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Komsafjället
Komsafjellet ( sme, Gurravárri) is a mountain in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The area has given its name to the so-called Komsa culture when in 1925, archaeological finds from the Stone Age were made in the mountains. The oldest finds have been dated to 8000–7000 BC. The mountain is close to the town of Alta, and the mountain's name Komsa is actively used in naming in Alta. History The name Komsafjellet comes as a simplification of the former name Kongshavnfjell. Old maps showing today's Komsafjell showed the mountain under the name Kongshavnfjell, and the Sami name for the mountain is Gurravárri. In 1925, archaeologist Anders Nummedal made large Stone Age finds in the area. Later, more finds were found, and the area gave its name to the so-called Komsa culture. In 2000, new finds of petroglyph A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nummedal
Anders Johnsen Nummedal (January 27, 1867 – March 6, 1944) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He is known for discovering the Fosna culture. Nummedal was educated as a geologist, and in 1909 he was employed as a teacher at Kristiansund High School ( no, Kristiansund høyere almenskole) when he found traces of people living on the Norwegian coast approximately 8,000 years ago. Nummedal found these settlements from the Fosna culture while he was studying the shorelines and post-glacial rebound during the time after the last ice age. The first discovery was made at Lake Voll (''Vollvatnet'') on the island of Nordlandet in Kristiansund. Later he found a number of Fosna culture sites elsewhere in Western Norway and Southern Norway. Nummedal was named a government scholar in 1917, and he was associated with the University Collection of Antiquities in Oslo as a conservator. In 1925 he found the first traces of a similar Stone Age culture in Northern Norway. It was named the Komsa c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |