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The Prehistoric Expansion of Farming into “Arctic” Norway: A Chronology Based on 14C Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Olav Sverre Johansen  and
Karl-Dag Vorren
Olav Sverre Johansen
Affiliation:
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
Karl-Dag Vorren
Affiliation:
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Abstract

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Palynologic and archaeologic studies using 14C dating indicate that elements of farming were introduced even further north than the Arctic Circle during the Neolithic period, ca 4000 BP. A second stage with heavier reliance on farming and with probable establishment of permanent farmsteads is dated to 2000–2500 BP.

Type
VII. Applications in Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2A , 1986 , pp. 739 - 747
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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