CETARCH

Whale-Bone Economies and Coastal Networks in the North Atlantic

Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger MARGAIN Project University of Bergen UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Université Laval Húsavík Research Centre, University of Iceland National Museum of Iceland Fornleifastofnun Íslands Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts (MSHL), University of Iceland Kotabitus

CETARCH is developed as part of a PhD project in Nordic Archaeology and Environmental Archaeology at the Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger (UiS)

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Specimen of the Week

Week of 2 Nov
Line runner
FÍ — Reykjavik Iceland
SAN-HV15

Line runner

Line runner found within an ash midden located in the western part of Structure 1, Area B. The artefact corresponds to Olsen’s (2005) Type IV, characterized by an incised gliding s…

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Featured Objects

ÞJMS
Decorated plaque with face-like motif
VM
Rune pin
ÞJMS
Seated human-like figurine
FÍ
Worked scapula
FÍ
Line runner
KHM
Spindle Whorl

News & Events

1 upcoming
24
Nov
2026

16th Worked Bone Research Group Meeting

Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi, Turkey

Oral presentation

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