The Prehistoric Expansion of Farming Into "Arctic" Norway: A Chronology Based on 14C Dating

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Johansen, Olav Sverre, Vorren, Karl-Dag
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: American Journal of Science 1986
• Subjects: Norway; archaeology; Holocene; stratigraphy; Europe; Western Europe; Scandinavia; bones; Cenozoic; Quaternary; geochronology; C 14; carbon; dates; isotopes; radioactive isotopes; absolute age; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/652833; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200007979

From the 12th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Trondheim, June 24-28, 1985. Palynologic and archaeologic studies using 14C dating indicate that elements of farming were introduced even further north than the Arctic Circle during the Neolithic period, ca 4000 BP. A second stage with heavier reliance on farming and with probable establishment of permanent farmsteads is dated to 2000-2500 BP. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [e-mail] for further information. Migrated from OJS platform February 2021