2025
Article (in preparation)
BERGER, D., MATTA, V., IALONGO, N., NØRGAARD, H. W., SALIS, G., BRAUNS, M., HOLST, M. K. & VANDKILDE, H. 2025 (in peer review). Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practises in the early first millennium BCE. Plos One, 1-22.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2025 (in peer-review). From theory to reality: A review of craft theory and a new approach to the investigation of individuals in prehistoric crafts. In: WORKMAN, V., GONNERMANN, L. & ALBAZ, S. (eds.) Crafting for the God(s): Dynamics of Cult, Craft Production, and Socio-Technological Identities. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
MELHEIM, A. L. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2024 (in press). Bronze Age Metalcraft. In: HEDEAGER, L., PRESCOTT, C. & KRISTIANSEN, K. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Scandinavian Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
published
NØRGAARD, H. W., LING, J., BERGER, D., PERNICKA, E., STOS-GALE, Z. & MELHEIM, A. L. 2025. Bronze to Scandinavia. In: NØRGAARD, H. W. & REITER, S. (eds.) Bronzization. Essays in Bronze Age Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, 217-240.
MELHEIM, A. L. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2025. How the ‘bronzification’ of Scandinavia happened: From travelling bronze smiths tocommunities of practice In: NØRGAARD, H. W. & REITER, S. (eds.) Bronzization. Essays in Bronze Age Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, 179-193.
2024
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2024. Theory and Experiment: an interdisciplinary collaboration with the aim of a better understanding human craft activities. Time and Mind. The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, Volume 17, Issue 1-2: Quantifying the subjective, 135-155.
VANDKILDE, H., STEPHANSEN, C. F., SUCHOWSKA-DUCKE, P., ANDERSEN, C. S., AHLQVIST, L., FELDING, L., BJØRNEVAD-AHLQVIST, M., CZEBRESZUK, J. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2024. Metal-for-Amber in the European Bronze Age. Prähistorische Zeitschrift, 99 (1), 280-338.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2024. The use of axe and ring metal as a raw material source in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in southern Scandinavia. In: MELLER, H., RISCH, R. & PERNICKA, E. (eds.) Der soziale Wert von prähistorischen Beilen: neue archäologische und archäometrische Ansätze/The social value of prehistoric axes: new archaeological and archaeometric approaches. Halle (Saale): State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony, 1-28.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2024. Review: Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age: Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott. Norwegian Archaeological Review (SARC), SARC 2355085, 163-166.
2023
DOLFINI, A., BRAY, P. J. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2023. Editorial: Transdisciplinary approaches to metal procurement and exchange in archaeology. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Volume 11 – 2023, 1-3. SNIP 0.380
2022
NØRGAARD, H. W. & VANDKILDE, H. 2022. 1600 BC, the first evidence of southern Alpine metal and the Fårdrup and Valsømagle type axes from Denmark and south Sweden: an archaeometallurgical perspective. Acta Archaeologica, 92.2 (2021), 185-226.
BERGER, D., MATTA, V., NØRGAARD, H. W., SALIS, G. & VANDKILDE, H. 2022. Origin and mixing of metals for Nuragic bronzetti studied with isotopes and trace elements. In: LO SCHIAVO, F., PERRA, M. & GIUMLIA-MAIR, A. (eds.) Proceedings of V Festival della civilità nuragica (Orroli, Cagliari). Cagliari.
STOTT, D. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2022. Qgis plugin for anisotropic distributions and networks. In: STOTT, D. (ed.) A work in progress. https://github.com/archaeodav/archISO: GitHub, Inc.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2022. Gehörnte Helme der Bronzezeit. Archäologie in Deutschland, AiD 6/2022, 38-41.
