The Bifacial Arrowheads in Southeast Norway

Quartzite Complexities: Non-Destructive Analysis of Bifacial Points from Västerbotten, Sweden

“…The geographically closest chronology for bifacial points is centred around southeast Norway (Mjaerum, 2012), but a few attempts have been made for Northern Sweden (Baudou, 1992: 99;Forsberg, 1985: 5;Forsberg, 1989). The latter suggest a period of use between ca.…”

Interpreting complex diachronic ‘Neolithic’-period data in Norway

“…Pre-MNB quarries and settlement sites along the western Norwegian coast do not exhibit indisputable cultural deposits from the MNB (Alsaker and Olsen, 1984, Olsen, 1992; also data presented in Bergsvik, 2012). Dating patterns (Naerøy, 1992) indicate that technological traditions of the MN end before the ensuing bifacial technology of the LN (Prescott, 1986;Naerøy, 1992;Indrelid, 1994;Mjaerum, 2012).…”

Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age settlements and agro-pastoral developments in the Oslo Fjord area, southeastern Norway

“…The widespread distribution of flint daggers to Norway, of which around 450 2 are known from the Oslo Fjord area (for details see Apel 2001;Scheen 1979), has been a recurring theme for researchers looking to assert and exemplify frequent contact and trade across Skagerrak from the onset of the LN (Apel 2001(Apel , 2012Austvoll 2021;Scheen 1979;Solberg 1994;Østmo 2005, 58-61). This oversea travel, connecting southern Norway to central Scandinavia (Østmo 2005), is argued to have resulted in a swift and complete change of social life from 2350 BCE (Prescott, 2009, 200), consisting of the emergence of new settlement patterns, including two-aisled houses, farming, the introduction of bifacial technique and imported objects imitating metal artefacts, such as the abovementioned daggers, actual metal artefacts and metallurgy (Austvoll 2021;Børsheim 2003;Holberg 2000;Melheim and Prescott 2016;Mjaerum 2012;Prescott and Walderhaug 1995;Østmo 2012).…”

“…Austvoll 2019Austvoll , 2021Børsheim 2003Børsheim , 2004Løken 1998;Prescott 2005;Soltvedt et al 2007), as well as several new technologies and artefacts. For instance, the spread of different bifacial lithics, such as daggers, sickles and arrow-heads, and metal artefacts across southern Norway (Apel 2012;Melheim and Prescott 2016;Mjaerum 2012;Prescott, Sand-Eriksen, and Austvoll 2018; Østmo 2005). These are artefacts and technologies argued to be signs of the influence of the Bell Beaker Culture (BBC) in southern Norway (Apel 2012;Glørstad 2012;Prescott 2005Prescott , 2012.…”