Pollen-Analytical Investigations in Finnmark
Archaeological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes and Resource Management in Interior North Norway - Marianne Skandfer
Helge Irgens Høeg [+]
Helge Irgens Høeg is a botanist and pollen analyst who has worked independently for many years as a state-scholar. He has conducted numerous pollen analyses and wood species determinations related to archaeological investigations, primarily in southern Norway. His central interests are in vegetation and settlement history, traces of agriculture, and climate history. He has over 70 scientific publications within his field.
Description
This chapter presents findings from the pollen analysis of sample series from Áhkárvárri in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino municipality and Šuoššjávri in Kárášjohka/Karasjok municipality, preceded by a revised analysis of a previously published analysis of a sample series from Oalgejohka (‘Oaggejokka’ in the first publication), also in Kárášjohka/Karasjok municipality (Høeg 2000). The series for Oalgejohka was procured during fieldwork in 1996 and 1998, while the samples for Šuoššjávri and Áhkárvárri were gathered in 2011 with Professor Ericka Engelstad of the University of Tromsø and analyzed as part of the LARM project.