2021
VANDKILDE, H., MATTA, V., AHLQVIST, L. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2021. Anthropomorphised warlike beings with horned helmets: Bronze Age Scandinavia, Sardinia, and Iberia compared. Prähistorische Zeitschrift. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pz-2021-2012/html
SUCHOWSKA-DUCKE, P., STOS-GALE, Z., PERNICKA, E., NØRGAARD, H. W. & DUCKE, B. 2021 (accepted). The bronze cup from Dohnsen in the light of old and new evidence. Archaeometry, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12743
NØRGAARD, H. W., PERNICKA, E. & VANDKILDE, H. 2021. Shifting Networks and Mixing Metals: Changing metal-trading routes to Scandinavia correlate with Neolithic and Bronze Age transformations, PLoS One, 1-27. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252376
2020
MATTA, V., NØRGAARD, H. W., STOTT, D., VANDKILDE, H. & HOLST, M. K. 2020. The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results. Open Archaeology, 2020; 6, 206-213. Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.837 (BFI-niveau 1) https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2020-0114/html
NØRGAARD, H. W. & REITER, S. 2020. La Spécialisation à l’âge du Bronze nordique (1500-1100 BC): des métallurgistes, des ateliers et leur apport à l’organisation du travail du bronze à l’âge du Bronze ancien et moyen. In: PEAKE, R., BAUVAIS, S., HAMON, C. & MORDANT, C. (eds.) La spécialisation des productions et les spécialistes prehistoriques. Specialised productions and specialists in prehistory. Paris: Société préhistorique, 1-30. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2020. Review of: Parker Pearson, M., Sheridan, A., Jay, M., Chamberlain, A., Richards, M. P. & Evans, J. (2019). The Beaker People. Isotopes, mobility and diet in prehistoric Britain. (Prehistoric Society Research Paper, 7). Oxford: Oxbow Books. Archäologische Informationen, Vol. 43, 1-6. (BFI-niveau 1) https://doi.org/10.11588/ai.2020.1.82258
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2020. Rezension zu: Goldhahn, J. (2019). Birds in the Bronze Age. A North European Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Archäologische Informationen, Band 43, 1-4. (BFI-niveau 1) https://doi.org/10.11588/ai.2020.1.82257
2019
NØRGAARD, H. W., PERNICKA, E. & VANDKILDE, H. 2019 On the trail of Scandinavia’ s early metallurgy: provenance, transfer and mixing. PLos One, 14(7): e0219574, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219574 SNIP 2.740 (BFI-niveau 1)
REITER, S., FREI, K. M., NØRGAARD, H. W. & KAUL, F. 2019. The Ølby Woman: AComprehensive Provenance Investigation of an Elite Nordic Bronze Age Oak-Coffin Burial. Danish Journal of Archaeology, 8, 1-21. BFI-niveau 2 https://doi.org/10.7146/dja.v8i0.114995
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2019. Spezialisierung in der Nordischen Bronzezeit (1500–1100 BC): Metallhandwerker, Werkstätten und deren Informationspotenzial zur Organisation des Metallhandwerks während der älteren und mittleren Bronzezeit in Nordeuropa. In: WOLTERMANN, G., NEUMANN, D. & GLESER, R. (eds.) Spezialisierungen in der Bronzezeit Archäologische Quellen und Modelle. Münster: LIT Verlag, 91-113. BFI-niveau 2
NØRGAARD, H. W. & VESTERGAARD, C. 2019. Metallurgiens oprindelse og udvikling. In: HØIRIS, O. & JENSEN, P. K. A. (eds.) Evolutionens menneske og menneskets evolution. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 391-413. BFI-niveau 1
VESTERGAARD, C., FREDENSBORG, K. H. & NØRGAARD, H. W. 2019. Næsten ens – eller hvad? Skalk, 3/2019, 1-8.
2018
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2018. Bronze Age Metalwork. Techniques and Traditions in the Nordic Bronze Age 1500-1100BC, Oxford, Archaeopress. (BFI-niveau 1) http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp?id={A41BB703-6A31-4C5E-B0F8-17741D75B4E6}
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2018. The Nordic Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC): Craft Mobility and Contact Networks in Metal Craft. Prähistorische Zeitschrift, 2017; 92(2), 1-32. SNIP 1.021(BFI-niveau 2) https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2017-0015.
2017
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2017. Portable XRF on Prehistoric Bronze Artifacts: Limitations and Use for the Detection of Bronze Age Metal Workshops. Open Archaeology, 2017; 3, 101-122. SNIP 0.837(BFI-niveau 1) https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0006.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2017. Bronze Age metal workshops in Denmark between 1500–1300 BC: elite-controlled craft on Zealand. In: BERGEBRANT, S. & WESSMAN, A. (eds.) New Perspectives on the Bronze Age: Proceedings from the 13th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium, held in Gothenburg 9th June to 13th June 2015. Oxford: Archaeopress. 127-142. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2017. Danmarks bronzealder: På sporet af metallets lange rejse –sporstofanalyser. Dansk Kemi, 98, nr. 5, 2017, 32-35.
