Per Åke Persson

• Solheim, Steinar & Persson, Per (2018). Early and mid-Holocene coastal settlement and demography in southeastern Norway: Comparing distribution of radiocarbon dates and shoreline-dated sites, 8500–2000 cal. BCE. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.  ISSN 2352-409X.  19, s 334- 343 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.03.007 Show summary

  In this paper we explore temporal variation in demography and settlement intensity in southeastern Norway during the Early and mid-Holocene. In order to investigate the temporal variation in demography and settlement we have applied and compared two different proxies: Summed radiocarbon probability distributions and site count data of shoreline-dated sites. The proxies display similar patterns, and we suggest that they indicate stability in settlement in the coastal areas of southeastern Norway between 8500 cal. BCE and 2000 cal. BCE.

• Mansrud, Anja & Persson, Per (2017). Waterworld: Environment, Animal Exploitation, and Fishhook Technology in the North-Eastern Skagerrak Area During the Early And Middle Mesolithic (9500–6300 cal BC), In Per Persson; Felix Riede; Birgitte Skar; Heidi Mjelva Breivik & Leif Jonsson (ed.),  The Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe. Conditions for Subsistence and Survival. The Early Settlement of Northern Europe, Volume 1.  Equinox Publishing.  ISBN 9781781796030.  6.  s 129 - 166 Show summary

  In this paper, faunal remains and bone artefacts are used as a point of departure for discussing the subsistence strategies of the Early Mesolithic (9500–8300 cal BC) and Middle Mesolithic (8300–6300 cal BC) foragers in the Oslo Fjord region of Eastern Norway and the Swedish west coast. This region is a key area in discussions about the settling of present-day Norway. Due to the combination of isostatic rebound and global sea level rise, the north-eastern Skagerrak area is one of the few regions in the world where coastlines dating to the Preboreal and Boreal climatic phases are situated above present-day sea level. This unique contextual situation makes these locales the oldest sea shore sites in Europe. Throughout the period, coastal settlements are situated close to the contemporary shoreline, and the location of the sites demonstrates the fundamental importance of the maritime environment. From the coastal areas, different ecological habitats with a variety of maritime and lacustrine resources were within reach. These ancient “waterworlds” offer a possibility to explore the settlement pattern and animal utilization. Organic remains are not preserved at any coastal Early Mesolithic site; thus, the mode of subsistence must be inferred from non-anthropogenic bone collections and palaeoecological data. In the oldest phase of the coastal site Huseby Klev, dated to the beginning of the Boreal chronozone, c. 8000 cal BC, the abundance of marine mammals suggests that hunting of marine mammals was an important part of the diet. The occurrence of cod and ling as well as fishhooks confirms that fishing was also practiced. The importance of fishing seems to increase in the later Middle Mesolithic. The Middle Mesolithic faunal assemblages exhibit remarkable species diversity, with terrestrial mammals, sea mammals, birds, and fish. This is suggestive of a broad- spectrum economy. There is a wide variety of marine fish, in particular different species of the cod family (Gadidae). The most common fishing equipment from the north-eastern Skagerrak Middle Mesolithic takes the form of small fishhooks without barb. The fishhook and other bone implements were made of antler and ungulate metapodials; thus, these animals provided important raw material in addition to calories.

• Nilsson, Björn; Sjöström, Arne & Persson, Per (2017). Seascapes of Stability and Change: The Archaeological and Ecological Potential of Early Mesolithic Seascapes, with Examples from Haväng in the Southern Baltic, Sweden, In Per Persson; Felix Riede; Birgitte Skar; Heidi Mjelva Breivik & Leif Jonsson (ed.),  The Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe. Conditions for Subsistence and Survival. The Early Settlement of Northern Europe, Volume 1.  Equinox Publishing.  ISBN 9781781796030.  13.  s 335 - 353 Show summary

