Archaeological sites in Norway Archaeological sites in Norway The Gokstad ship was a Viking ship found in a burial mound in 1880 in an excavation led by Nicolay Nicolyasen. The ship was found at the Gokstad farm in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold. The ship was built around 890AD. Later, the ship was used in the ship burial of an important chieftain who died in or around 900AD. One theory suggests that the person buried with the ship was Olaf Geirstad-Alf, a petty king of Vestfold. He was of the House of Yngling, and died about this time according to the Heimskringla. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gokstad Ship"
The Rock carvings at Alta are part of an archaeological site near the town of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings - or more correctly, the petroglyphs - were discovered in 1972, more than 5000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta. The main site, located at Jiepmaluokta about 4 kilometers outside of Alta, contains around 3000 individual carvings and has been turned into an open-air museum. The site was placed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites on 3 December, 1985. It is Norway's only prehistoric World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock carvings at Alta"
Rock carvings are found at Drotten, Fåberg, in Lillehammer municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway. There are a ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock carvings at Drotten"
Rock carvings at Eidefoss, Fossen, Nord-Fron muncipality. A rock, possibly fallen from a nearby westbound nearly vertical cliff, about 20 meters from the river. During normal water level the rock is well away from the river. On one side there is carved two images of elk, one 31 cm and the other 35 cm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock carvings at Eidefoss"
Rock carvings at Møllerstufossen, Nord-Sinni, Nordre Land municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The site covers about 20 m² and all carvings except one depict elk. The largest figure measures about 90 cm across. The figures are carved with deep and wide strokes and are easy to spot. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock carvings at Møllerstufossen"
*Anne-Sophie Hygen og Lasse Bengtsson, Hällristningar i gränsbygd. Sävedalen 1999. (ISBN 91-86424-85-8) ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock carvings in Central Norway"
The cave Svarthola (aka. Vistehola), located in Randaberg, Norway, was during the Stone Age the main shelter for a group of 25 persons, from around 6000 BC. These people were mainly collectors and hunters, but from around 4000 BC they also started with agriculture. From around 2000 BC, their main activity was farming. ...more on Wikipedia about "Svarthola"
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