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Knut Ivar Austvoll

@kiaustvoll.bsky.social
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Archaeologist with an interest in the Northern European Neolithic and Bronze Age. Associate Professor at the University of Oslo.

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estherwidmann.bsky.social @estherwidmann.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
More than 2000 years ago, the inhabitants of an island deposited a boat and weapons in the Hjortspring bog. Had they defeated attackers who had paddled across the Baltic? @mfauvelle.bsky.social & colleagues present new evidence, and @kiaustvoll.bsky.social provides perspective. www.nzz.ch/ld.1915083
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Im Hjortspringboot sollen vor über 2000 Jahren Angreifer über die Ostsee gepaddelt sein
Das Hjortspringboot wurde vor mehr als 2000 Jahren mitsamt Waffen in einem Sumpf versenkt, vermutlich nach einer militärischen Auseinandersetzung. Jetzt soll sich aus dem zur Abdichtung des Bootes ver...
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Nice day at the office - gathering water samples near key sites for our SCAPES project - one of our aims is to create a strontium isotope baseline map of Norway @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social
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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Two great days with the @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social team in Trøndelag, exploring rock art, burials, and stunning landscapes!
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
New article out with @mfauvelle.bsky.social and Johan Ling. We discuss the intricate trade networks and social dynamics of northwestern Scandinavia during the Bronze Age, and how local strategies shaped broader European interactions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Contrasting strategies: Social organization and interaction in the Early Bronze Age of northwestern Scandinavia
The transition to the Nordic Bronze Age included new technological innovations, social institutions and sociopolitical structures pushed by extensive …
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Follow our project as we investigate the population history of Norway between 2500 and 1000 BCE.
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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Really happy to see this paper finally out with Boel Bengtsson et al. We used ABM to simulate maritime contacts between Norway and Denmark, comparing direct sea crossings to coastal voyaging during the Nordic Bronze Age! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Seafaring and navigation in the Nordic Bronze Age: The application of an ocean voyage tool and boat performance data for comparing direct open water crossings with sheltered coastal routes
This study presents an “ocean voyaging tool” that combines predicted vessel performance data with agent-based simulations. This tool offers a new way to assess navigation and seafaring abilities in pr...
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our paper on ocean voyaging in the Bronze Age was just published in PLOS One - have a read: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Seafaring and navigation in the Nordic Bronze Age: The application of an ocean voyage tool and boat performance data for comparing direct open water crossings with sheltered coastal routes
This study presents an “ocean voyaging tool” that combines predicted vessel performance data with agent-based simulations. This tool offers a new way to assess navigation and seafaring abilities in pr...
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Anette Sand-Eriksen @sanderiksen.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New paper presenting a never before published corpus of LN and #BronzeAge houses out in European Journal of Archaeology today, OA at doi: 10.1017/eaa.2024.50 Results challenge the dominant narrative of Scandinavian housing. Among other how people in SE-Norway built small, uniform houses 👇🏾
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A PhD fellowship in archaeology is available at the University of Oslo.
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Some great news today, we have received 12 million NOK from NFR for our project "Social Complexity and Population Entanglements in Norway 2500-1000 BCE" www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2024...
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164 millioner kroner til nye FRIPRO-prosjekter
I dag får 17 nye prosjekter tildelt midler fra FRIPRO. Fellesnevneren for prosjektene er at de holder høy vitenskapelig kvalitet og har stort potensial for å flytte forskningsfronten på sine felt.
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our book on the Nordic Bronze Age is finally out! It is open access here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Nordic Bronze Age Economies
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Nordic Bronze Age Economies
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
PhD position available in Bergen www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #archaeology #phd
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PhD position in archaeology (271185) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD position in archaeology (271185), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hi y'all, I have this really awesome 2.5y postdoc open in my group here @aarhusuni.bsky.social, on gene-culture coevolution in the European Upper Palaeolithic. international.au.dk/about/profil... - deadline Jan 15; get in touch if you are interested.
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Postdoctoral position in Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
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Frida Espolin Norstein @fridanor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you're interested in archaeology and burial practices you should check out our new OA book co-edited by myself and the wonderful @selsvold.bsky.social, with chapters by among others @rachelcrellin.bsky.social, @gzornetta.bsky.social, and @livnstutz.bsky.social! www.routledge.com/Archaeologic...
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Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition
Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change examines the relationships between burial practices and societal transformations in the past. This book highlights the centrality of...
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Two very exciting PhD opportunities in Oslo, one on Bronze Age rock art, the other on Glacial Archaeology. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Research Fellow in Glacial Archaeology (268820) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Glacial Archaeology (268820), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, January 5, 2025
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Anette Sand-Eriksen @sanderiksen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr
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Knut Ivar Austvoll @kiaustvoll.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
New issue of Primitive Tider is out now journals.uio.no/PT/issue/vie...
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