  The sea level low-stand period during the Early Mesolithic in the south-eastern Baltic (c. 9500–6500 BC) was followed by the transgression of vast areas. Some of the now submerged sites have yielded extensive remains of lagoonal and riverine sediments, as well as areas with trees preserved in situ. Investigations at one of the sites—Haväng in eastern Scania—have resulted in archaeological finds from the entire period. The preservation of organic materials is very good, and gives new insights into material culture and fishing technologies. Extensive surveying and hydro-acoustic mapping make it possible to draw conclusions about the timing of the introduction of stationary fishing and how this relates to cultural and natural changes. The paper proposes that riverine stationary fisheries in the southern Baltic were introduced during the Boreal period (7000 BC or earlier). These Maglemose fisheries are proposed as indirect evidence of early seascape territorialization, which must be understood in a cultural and ecological context.

• Persson, Per (2017). The Earliest Settlement in the Middle Scandinavian Inland: A Discussion about Joel Boaz's Pioneers in the Mesolithic, In Per Persson; Felix Riede; Birgitte Skar; Heidi Mjelva Breivik & Leif Jonsson (ed.),  The Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe. Conditions for Subsistence and Survival. The Early Settlement of Northern Europe, Volume 1.  Equinox Publishing.  ISBN 9781781796030.  8.  s 197 - 219 Show summary

  A new set of 101 radiocarbon datings on burned bone from inland sites in central Scandinavia is used here. These show a similar pattern to the previously used 261 datings on charcoal. The two dating methods thus confirm each other. They also show a great resemblance to a model proposed by Joel Boaz in 1999, based on excavation results from two inland areas. Boaz’s model has two main periods of Mesolithic inland settlement, separated by low inland use after 6000 BC, also known as the “classic hiatus.” This hiatus marks the end of what is here considered the pioneer phase. There is also an Early Mesolithic phase of inland settlement, not known in Eastern Norway, but represented in Western Norway and West Sweden. After the Early Mesolithic there was a change from the use of both inland and coast to a concentration of settlement at the coast. This period of low inland use lasted for more than 1,000 years. At 6900 BC inland settlement takes off, showing an exponential increase until 6200 BC. Here it is argued that this is not the result of an expansion from the coast, but rather a separate inland population originating from the north and east. The explanation could be the contemporary increase in woodland and in the elk population. This leads to the highest density of inland settlement during the entire Stone Age at c. 6200 BC.

• Eigeland, Lotte Christin; Mansrud, Anja & Persson, Per (2016). Littisk avfallsmateriale som kilde til datering : en case-study fra Sandholmen ved Glomma, Østfold. Primitive tider.  ISSN 1501-0430.  18, s 7- 23
• Solheim, Steinar & Persson, Per (2016). Marine Adaptation in the Middle Mesolithic of South-eastern Norway, In Hein Bjartmann Bjerck; Heidi Mjelva Breivik; Silje Elisabeth Fretheim; Ernesto Piana; Birgitte Skar; Angélica M. Tivoli & Atilio Francisco Zangrando (ed.),  Marine Ventures - Archaeological perspectives on Human-Sea relations..  Equinox Publishing.  ISBN 9781781791363.  Kapittel.  s 261 - 276 Show summary

  During 2010-2012 the Museum of Cultural History excavated several sites dated to the Middle Mesolithic (8300-6300 BC) in the western parts of the Oslofjord region. This has provided us with an opportunity to discuss several aspects of the period. The sites show diversity in lay out, size and organisation. This allows for well-founded interpretations of the Middle Mesolithic society, settlement systems and economy based on empirical data of high quality. Here two sites are presented as case studies: Hovland 3 with a well-dated (c. 7500 BC) dwelling structure and the contemporary site Prestemoen 1 with preserved bones. These recently excavated sites from the Oslofjord region have parallels in the Late Mesolithic period, rather than the assumed more mobile Early Mesolithic society. Already from around 7500 BC we see traces of a more stable settlement pattern and lifestyle.

