Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits
Manuscript. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 Seal hunting and whaling have played an important part of people’s livelihoods throughout prehistory as evidenced by rock carvings, remains of bones, artifacts from aquatic animals and hunting tools. This paper fo...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/10417 2023-05-15T17:43:21+02:00 Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits Nilsen, Gørill 2016-02-18 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10417 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 eng eng Springer Verlag Journal of Maritime Archaeology Nilsen G. Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 2016;11(2):197-217 FRIDAID 1338640 doi:10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 1557-2285 1557-2293 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10417 openAccess Marine Mammal Oil Slab-Lined Pits Northern Scandinavia Experimental Archaeology VDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090::Nordisk arkeologi: 091 VDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090::Nordic archeology: 091 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2016 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 2021-06-25T17:55:08Z Manuscript. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 Seal hunting and whaling have played an important part of people’s livelihoods throughout prehistory as evidenced by rock carvings, remains of bones, artifacts from aquatic animals and hunting tools. This paper focuses on one of 2 the more elusive resources relating to such activities: marine mammal blubber. Although marine blubber easily decomposes, the organic material has been documented from the Mesolithic Period onwards. Of particular interest in this article are the many structures in Northern Norway from the Iron Age and in Finland on Kökar, Åland from both the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in which these periods exhibited traits interpreted as being related to oil rendering from marine mammal blubber. The article discusses methods used in this oil production activity based on historical sources, archaeological investigations and experimental reconstruction of Iron Age slab-lined pits from Northern Norway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Journal of Maritime Archaeology 11 2 197 217 |
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Manuscript. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11457-016-9153-8 Seal hunting and whaling have played an important part of people’s livelihoods throughout prehistory as evidenced by rock carvings, remains of bones, artifacts from aquatic animals and hunting tools. This paper focuses on one of 2 the more elusive resources relating to such activities: marine mammal blubber. Although marine blubber easily decomposes, the organic material has been documented from the Mesolithic Period onwards. Of particular interest in this article are the many structures in Northern Norway from the Iron Age and in Finland on Kökar, Åland from both the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in which these periods exhibited traits interpreted as being related to oil rendering from marine mammal blubber. The article discusses methods used in this oil production activity based on historical sources, archaeological investigations and experimental reconstruction of Iron Age slab-lined pits from Northern Norway. |
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Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits |
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Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits |
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Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits |
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Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits |
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Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits |
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