Placing place names in Norwegian archaeology: Current Discussions and Future Perspectives

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Abstract

This collection of papers serves to illustrate how place names have a continued relevance to archaeology both in Norway and beyond.
The interdisciplinary use of place name studies and archeology have long traditions in Norway and Scandinavia. However, the prerequisites for this type of research have changed in recent decades with decreased resources in onomastic departments while archaeology develops rapidly through new methods in surveying, natural sciences, metal detection and excavations. Where do we stand today and how can we improve and renew our views on toponymy and of the methodological challenges we face when combining linguistic and material remains?
The various papers in the book emphasise how place names can provide unique insights into past people’s perceptions of land and sense of place, providing access to emic categories otherwise unavailable to archaeologists. Names work as active elements in ongoing discourses about the landscape, and there can be intimate connections between places, names, populations and identities. Toponymy may reflect or evoke emotions on both individual and collective levels.
Through a range of perspectives, this collection of papers explores the status and perspectives of interdisciplinary research in a Norwegian context, focusing on the methodologies of interdisciplinary studies, research environments and prehistoric as well as historical periods.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
UdgivelsesstedBergen
ForlagUniversity of Bergen
Vol/bind14
Antal sider191
ISBN (Trykt)978-82-8436-006-5
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-82-8436-007-2
StatusUdgivet - 2023
Navn University of Bergen Archaeological Series
Vol/bind14
ISSN2535-3918

Finansiering

Funded under ArcNames, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship grant agreement No. 797386, running from March 2019 to June 2021 and hosted at the University of Bergen at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion.

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Horizon 2020797386

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