Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway
The development of specialized and commercial fishing activity in the island archipelago of Lofoten and Vestera°len in northern Norway is a critical foundation from which to understand the subsequent spread of commercial fishing across the north Atlantic region during the medieval and early modern p...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/656 2024-06-02T08:10:09+00:00 Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway Simpson, Ian Perdikaris, Sophia Cook, Gordon Campbell, John L Teesdale, William J Biological and Environmental Sciences City University of New York SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory University of Guelph orcid:0000-0003-2447-7877 2000-12 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/656 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/656/1/aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf en eng John Wiley & Sons Simpson I, Perdikaris S, Cook G, Campbell JL & Teesdale WJ (2000) Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway. Geoarchaeology, 15 (8), pp. 743-763. https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548%28200012%2915%3A8%3C743%3A%3AAID-GEA1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-S http://hdl.handle.net/1893/656 doi:10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S 2-s2.0-0347367392 833707 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/656/1/aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository. Please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author; you can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved 3000-01-01 [aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work. Journal Article VoR - Version of Record 2000 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S 2024-05-07T04:30:11Z The development of specialized and commercial fishing activity in the island archipelago of Lofoten and Vestera°len in northern Norway is a critical foundation from which to understand the subsequent spread of commercial fishing across the north Atlantic region during the medieval and early modern period. One little understood aspect of this development is the relationship between medieval commercial fishing stations (fiskevaer) and earlier fishing activity. In this article, cultural sediment deposits at Langenesværet, Vestera°len, Northern Norway provide an opportunity to examine this relationship and its implications for current historical models of fishing development in northern Norway and the north Atlantic region. Conventional and AMS radiocarbon dating techniques are used to establish a chronology for the deposits, while activities associated with the sediments are characterized using thin-section micromorphology supported by proton induced X-ray emission spectrometry (PIXE). The results suggest that the site commenced formation as early as ca. 3000 B.C. and that the site was first used for specialized fishing activity from the early centuries A.D. The medieval commercial fiskevaer settlement at Langenesværet was introduced to an area that had a longstanding tradition of specialised fishing activity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lofoten North Atlantic Northern Norway Vesterålen University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Lofoten Norway Vesterålen ENVELOPE(14.939,14.939,68.754,68.754) |
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The development of specialized and commercial fishing activity in the island archipelago of Lofoten and Vestera°len in northern Norway is a critical foundation from which to understand the subsequent spread of commercial fishing across the north Atlantic region during the medieval and early modern period. One little understood aspect of this development is the relationship between medieval commercial fishing stations (fiskevaer) and earlier fishing activity. In this article, cultural sediment deposits at Langenesværet, Vestera°len, Northern Norway provide an opportunity to examine this relationship and its implications for current historical models of fishing development in northern Norway and the north Atlantic region. Conventional and AMS radiocarbon dating techniques are used to establish a chronology for the deposits, while activities associated with the sediments are characterized using thin-section micromorphology supported by proton induced X-ray emission spectrometry (PIXE). The results suggest that the site commenced formation as early as ca. 3000 B.C. and that the site was first used for specialized fishing activity from the early centuries A.D. The medieval commercial fiskevaer settlement at Langenesværet was introduced to an area that had a longstanding tradition of specialised fishing activity. |
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Simpson, Ian Perdikaris, Sophia Cook, Gordon Campbell, John L Teesdale, William J |
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Simpson, Ian Perdikaris, Sophia Cook, Gordon Campbell, John L Teesdale, William J Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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Simpson, Ian Perdikaris, Sophia Cook, Gordon Campbell, John L Teesdale, William J |
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Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway |
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cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at langenesværet, vesterålen, northern norway |
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John Wiley & Sons |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/656 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/656/1/aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf |
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Simpson I, Perdikaris S, Cook G, Campbell JL & Teesdale WJ (2000) Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway. Geoarchaeology, 15 (8), pp. 743-763. https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548%28200012%2915%3A8%3C743%3A%3AAID-GEA1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-S http://hdl.handle.net/1893/656 doi:10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S 2-s2.0-0347367392 833707 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/656/1/aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf |
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The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository. Please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author; you can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved 3000-01-01 [aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work. |
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