• Carrasco, Lotte; Persson, Per; Eggen, Inger Margrete; Eigeland, Lotte Christin; Fossum, Guro; Melvold, Stine Annette & Reitan, Gaute (2014). Gunnarsrød 6. Et boplassområde fra overgangen mellommesolitikum–seinmesolitikum, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  13.  s 277 - 308
• Melvold, Stine Annette & Persson, Per (2014). Sundsaasen 2. En boplats från tidigneolitikum, I: Gaute Reitan & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind 2 Seinmesolittiske, neolittiske og yngre lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-011-8.  6.  s 116 - 130
• Persson, Per (2014). Gunnarsrød Myr – spår av medeltida aktivitet, I: Gaute Reitan & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind 2 Seinmesolittiske, neolittiske og yngre lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-011-8.  12.  s 311 - 319
• Persson, Per (2014). Molecular genetics and the introduction of agriculture to Northern Europe, In Berit J. Sellevold (ed.),  Old Bones. Osteoarchaeology in Norway: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.  Novus Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-7099-783-1.  -.  s 237 - 260
• Persson, Per (2014). Prestemoen 1. En plats med ben från mellanmesolitikum, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  10.  s 202 - 227
• Persson, Per (2014). Prestemoen 2. En provundersökning av en nøstvetboplats, I: Gaute Reitan & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind 2 Seinmesolittiske, neolittiske og yngre lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-011-8.  14.8.  s 413 - 417
• Persson, Per (2013). Changes during the Late Mesolithic in the Central Scandinavian inland, In Sophie Bergerbrant & Serena Sabatini (ed.),  Counterpoint : essays in archaeology and heritage in honour of Professor Kristian Kristiansen.  Archaeopress.  ISBN 978-1-4073-1126-5.  -.  s 29 - 34
• Persson, Per (2012). Invandring vid neolitikums början, I: Annette Solberg; Jon Atle Stålesen & Christopher Prescott (red.),  Neolitikum. Nye resultater fra forskning og forvaltning.  Nicolay Arkeologisk Tidsskrift.  ISBN 9-770333-263007.  xx.  s 57 - 82
• Persson, Per (2012). Släktskap och neolitiska kulturer. Primitive tider.  ISSN 1501-0430.  14, s 1- 14
• Balbo, Andrea Luca; Persson, Per Åke & Roberts, Stephen J. (2010). Changes in settlement patterns on the River Rena, southeast Norway: A response to Holocene climate change?. The Holocene.  ISSN 0959-6836.  20(6), s 917- 929 . doi: 10.1177/0959683610365939
• Damlien, Hege; Melvold, Stine Annette & Persson, Per (2010). Utgravningsmetode, I: Kathrine Stene (red.),  Steinalderundersøkelser ved Rena elv. Gråfjellprosjektet bind III. (Varia 76).  Kulturhistorisk museum, Fornminneseksjonen.  ISBN 978-82-8084-052-3.  Kapittel 2.6.  s 67 - 75
• Damlien, Hege & Persson, Per (2010). Stræten en siltlokalitet, I: Kathrine Stene (red.),  Steinalderundersøkelser ved Rena elv. Gråfjellprosjektet bind III. (Varia 76).  Kulturhistorisk museum, Fornminneseksjonen.  ISBN 978-82-8084-052-3.  Kapittel 3.2.4.  s 179 - 185
• Persson, Per Åke (2010). Högt i tak? Karl-Göran Sjögren 60 år. In situ archaeologica.  ISSN 2000-4044.  2008, s 9- 10
• Stene, Kathrine; Persson, Per Åke; Damlien, Hege & Melvold, Stine Annette (2010). Steinbrukende tid ved Rena elv, I: Kathrine Stene (red.),  Steinalderundersøkelser ved Rena elv. Gråfjellprosjektet bind III. (Varia 76).  Kulturhistorisk museum, Fornminneseksjonen.  ISBN 978-82-8084-052-3.  Kapittel 4.  s 457 - 520
• Persson, Per Åke (2009). Mesolithic inland settlement in Norway, In Sinead McCartan (ed.),  Mesolithic Horizons.  Oxbow Books.  ISBN 978-1-84217-311-4.  37.  s 243 - 247
• Anderung, Cecilia; Persson, Per Åke; Götherström, Anders; Bouwman, Abigail & Elburg, Rengert (2008). Fishing for ancient DNA. Forensic Science International.  ISSN 0379-0738.  2(2), s 104- 107 . doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.09.004
• Götherström, Anders & Persson, Per Åke (2008). Gammalt DNA, I: Niels Lynnerup; Pia Bennike & Elisabeth Iregren (red.),  Biologisk antropologi med human osteologi.  Gyldendalske bokhandel, Nordisk forlag A/S.  ISBN 978-87-02-03037-2.  12.  s 227 - 255

