This book was developed in the context of research looking at the network of Early Medieval
settlements in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. This has been one of the priorities of …

Some previous studies showed that the formation of several deep dark humus-rich topsoils
in Northern Europe was strongly influenced by the application of different organic materials …

Abstract Information derived from a historical infield cadastral map dated 1874 and its written
protocol was combined with data on four landscape characteristics (distance to the hamlet …

This study aimed at clarifying whether a notable group of soils of the Jæren region, SW
Norway, with deep humus‐rich top soils support a man‐made genesis. Four sites were …

The paper gives a survey of settlement patterns and field systems in Norway c. 800–1500
AD based on archaeological evidence and contemporary written sources. As topography …

This paper examines the background of conflicts in the resource management of a specific
type of 'utmark'in the agrarian landscape. The historical relationship between empirically …

An increasing exploitation–trapping, iron production and livestock grazing–took place in the
mountainous areas in Southern Norway from the beginning of the Iron Age. Previously, the …

The main topics examined in this paper concern chronological aspects of agrarian
settlements and land use in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages, and the methods for …

On account of the roughness of its mountains and the immoderate cold, Norway is the most
unproductive of all countries, suited only for herds... Poverty has forced them thus to go all …

Physical and biological traces of human activity in the landscape such as various stone
structures, buildings, irrigation channels, semi-natural vegetation types and land use …