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2017. Danmarks bronzealder: På sporet af metallets lange rejse -minedrift. Dansk Kemi, 98, nr. 4, 2017, 22-25.
2016
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2016. Bronzealderens Mesterstøbere. Skalk, 4/2016, 18-22.
2015
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2015. Metalcraft within the Nordic Bronze Age: Combined metallographic and superficial imaging reveals the technical repertoire in crafting bronze ornaments. Journal for Archaeological Science, 64, 110-128. SNIP 1.651 (BFI-niveau 2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.10.005
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2015. Tracing the Hand that Crafted: how individual working traces make Bronze Age ornaments talk. In: SUCHOWSKA-DUCKE, P., REITER, S. S. & VANDKILDE, H. (eds.) Forging Identities. The Mobility of Culture in Bronze Age Europe. Report from a Marie Curie project 2009-2012 with concluding conference at Aarhus University, Moesgaard 2012. Oxford: BAR International Series, 101-110. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2015. Genau hingesehen – Metallhandwerk in Mecklenburg zwischen 1550-1100 BC. Herstellungsspuren und Metallkompositionen als Indikator für Metallwerkstätten in Mecklenburg. Bodendenkmalpflege in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jahrbuch 61, 2013. Schwerin: Abteilung Landesarchäologie im Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 57-100. (BFI-niveau 1)
2014
REITER, S., NØRGAARD, H. W., KOLZCE, Z. & RASSMANN, C. 2014. Rooted in Movement. Aspects of Mobility in Bronze Age Europe, Aarhus, Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2014. The Bronze Age Smith as Individual. In: GINN, V., ENLANDER, R. & CROZIER, R. (eds.) Exploring Prehistoric Identity in Europe: our construct or theirs? Oxford: Oxbow Books, 97-102. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2014. Valued Craftsmen: As important as prestige goods? -Some ideas about itinerant craftsmanship in the Nordic Bronze Age. In: REITER, S., NØRGAARD, H. W., KOLZCE, Z. & RASSMANN, C. (eds.) Rooted in Movement. Aspects of Mobility in Bronze Age Europe. Aarhus: Jutland Archaeological Society/ Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 37-52. (BFI-niveau 1).
2011
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2011. Die Halskragen der Bronzezeit im nördlichen Mitteleuropa und Südskandinavien, Bonn, Dr. Rudolf Habelt. (BFI-niveau 1)
NØRGAARD, H. W. 2011. Workshops in Mecklenburg. In: HAUPTMANN, A., MODARRESSI-THERANI, D. & PRANGE, M. (eds.) Archaeometallurgy in Europe III. Abstracts. 4. Sonderheft ed. Bochum: Deutsches Bergbaumuseum Bochum, 248-249. (BFI-niveau 1)
HANSEN SVEND, TODERAS, M., REINGRUBER, A., NOWACKI, D., NØRGAARD, H. W., SPANU, D. & WUNDERLICH, J. 2011. Die kupferzeitliche Siedlung Pietrele an der Unteren Donau. Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und geomorphologischen Untersuchungen im Sommer 2010. Eurasia Antiqua, 17, 99-120. (BFI-niveau 1)
2009
HANSEN, S., TODERAS, M., REINGRUBER, A., GATSOV, I., KLIMSCHA, F., NEDELSCHEVA, P., NEEF, R., PRANGE, M., PRICE, T. D., WAHL, J., WENINGER, B., WROBEL, H., WUNDERLICH, J. & ZIDAROV, P. 2009. Der kupferzeitliche Siedlungshügel Magura Gorgana bei Pietrele in der Walachei. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen im Sommer 2007. Eurasia Antiqua, 14, 19-100. (BFI-niveau 1)
WROBEL, H. 2009. Die Halskragen der Nordischen Bronzezeit. Mitteilungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte, 30, 95-114.
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