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• Persson, Per; Riede, Felix; Skar, Birgitte; Breivik, Heidi Mjelva & Jonsson, Leif (ed.) (2017). The Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe. Conditions for Subsistence and Survival. The Early Settlement of Northern Europe, Volume 1. Equinox Publishing.  ISBN 9781781796030.  500 s.
• Jaksland, Lasse & Persson, Per (red.) (2014). E18 brunlanesprosjektet bind I. Forutsetninger og kulturhistorisk sammenstilling. Kulturhistorisk museum, Universtitet i Oslo.  ISBN 978-82-8084-054-7.  320 s.
• Melvold, Stine Annette & Persson, Per (red.) (2014). Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark. Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  319 s.
• Reitan, Gaute & Persson, Per (red.) (2014). Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind 2 Seinmesolittiske, neolittiske og yngre lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark. Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-011-8.  430 s.

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• Persson, Per (2018). Cultural dualism in Neolithic Scandinavia?.
• Persson, Per (2018). Faculty examiner: Dissertation: Fraser, M. 2018. People of the Dolmens and Stone Cists. An archaeogenetic Investigation of Megalithic Graves from the Neolithic Period on Gotland..
• Persson, Per (2018). Kulturdualism under neolitikum runt Oslofjorden.
• Persson, Per (2018). Systematisk registrering i våtmark, Inledning med internationella utblickar och norska erfarenheter.
• Persson, Per (2017). Genetics of the Scandinavian Mesolithic.
• Persson, Per (2017). Karin Boys, gammalt DNA och stenåldersarkeologi.
• Persson, Per (2017). Key note speaker sesjon 3 Bosetningsmönster...
• Persson, Per (2017). Pioneers of North-Western Europe. Ancient DNA and archaeology..
• Philippsen, Bente & Persson, Per (2017). Datierung und Isotopenanalysen an Grübchenkeramik im Kattegat-Gebiet.
• Bente, Philippsen & Persson, Per (2016). The cuisine of the Pitted Ware Culture. Stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating in the context of a multidisciplinary project.
• Persson, Per (2016). Agent based modeling.
• Persson, Per (2016). News on genetics and human refugia during LGM.
• Manninen, Mikael Antonio; Daskalaki, Anna Evangelina & Persson, Per (2015). Determining the hidden sources of human colonization of Norway - KHM Pioneers Project. Show summary

  The Pioneers of North-Western Europe project (KHM Pioneers Project) focuses on the prevalent model of early postglacial human colonization of Norway by combining aDNA and lithic technological studies. A two-way colonization pattern has been observed for most terrestrial pioneer and boreal forest species in Scandinavia after the last glacial period: one route from the south-west and another through northernmost Fennoscandia. It is generally accepted that these routes represent plant and animal populations spreading from separate glacial refuges which is manifested by genetic differences.

• Persson, Per; Manninen, Mikael Antonio & Daskalaki, Anna Evangelina (2015). Pioneers of North-Western Europe. Determining the hidden sources of human colonization of Norway. Show summary

  The Pioneers of North-Western Europe project (KHM Pioneers Project) focuses on the prevalent model of early postglacial human colonization of Norway by combining aDNA and lithic technological studies. A two-way colonization pattern has been observed for most terrestrial pioneer and boreal forest species in Scandinavia after the last glacial period: one route from the south-west and another through northernmost Fennoscandia. It is generally accepted that these routes represent plant and animal populations spreading from separate glacial refuges which is manifested by genetic differences.

