The farm mound at Vollstad
Overvåking av graving for drenering i Harstad i Troms
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https://doi.org/10.7557/nq6cm053Keywords:
archaeology, monitoring, medieval period, farm mound, cultural layersAbstract
In the summer of 2025, the Arctic University Museum of Norway carried out archaeological monitoring of excavation work for drainage around a house located on the farm mound at Vollstad in Harstad Municipality. Previous investigations have documented traces of settlement in the farm mound dating back to the 14th century. During the monitoring, a few pockets of cultural deposits were recorded in the eastern part of the monitored area, but no finds or clearly defined cultural layers that with certainty can be dated to the medieval period were identified.
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Bertelsen, Reidars 1984. Farm Mounds of the Harstad Area. Quantitative Investigations of Accu-mulation Characteristics. I Acta Borealia nr. 1, s. 7–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/08003838408580303 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08003838408580303
Bertelsen Reidar 1973: Gårdshaugene i Harstad kommune. Et bidrag til områdets økonomiske historie i middelalderen. Magistergrad i arkeologi, Universitet i Bergen.
Martens, Vibeke Vandrup 2016. Preserving Rural Settlement Sites in Norway? Investigations of Archaeological Deposits in a Changing Climate. I Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 16, s. 1–127.
Thuestad, Alma Elizabeth 2005. Rapport – Vollstad, Harstad kommune – Ts 11799. Upublisert rapport, Tromsø Museum
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