Skandfer et al./Archaeological Perspectives on Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes, 12. House Pits in Northern Interior Fennoscandia

The discussion is based on material from surveys and excavations carried out between 2009 and 2013 within the LARM project as well as unpublished data from earlier research investigations conducted by the authors and material from previous excavations and registrations by national culture heritage management. The data are primarily geographically restricted to Finnmark and Troms counties, but with complementary material from the three northernmost municipalities of Anár/Inari, Eanodat/Enontekiö and Ochejohka/Utsjoki in Lapland, Finland, and the northern part of Norrbotten, Sweden. We begin with a brief perusal of the research history and a presentation of the evidence, after which we proceed to issues of chronology, and then of how the sites relate to geography, topography and soils. We then discuss the various shapes and sizes of the dwellings, and finally address contemporaneity, continuity and the reuse of house pits, sites and selected areas.