• Solheim, Steinar & Persson, Per (2015). Coast-inland relations in Mesolithic southern Norway.
• Persson, Per (2014). Forskningshistoria, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  2-3.  s 48 - 54
• Persson, Per (2014). Lokalt landskap, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  2-1.  s 24 - 35
• Persson, Per (2014). Naturvetenskap, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  2-8.  s 76 - 87
• Persson, Per (2014). Pioneers of North-Western Europe.
• Persson, Per (2014). Pioneers of North-Western Europe, new version.
• Persson, Per (2014). Registrering av stenålderslokaler inför Vestfoldbaneprosjektet, I: Stine Annette Melvold & Per Persson (red.),  Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Arkeologiske undersøkelser i forbindelse med ny jernbane mellom Larvik og Porsgrunn. Bind I: Tidlig- og mellommesolittiske lokaliteter i Vestfold og Telemark.  Portal forlag.  ISBN 978-82-8314-009-5.  2-4.  s 55 - 57
• Persson, Per (2014). Sources of human colonisation of Norway.
• Persson, Per (2013). Havets betydelse för Norges pionjärbosättning, I:  En maritim värld- från stenåldern till idag.  Bricoleur Press.  ISBN 978-91-85411-24-5.  xx.
• Persson, Per (2013). Stone Age archaeology along an new railway. Scale and approcaches on lithic scatters and landscapes around the Oslofjord.
• Persson, Per; Reitan, Gaute; Melvold, Stine Annette; Fossum, Guro; Eigeland, Lotte Christin & Eggen, Inger Margrete (2013). Sista fältsäsongen med Vestfoldbaneprosjektet. Nicolay: Arkeologisk tidsskrift.  ISSN 0332-8937.  (120), s 23- 34
• Persson, Per & Solheim, Steinar (2013). A MARINE ADAPTATION IN NORWEGIAN MIDDLE MESOLITHIC.
• Persson, Per & Solheim, Steinar (2013). Shoreline and radiocarbon dating. Stone Age settlement in the Oslofjord area.
• Solheim, Steinar & Persson, Per (2013). Marine adaptation in Norwegian Mesolithic. A venture or safe and secured fjord-living?.
• Sørensen, Rolf; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Gälman, Veronika & Persson, Per (2013). En begravd holocen myr i sydøstre Telemark - Sedimentologi, vegetasjonshistorie og klima.
• Persson, Per (2012). Prestemoen - Norges äldsta ben?.
• Reitan, Gaute; Persson, Per; Melvold, Stine Annette; Fossum, Guro & Eggen, Inger Margrete (2012). Nytt fra steinalderen ved Langangsfjorden. Nicolay: Arkeologisk tidsskrift.  ISSN 0332-8937.  (117), s 67- 81
• Persson, Per Åke; Reitan, Gaute; Melvold, Stine Annette; Eggen, Inger Margrete & Kristensen, Steinar (2011). Årsrapport 2010 Årsrapport fra Vefoldbaneprosjektet.
• Reitan, Gaute; Melvold, Stine Annette; Carrasco, Lotte; Persson, Per; Kristensen, Steinar; Fossum, Guro & Eggen, Inger Margrete (2011). Stedfast i mesolitikum?.
• Reitan, Gaute; Persson, Per; Melvold, Stine Annette & Eggen, Inger Margrete (2011). I Egil Mikkelsens fotspor - steinalderundersøkelser langs en ny jernbane. Nicolay: Arkeologisk tidsskrift.  ISSN 0332-8937.  (114), s 21- 32
• Berg, Hans Jørgen & Persson, Per (2010). Undersõkninger av metallfõkomster på ytan av et stenfõremål från Svingen, Åmot kommune, Hedmark, C55553. Varia.  ISSN 1504-3266.  s 585- 588
• Persson, Per Åke (2008). Arkeologisk DNA forskning.Skeletten ger nya svar. Populär arkeologi.  ISSN 0281-014X.  s 4- 7
• Persson, Per Åke (2008). Nauen 5.2 - Stenåldersboplatser och fossil åkermark. Varia. E18-prosjektet Vestfold bind 2.

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