Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten
The sea as a point of view: A maritime approach to the Iron Age landscape in Vestvågøy, Norway. Vestvågøy, an island in the Lofoten archipelago, is well known in Scandinavian archaeology due to two massive Iron Age buildings at the Borg farm. Borg has been a popular subject for Iron Age research. Re...
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ftosloiunivojs:oai:ojs.www.journals.uio.no:article/7117 2023-05-15T15:45:46+02:00 Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten Fredriksen, Caroline 2019-11-15 application/pdf https://journals.uio.no/viking/article/view/7117 https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.7117 nor nor Norsk arkeologisk selskap https://journals.uio.no/viking/article/view/7117/6054 https://journals.uio.no/viking/article/view/7117 doi:10.5617/viking.7117 Viking; Vol 82 Viking; Vol. 82 2535-2660 0332-608X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftosloiunivojs https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.7117 2022-04-22T05:15:48Z The sea as a point of view: A maritime approach to the Iron Age landscape in Vestvågøy, Norway. Vestvågøy, an island in the Lofoten archipelago, is well known in Scandinavian archaeology due to two massive Iron Age buildings at the Borg farm. Borg has been a popular subject for Iron Age research. Research has mainly focused on agricultural aspects of the Iron Age society on Vestvågøy. Nevertheless, a large number of Iron Age graves are located on islets and headlands. These are not often considered in earlier contributions. In this paper, I explore how a maritime perspective can contribute to a new understanding of Iron Age Vestvågøy. The main premise is that the presence of the sea affects how people structure their landscapes. I view the Iron Age sites and the landscape from the sea: the main transport route in prehistoric coastal Norway. Although interpreted as a central place, Borg is located by a hidden bay north on the island, excluded from maritime communication lines. While some researchers suggest that the Buksnesfjord area was the location for another central place, the layout of the Buksnesfjord area differs from Borg. Through a GIS-based quantitative spatial study of Iron Age graves, I outline an alternative view of the Iron Age landscape. Article in Journal/Newspaper Borg Lofoten Vestvågøy University of Oslo (UiO): FRITT (E-Journals) Borg ENVELOPE(16.275,16.275,68.045,68.045) Buksnesfjord ENVELOPE(15.602,15.602,68.883,68.883) Buksnesfjorden ENVELOPE(13.600,13.600,68.114,68.114) Hidden Bay ENVELOPE(69.433,69.433,-49.217,-49.217) Lofoten Norway Vestvågøy ENVELOPE(13.611,13.611,68.148,68.148) Viking 82 |
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The sea as a point of view: A maritime approach to the Iron Age landscape in Vestvågøy, Norway. Vestvågøy, an island in the Lofoten archipelago, is well known in Scandinavian archaeology due to two massive Iron Age buildings at the Borg farm. Borg has been a popular subject for Iron Age research. Research has mainly focused on agricultural aspects of the Iron Age society on Vestvågøy. Nevertheless, a large number of Iron Age graves are located on islets and headlands. These are not often considered in earlier contributions. In this paper, I explore how a maritime perspective can contribute to a new understanding of Iron Age Vestvågøy. The main premise is that the presence of the sea affects how people structure their landscapes. I view the Iron Age sites and the landscape from the sea: the main transport route in prehistoric coastal Norway. Although interpreted as a central place, Borg is located by a hidden bay north on the island, excluded from maritime communication lines. While some researchers suggest that the Buksnesfjord area was the location for another central place, the layout of the Buksnesfjord area differs from Borg. Through a GIS-based quantitative spatial study of Iron Age graves, I outline an alternative view of the Iron Age landscape. |
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Fredriksen, Caroline Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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Fredriksen, Caroline |
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Fredriksen, Caroline |
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Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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Å tenke med havet: Et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom Buksnesfjorden og Borg på Vestvågøy i Lofoten |
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å tenke med havet: et maritimt perspektiv på jernalderlandskapet mellom buksnesfjorden og borg på vestvågøy i lofoten |
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Viking; Vol 82 Viking; Vol. 82 2535-2660 0332-608X |
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