposes, the builders of the churches and aspects related to the production and quarrying of soapstone used for building purposes. publishedVersion Published by UBAS Universitetet i Bergen. Under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Book Part Helgeland North Norway NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Bergen Helgeland Norway Vefsnfjorden ENVELOPE(12.611,12.611,65.905,65.905) |
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Several soapstone quarries are found along the coast of Helgeland in north Norway, including some on islands in the mouth of Vefsnfjorden, where there are significant ancient workings. Several medieval stone churches in the area are built of soapstone. Soapstone vessels are found in grave mounds from the Viking Age. In farm mounds, everyday utensils and rough-outs made from soapstone are commonly found. The most important quarries are briefly presented here, along with the soapstone churches. Provenance studies are used to determine from which quarries the soapstone used in the churches came. The results indicate that such studies may tell us much about the ownership and control of the quarries, the distribution of soapstone for building purposes, the builders of the churches and aspects related to the production and quarrying of soapstone used for building purposes. publishedVersion Published by UBAS Universitetet i Bergen. Under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. |
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Berglund, Birgitta Heldal, Tom Grenne, Tor |
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From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway |
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From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway |
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From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway |
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From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway |
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From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway |
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from soapstone quarries to churches: control, ownership and transport along the helgeland coast in north norway |
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UBAS Universitetet i Bergen |
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2017 |
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ENVELOPE(12.611,12.611,65.905,65.905) |
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Bergen Helgeland Norway Vefsnfjorden |
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Helgeland North Norway |
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Helgeland North Norway |
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