Contribution to the prehistory at Røst, Lofoten, North Norway, a multiproxy palaeoecological approach

• Main Author: Moe, Dagfinn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Dagfinn Moe, The natural historical collection, University of Bergen 2016
• Subjects: Remote community; Neolithic – Bronze - medieval Age; fish; birds; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Flat Island; Lofoten; Norway; Røst; North Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/12754

Archaeological, osteological and palynological data are presented and give evidence for use of the marginal and exposed archipelago Røst from the Neolithic onwards. Small sea level changes have affected the settled areas and have been the most critical elements. Partly 14C dated house pits, farm mou...