26. Gausvik
Et aktivitetsområde fra jernalder
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https://doi.org/10.7557/ga580e13Keywords:
Bronze Age, Iron Age, Ovens, PostholesAbstract
Gausvik 4 was a site with a large number of buried features (ovens, pits, postholes). The area also appeared to have been cleared of stones, which led to many "features" being reclassified as natural infillings.
Despite the number of features, no structures such as houses or similar could be identified in the material.
No artifacts were found at the site. Even more surprising, however, was the almost complete absence of charcoal, despite several distinct black layers being recorded and sampled from the otherwise relatively well-defined ovens. Only one sample provided datable charcoal, which dated the site to approximately 1500 BC.
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