Knut Ivar Austvoll

Im Hjortspringboot sollen vor über 2000 Jahren Angreifer über die Ostsee gepaddelt sein Das Hjortspringboot wurde vor mehr als 2000 Jahren mitsamt Waffen in einem Sumpf versenkt, vermutlich nach einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung. Jetzt soll sich aus dem zur Abdichtung des Bootes ver...

More than 2000 years ago, the inhabitants of an island deposited a boat and weapons in the Hjortspring bog. Had they defeated attackers who had paddled across the Baltic? @mfauvelle.bsky.social & colleagues present new evidence, and @kiaustvoll.bsky.social provides perspective. www.nzz.ch/ld.1915083

Nice day at the office - gathering water samples near key sites for our SCAPES project - one of our aims is to create a strontium isotope baseline map of Norway @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social

BTC Call for Action - EAA

EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.

Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

Two great days with the @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social team in Trøndelag, exploring rock art, burials, and stunning landscapes!

Contrasting strategies: Social organization and interaction in the Early Bronze Age of northwestern Scandinavia The transition to the Nordic Bronze Age included new technological innovations, social institutions and sociopolitical structures pushed by extensive …

New article out with @mfauvelle.bsky.social and Johan Ling. We discuss the intricate trade networks and social dynamics of northwestern Scandinavia during the Bronze Age, and how local strategies shaped broader European interactions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Follow our project as we investigate the population history of Norway between 2500 and 1000 BCE.

Seafaring and navigation in the Nordic Bronze Age: The application of an ocean voyage tool and boat performance data for comparing direct open water crossings with sheltered coastal routes This study presents an “ocean voyaging tool” that combines predicted vessel performance data with agent-based simulations. This tool offers a new way to assess navigation and seafaring abilities in pr...

Really happy to see this paper finally out with Boel Bengtsson et al. We used ABM to simulate maritime contacts between Norway and Denmark, comparing direct sea crossings to coastal voyaging during the Nordic Bronze Age! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Seafaring and navigation in the Nordic Bronze Age: The application of an ocean voyage tool and boat performance data for comparing direct open water crossings with sheltered coastal routes This study presents an “ocean voyaging tool” that combines predicted vessel performance data with agent-based simulations. This tool offers a new way to assess navigation and seafaring abilities in pr...

Our paper on ocean voyaging in the Bronze Age was just published in PLOS One - have a read: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

New paper presenting a never before published corpus of LN and #BronzeAge houses out in European Journal of Archaeology today, OA at doi: 10.1017/eaa.2024.50

Results challenge the dominant narrative of Scandinavian housing. Among other how people in SE-Norway built small, uniform houses 👇🏾

A PhD fellowship in archaeology is available at the University of Oslo.

164 millioner kroner til nye FRIPRO-prosjekter I dag får 17 nye prosjekter tildelt midler fra FRIPRO. Fellesnevneren for prosjektene er at de holder høy vitenskapelig kvalitet og har stort potensial for å flytte forskningsfronten på sine felt.

Some great news today, we have received 12 million NOK from NFR for our project "Social Complexity and Population Entanglements in Norway 2500-1000 BCE" www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2024...

Nordic Bronze Age Economies Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Nordic Bronze Age Economies

Our book on the Nordic Bronze Age is finally out! It is open access here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

PhD position in archaeology (271185) | University of Bergen Job title: PhD position in archaeology (271185), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

PhD position available in Bergen www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #archaeology #phd

Postdoctoral position in Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

Hi y'all, I have this really awesome 2.5y postdoc open in my group here @aarhusuni.bsky.social, on gene-culture coevolution in the European Upper Palaeolithic. international.au.dk/about/profil... - deadline Jan 15; get in touch if you are interested.

Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change examines the relationships between burial practices and societal transformations in the past. This book highlights the centrality of...

If you're interested in archaeology and burial practices you should check out our new OA book co-edited by myself and the wonderful @selsvold.bsky.social, with chapters by among others @rachelcrellin.bsky.social, @gzornetta.bsky.social, and @livnstutz.bsky.social!
www.routledge.com/Archaeologic...

PhD Research Fellow in Glacial Archaeology (268820) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Glacial Archaeology (268820), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, January 5, 2025

Two very exciting PhD opportunities in Oslo, one on Bronze Age rock art, the other on Glacial Archaeology.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr

New issue of Primitive Tider is out now journals.uio.no/PT/issue/vie...