Programme
Activities for the current semester
Spring 2026
21 January: Mats Skare, 黑料吃瓜资源: PhD final seminar (Sluttseminar)
Time: 10.00-12.00
Place: to be announced
Opponent: Birgit Maixner, NTNU
Mats' PhD project, 鈥淐langorous Beasts 鈥 A Survey of Metal-Detected Artefacts and Animal Representations from west and east Norway, c. AD 550鈥750/800鈥, assesses the source value of metal detected finds from the period AD 550鈥750/800. It then links the artefacts adorned with animal style and animal representations to the period鈥檚 mentality.
12. March: Valerio Sordillo, Universita degli Studi della Campania: Material culture during the Middle Ages in northern and inland Campania (Italy)
Time: 14.15-16.00
Place: Sydnesplassen 12/13, room 130
Abstract to follow
Presentation in English.
15. April: William van Hemelryck, 黑料吃瓜资源: Space and social organization: Investigating the potential of fractal analysis for outland research
Time: 14.15-16.00
Place: Sydnesplassen 12/13, room 130
Presentation in English.
Abstract:
In a Viking and Medieval context, most spatial analyses have focused on relatively complex settlements and house constructions. In south-western Norway, however, most sites are small, simple and found in the outlands. Consequently, they are not well suited for these traditional analysis techniques. Therefore, there is a need to analyse the spatial properties of these sites in a new manner. Using iron production at Gr氓fjell as a case study, this presentation investigates the potential of fractal analysis for the study of outland sites.
24. April: Meinrad Pohl (HVL): Flisevraket (Sel酶r 3) fra Lindesnes 鈥 last og handelsrute av et lasteskip fra senmiddelalderen
Time: 14.15-16.00
Place: Sydneshaugen skole, Auditorium Q
Abstract: Det s氓kalte Flisevraket (Sel酶r3) fra Lindesnes, vraket av et lasteskip fra midten av 1400-tallet, ble funnet ved Sel酶r, en uthavn ved et knutepunkt av middelalderske sj酶handelsruter. Den bevarte lasten best氓r av mer enn 12.000 fliser, store m酶llesteiner og kobber. Mengden av fliser og st酶rrelsen p氓 m酶llesteinene har, inntil videre, ingen paralleller for denne perioden. Proveniensanalyser har gjort det mulig 氓 avgrense opprinnelsen til lasten og gi noen indikasjoner p氓 en beregning av verdien. Kombinasjonen av lasten virker uvanlig, noe som f酶rer til at rekonstruksjonen av handelsruten forblir et ul酶st problem.
This lecture is given in connection with .
13. May: Visa immonen (黑料吃瓜资源): Circular economies in the urban metabolism of the late medieval Nordic towns
Time: 14.15-16.00
Place: Sydnesplassen 12/13, room 130
Abstract to follow
Presentation in English.