• Boathouse Excavation at Skonsvika 

      Nilsen, Gørill; Wickler, Stephen (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2011)
      The remains of both prehistoric and historic period boathouses are visible in the landscape as collapsed walls of turf and rock or stacked rocks with an openended rectangular outline. These structures are located along present and former shorelines, river and stream banks, lakes and other bodies of water. Their openings usually face the water to facilitate boataccess.
    • Dorset, Norse, or Thule? Technological transfers, marine mammal contamination, and AMS dating of spun yarn and textiles from the Eastern Canadian Arctic 

      Smith, Michele Hayeur; Smith, Kevin P.; Nilsen, Gørill (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-14)
      Yarn and textiles recovered from prehistoric Dorset and Thule culture sites in the Eastern Canadian Arctic have raised questions about the extent and timing of indigenous and Norse interaction in the New World, whether the yarn represents technological transfers between Greenland's Norse settlers and the Dorset, or whether these Indigenous Arctic groups had independent fiber technologies before ...
    • Kulturarv som grunnlag for en nordvendt framtid - Sluttrapport 

      Arntzen, Johan Eilertsen; Nilsen, Gørill (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2023)
      Prosjektet Kulturarv som grunnlag for en nordvendt framtid ble i 2020 gitt styøtte fra UiTs Strategisk utdanningsutvalgs Program for undervisningskvalitet i kategorien samarbeidsprosjekter med arbeidslivet. Prosjektet har jobbet med å øke det humanistiske disiploinfaget arkeologi sin erfaringsbasis og kunnskap om å skape begrepsmessig innsikt knyttet til praktiske- og praksisemner med relevans for ...
    • Marine Mammal Train Oil Production Methods: Experimental Reconstructions of Norwegian Iron Age Slab-Lined Pits 

      Nilsen, Gørill (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-18)
      Seal hunting and whaling have played an important part of people’s livelihoods throughout prehistory as evidenced by rock carvings, remains of bones, artifacts from aquatic animals and hunting tools. This paper focuses on one of 2 the more elusive resources relating to such activities: marine mammal blubber. Although marine blubber easily decomposes, the organic material has been documented from ...
    • Naturmangfoldloven - vern av løse og "faste" kulturminner fra andre verdenskrig som del av særpreget og karakteren til landskapsvern-områder 

      Farstadvoll, Stein; Nilsen, Gørill (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-15)
      One of the main purposes of The Act of 19 June 2009 No.100 Relating to the Management of Biological, Geological and Landscape Diversity is to protect landscape diversity. Consequently, protection of cultural heritage is also an integrated part of the management of Landscape Protection Areas. Via a case study of the Second World War Luftwaffe storage site at Gjøkåsen, which is part of Øvre Pasvik ...