Sem: A Viking Age metalworking site in the southeast of Norway?
Lars Gustavsen|Monica Kristiansen|Erich Nau|Bernt Egil Tafjord
Abstract Evidence pertaining to Viking Age industry and trade is rarely encountered in the Norwegian archaeological record, although recent evidence suggests that sites of this character are more common than previously thought. Systematic metal detecting large‐scale geophysical surveys carried out Øvre Eiker southeast Norway between 2014 2016 revealed a multiphase complex settlement area, consisting large pits potentially associated with metalworking. The so far points site far‐reaching contemporary connections, where objects were worked exchanged. This short report aims present results from work undertaken demonstrate how complementary use detection can add cultural‐historical depth itself little understood aspect Early Medieval history.
Archaeological Prospection