Knut Ivar Austvoll
@kiaustvoll.bsky.social
Archaeologist with an interest in the Northern European Neolithic and Bronze Age. Associate Professor at the University of Oslo.
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
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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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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...
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...
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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...
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...
Two great days with the @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social team in Trøndelag, exploring rock art, burials, and stunning landscapes!
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Two great days with the @scapes-bronzeage.bsky.social team in Trøndelag, exploring rock art, burials, and stunning landscapes!
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...
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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June 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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...
Follow our project as we investigate the population history of Norway between 2500 and 1000 BCE.
Project start! SCAPES will investigate social complexity and population entanglements in Norway 2500-1000 BCE. The project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and will run until October 2028.
April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Follow our project as we investigate the population history of Norway between 2500 and 1000 BCE.
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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...
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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April 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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...
Our paper on ocean voyaging in the Bronze Age was just published in PLOS One - have a read: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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...
dx.plos.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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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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 👇🏾
Results challenge the dominant narrative of Scandinavian housing. Among other how people in SE-Norway built small, uniform houses 👇🏾
January 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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 👇🏾
Results challenge the dominant narrative of Scandinavian housing. Among other how people in SE-Norway built small, uniform houses 👇🏾
A PhD fellowship in archaeology is available at the University of Oslo.
A PhD position in Archaeology at the University of Oslo. It is an open call for proposals, so we are considering applications from a wide array of subjects. The deadline is March 16.
Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeology (271130) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeology (271130), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 16, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 17, 2024 at 10:17 AM
A PhD fellowship in archaeology is available at the University of Oslo.
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...
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.
www.forskningsradet.no
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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...
Our book on the Nordic Bronze Age is finally out! It is open access here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Nordic Bronze Age Economies
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Nordic Bronze Age Economies
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December 3, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Our book on the Nordic Bronze Age is finally out! It is open access here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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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.
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
international.au.dk
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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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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...
www.routledge.com/Archaeologic...
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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November 19, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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...
www.routledge.com/Archaeologic...
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...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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
www.jobbnorge.no
November 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr
November 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Starter package for everyone and everything #BronzeAge related! Added the few I found with BA interest, please share and joine: go.bsky.app/6mN5nxr
New issue of Primitive Tider is out now journals.uio.no/PT/issue/vie...
December 29, 2023 at 1:02 PM
New issue of Primitive Tider is out now journals.uio.no/PT/issue/vie...