Stein Farstadvoll

A field of purple fireweed with tall green stalks is in the foreground. Behind the flowers is a dense forest of dark aspen trees. In the center of the image, barely visible within the dark woods, is a small, ruin of a wooden house.

This photo shows a grey, textured, dead pine tree with a jagged top standing in the middle of a forest. The tree's bark is rough and gray, with deep vertical grooves and highlights from dappled sunlight. The background is filled with tall, thin pine trees, creating a dense, dark green canopy. The forest floor is covered in lush green moss and low-lying shrubs.

A dirt and gravel road winds through a dark forest of pine trees. The road has tire tracks and is flanked by thick moss and low-lying shrubs. The sky is a sliver of light gray, visible through the tops of the tall, dark trees.

A dark, vertical photo of the interior of the ruins of a wooden building. A thick, teal-colored rope hangs in the right foreground. A sunbeam shines through a gap, illuminating a moldering wooden plank and creating a bright streak of light. The surrounding wood is dark.

Some photos from a recent short trip to Pasvik.

Tjeldsund roads. June stimmung.

Evening walk through the iron age landscape of Hov. Long houses, cairns and other vestiges hidden amongst the tussocks.

Back from inspecting this year’s archaeological field course site. A two-aisled longhouse, discovered using geo-radar several years ago. I’m thrilled to offer UiT students the chance to explore this potentially groundbreaking site. Even the lodging arrangements this year promise to be peculiar.

A close-up view of a "tessellated" tree trunk with a section of a rusted metal wire embedded in it.

A view of a forest floor covered in vibrant green moss, interspersed with ferns and small wildflowers. The vegetation covers completely the fallen timber of an old wood-building.

A close-up view of a rusty metal pole wrapped with sea-weed and -grass.

A close-up photograph showcasing the textures and details of a weathered wooden surface of a door and hinge of a old stave church.

Chrono textures

A Jul evening walk to visit the old things in the forest. God Jul.

A house nestled amidst a dense forest of spruce trees against a backdrop of a deep blue sky. The windows glow with a faint orange light creating a contrast to the blue light. The scene suggests winter dusk. Snow-covered ground stretches out in a feild in front of the house.

Looking forward to Jul vacation in Selbu. Grading finished. Now two weeks writing on a trollish chapter about Norwegian folklore and archaeological theory.

I'm transitioning from X to Bluesky. Interested to see how this works out!

Cool! I do not know if þóra or any of the projects she is affiliated with have accounts here.

Thanks Gabe!

Black listed and invasive golden caps (Phaeolepiota aurea) growing in the ruderal vegetaion on the UiT campus. This species was introduced to Norway in the early 20th century; probably with non-native garden plants and soil.

Thanks Jens!

New anthology out, "Unruly Heritage". Published November 14. Link: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/unruly-he...

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The rubies of the bog. Blood red, tart, and perfect for a Saturday evening drink. Run to the nearest mire like a open aire fridge. No, I will not stop posting about bog cranberries and gin.

A autumn evening visit to Tromsø museum for the opening of a exhibition by Alexander Rishaug. Also enjoying a stroll in the black of the neighboring copse.

Hi! The sheets vary in size and were used as ingots, raw materials for pots and jewelry, currency and offerings at sieidi.

Do you see it? In the middle of the photo is a thin fragment of copper alloy found in the middle of a woodland road in Pasvik. Sheets of copper alloy are very common finds on ancient Sámi sites. This was found in a hearth-row site dating back to around 900-1200 AD.

Under age-old crags, the past slumbers. Wonders what small detours can evoke.

Fungal bloom.

ystery items in the old reference collection: ætites and much more. Lots of artifacts to employ employ in lectures.

Commute to work. Formation of hollow roads with Vibrams and bicycle tires.

Last fall, I spotted strange slime en route to work, reminiscent of "star-jelly" or "rot of the stars" — from folklore about slimy residue found after shooting stars. Could it be animal waste or fungi?

Something fire from the mire: Bog cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) gin lemon sour.

This year’s fieldwork was brief but interesting. Mysterious inscribed stones and unusual structures in Várnjárga, Sápmi

Kongshamn "Kings harbour", Berlevåg. Close to the ruins of a medieval multi-room building ruin.

Significant archaeological artefacts that no museum has bothered to collect or conserve: the improvised barrel-stove, commonly created by Soviet POWs (among others) in Arctic Norway/Sápmi during WWII. Notice the added hooks on the rim of the barrel.

Willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium) finding a vacant loft in Teriberka/Тери́берка. Human ruins, a terra nullius from a herbacentric perspective, a barren land suited for new roots establishing its own horticulture.

For the multidisciplinary-minded people out there, check out Session 3, "Entangled Worlds, Entangled Methods: Archaeologies of Nature" organised by me and my colleagues at the University of Oulu.

How does working beyond the nature-culture binary reconfigure our approaches to studying the past?

In Norway, there's a tradition of burning pyres on Midsummer Eve. This tradition also involves burning old garbage opportunistically. Interestingly, in a 1962 film news bulletin, the reporter comments on the bad weather instead of the Nazi remnants of occupation, being burnt. Thrash for the pyre.

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