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Vestland county (red) on the map of Norway. © University Museum of Bergen

Country

Norway

County/ Region

Vestland

Archaeological Period

Bronze Age, Pre-Roman Iron Age

Year of excavation

1930 and 1931

Species present

• Halichoerus grypus
• Lagenorhynchus acutus
• Phoca vitulina
• Phocoena phocoena

References

• Boe, J., 1935. Boplassen i Skipshelleren. Bergens Museums Skrifter 17, 1-70.
• Hufthammer, A.K., 2015. Osteological assemblages form rock shelters as source data for subsistence from Bronze Age to the Middle Ages in Western Norway, in: S. Indrelid, K. Loe Hjelle, K. Stene et al. (eds). Exploitation of outfield resources - Joint Research at the University Museums of Norway, Universitetsmuseet i Bergen skifter nr. 32.