The author took part in the first comprehensive investigations along the watercourses in the South Norwegian mountain areas from 1958 and onwards. She looks back on the many previously unknown archaeological sites she has taken part in discovering and excavating: Stone Age sites from the Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods, Medieval house-sites and farm complexes, and Iron Age and Medieval iron extraction sites. Some of the results are compared to knowledge and opinions prevalent in the time before 1958, and some important improvements in fieldwork practices are briefly mentioned.
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