The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (Norwegian: Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, NIKU) is a cultural heritage research institute based in Oslo, Norway.
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Organization
The institute has nearly 80 employees and regional offices in Bergen, Trondheim, Tønsberg and Tromsø.[1] It consists of six research departments:[2]
- Archaeological Excavations
- Digital Documentation
- Conservation
- Buildings
- Heritage and Society
- High North
The chair is Torger Ødegaard and the deputy chair is Mette Bye[3] The current director general is Kristin Bakken.
NIKU was created in 1994 as a split from the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[1] From 1994 to 2003, the institute shared a board of directors with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research under the moniker NINA•NIKU.[4]
In 2019, archaeologists from NIKU, using large-scale high-resolution georadar technology, determined that a 17-meter-long Viking ship was buried beside Edøy Church on the island of Edøya. Traces of a small settlement were also found. NIKU estimates the ship's age as over 1,000 years: from the Merovingian or Viking Age. The group plans to conduct additional searches in the area. A similar buried ship was found previously by a NIKU group in 2018, in Gjellestad.[5]
Gjellestad ship burial
The Gjellestad[6] (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̂lːəˌstɑː]) ship burial, also spelt Jellestad, is the remains of a Viking Age longship found at the farm of Gjellestad in Halden municipality in Norway in 2018 by the archeologists Lars Gustavsen and Erich Nau. An ancient well-preserved Viking cemetery for more than 1000 years was discovered using ground-penetrating radar. Archaeologists also revealed at least seven other previously unknown burial mounds and the remnants of five longhouses with the help of the radar survey.[7][8][9][10] The discovery of extensive Bronze Age remains at Gjellestad has led archaeologists to speculate that it had been a sacred site for centuries before the Viking Age.[11]
A 2019 examination by the University of Oslo has dated it to AD 733, at the earliest.[12] Originally interred beneath a burial mound, in the present day the ship lies 50 centimetres below the topsoil due to years of plowing.[13]
Due to extensive fungus damage to the hull caused by field drainage, drought and exposure to the air, archaeologists called for an immediate dig to save the ship.[14] Excavation of the ship at Gjellestad began in June 2020,[15] overseen by Professor Knut Paasche from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research. It is estimated to be over 20 metres long, although only parts of the keel have survived.[16] This would mean that the boat is of a similar size to the Gokstad ship.[17] The identity of the boat's occupant has not yet been confirmed, but experts have speculated that it may have belonged to a king or queen.[18]
By July 2021, archaeologists had exposed the keel of the ship[19] and discovered the remains of a Viking axe.[20] As of December 2021, exploratory excavations and metal detecting surveys in the surrounding area have revealed the existence of a Viking longhouse,[21] a feasting hall, a Norse pagan ritual site,[22] and metal artefacts including an Arabic dirham and three belt buckles.[23]
By December 2022, the archaeological team had completed the excavations. The remains of the keel will be preserved with water-soluble wax. Although most of the wood had disintegrated, the surviving nails will be used to create a 3d reconstruction of the boat. Objects of particular interest included a large amber bead, a spindle whorl, a bracelet, horse and cattle bones, human remains, a comb, a whetstone, fragments of a wooden chest, and two Viking axe heads.[24] The soil from the excavation will be X-rayed and CT scanned before being sifted.[25] The Viken and Halden municipalities intend to open a visitor centre at Gjellestad for viewing the outline of the ship.[26] Meanwhile, the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research has begun a research project called Viking Nativity to investigate the land surrounding the Gjellestad ship burial.[27]
See also
- Norges kirker – church building documentation project affiliated with the institute
- Engagement, Sustainability and Diversity: examining recent heritage policy in Norway
References
- ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "About NIKU". Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "Styret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "NINANIKU – Årsmelding 2002" (in Norwegian). NINA-NIKU. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Ancient Viking ship discovered buried next to church using breakthrough georadar technology". The Independent. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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- ^ "Gjellestadskipet".
- ^ "Viking ship burial discovered in Norway just 50cm underground". the Guardian. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Starr, Michelle. "A Rare Viking Ship Burial Was Just Discovered in Norway, Less Than 2 Feet Underground". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ McGreevy, Nora. "For the First Time in a Century, Norway Will Excavate Viking Ship Burial". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ miljødepartementet, Klima-og (2020-05-12). "Vil grave fram det første vikingskipet på 100 år". Regjeringa.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ What kind of place was Gjellestad?
- ^ "Skipsgraven fra Gjellestad – ny viten om datering og bevaringstilstand – Kulturhistorisk museum".
- ^ Jellestad Ship
- ^ Science Norway
- ^ Gjellestad excavation
- ^ BBC News
- ^ Historic excavation now underway
- ^ SFL Times
- ^ Science Norway
- ^ KHM Advent Calendar
- ^ Longhouse at Gjellestad
- ^ Longhouse, feasting hall and temple unearthed at Gjellestad
- ^ Viking ship museum Gjellestad
- ^ 12 most exciting finds
- ^ Science Norway
- ^ Gjellestad ship latest
- ^ Viking Nativity
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