Field Archaeology

The University museum are responsible for conducting archaeological excavations in the area of Hordaland, Sogn og Fhordane and Sunnmøre.

Photo:

Howell Magnus Roberts

Archaeological excavations

The University museum is each year conducting archaeological excavations to secure and document the remains of the past, before they are removed by development, roads and other and construction projects.

Reports from excavations (unpublished)

Reports from the archaeological excavations sorted by counties and municipalities. From 01.01.2020 Hordaland and Sogn & Fjordane is now Vestland county. Some of the municipalities in Vestland county is consolidated to larger municipalities with new names. The list here is based on the...

Fieldwork

Announcement of archaeological fieldwork.

Rockart

The Universitymuseum is responsible for managing the rockart sites within it's management area (Vestland and Møre og Romsdal county). This includes documentation, conservation, protecting, publishing and research of the rockart.

Heritage management

The Heritage/archaeology section "Fornminneseksjonen" at the Universitymuseum is responsible for the implementation of the archaeological excavations.

24.01.2020