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Birgit Maixner

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Birgit Maixner

Professor
Department of Archaeology and Cultural History
NTNU University Museum

birgit.maixner@ntnu.no
+4773592114 +4793664232 Gunnerushuset, A164, Kalvskinnet, Erling Skakkes gate 47B
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About

POSITION

Professor in archaeology and curator of the Iron Age, Viking Age and Medieval collections at the NTNU University Museum. 

 

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH GROUPS AND NETWORKS

  • European Public Finds Recording Network (2025-present, member)
  • Iron Age to Historical Archaeology (IAHA) Research Group (2023-present, member)
  • Organising landscape (2016-2019: coordinator, 2019-2022: member)
  • EAA Community on fortification research (COMFORT) (2019-2022: vize chair)
  • The Urnes Project (2019-2022, member)
  • NEXUS NIDAROS: Transitions and Traditions (2016-2018, member)

EDUCATION

  • 2018-2019: NTNU´s mentor programme for female associate professors
  • 2017-2018: NTNU leadership development programme for research group leaders
  • 2017: University pedagogy (Pedup), NTNU
  • 2011-2012: Courses in archive management (50 credits), University of Oslo
  • 2003: PhD in archaeology, Kiel University
  • 2000: Magistra Artium (archaeology, history, European ethnology), Kiel University

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • 2025-present: Professor at the NTNU University Museum
  • 2016-2025: Associate professor at the NTNU University Museum. 2016-2022 Head of cultural historical collections, 2016-present curator of the Iron Age, Viking Age and Medieval collections 
  • 2016: Archivist, Nesodden municipality, Norway
  • 2015: Adviser, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
  • 2012-2015: Researcher, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
  • 2012: Archivist, Nesodden municipality, Norway
  • 2009-2010: Senior Fellow, Excellence Cluster TOPOI “The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations”, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2006-2009: Curator, Archäologisches Landesmuseum, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloß Gottorf, Germany
  • 2005: Project researcher in the Tissø-Project, The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • 2024: David Whitehouse Research Residency for Scholars 2024. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning
  • 2020: Skill development stipend for female associate professors, NTNU
  • (2006-2008): Post doctoral fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), for stay at the Center for Viking and Medieval Studies/University of Oslo, Norway: obtained, but not accepted due to job offer at Archäologisches Landesmuseum, Schleswig
  • 2004-2005: Travel Grant, German Archaeological Institute (DAI) (Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, UK)
  • 2002-2003: PhD scholarship, Kiel University
  • 2000-2002: PhD scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), for stay at the Center for Viking and Medieval Studies, University of Oslo
  • 1997-1998: Student scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), for stay at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

  • 2018-2023: main supervisor for 1 PhD student (finished), NTNU
  • 2016-present: main supervisor for 3 master students (2 finished, 1 in progress), NTNU

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • 2016-present: Lectures in archaeology, and in archive and collection management, NTNU
  • 2010: Seminar in archaeology, Excellence Cluster TOPOI, Freie Universität Berlin

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • 2025-2029: Member of Extended Leadership Group, Department of Archaeology and Cultural History, NTNU 
  • 2018-2021, 2021-2023: Member of the Department Council at the Department of Archaeology and Cultural History, NTNU
  • 2016-present: Coordinator of the loan commitee of the Collections of cultural history at the NTNU University Museum, NTNU
  • 2016-2022: Head of Collections of cultural history at the NTNU University Museum, NTNU

EXHIBITION PROJECTS

  • 2025: Member of the working group for the new Viking Age exhibition Viking – Part 2, NTNU University Museum
  • 2024: Member of the working group for the new Viking Age exhibition Viking – Part 1, NTNU University Museum
  • 2023: Responsible curator for the single showcase exhibition "En sølvskatt fra vikingtiden", NTNU University Museum
  • 2018: Responsible curator for the single showcase special exhibition «Himmelens glans. Middelalderens emaljearbeider fra Limoges», NTNU University Museum
  • 2006-2009: Responsible curator for the new permanent exhibition at the Wikinger Museum Haithabu, Schleswig
  • 2004: Responsible curator for one showcase of the special exhibition ”Aktuelle Forschung in Haithabu”, Wikinger Museum Haithabu, Schleswig, and Moesgård Museum, Århus

PROJECTS

  • NIDARK – The revitalization of archaeological objects and documentation from the medieval town Nidaros

 

Competencies

  • Glass beads
  • Iron age and middle ages
  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Maritime cultural landscape
  • Material culture
  • Metal detector finds
  • Viking Age

Research

My primary research interest within archaeology is the Iron Age and Early Medieval period in Northern Europe, with a special focus on decorated metalwork, glass beads, places of trade and production, and the relationship between place names and archaeological monuments in the cultural landscape.

My first research area is decorated metalwork from the Viking period. In my doctoral thesis, I investigated trefoil brooches from Scandinavia with regard to their typology, dating, decoration, function, and production. In a later work, I have examined the cultural contacts between Scandinavia and the Continent in the Viking Age, as they are evident on high status metalwork by processes of adaption and reception.

My second research area is about sites of trade and production, exchange, and access to resources in the first millennium AD in Scandinavia. I have investigated this topic from various angles, studying metal detector finds from a production site affiliated with an Iron Age manor at Missingen, Østfold, investigating the maritime place name *Sæheimr in Scandinavia as a possible indicator of Iron Age landing sites, exploring the maritime-economic network between Viking Age central farms around the Trondheimsfjorden, analyzing the landscape of communication around the Urnes stave church, and discussing long-distance trade in the early Viking Age between Ribe and Northern Norway based on eight-century glass beads. 

My current research project for my sabbatical in the academic year 2023/2024 is about glass beads of the Viking Age. 

Besides, I have a third, small field of research, which is about metal detector finds and cultural heritage management. 

 

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Et romansk krusifiks fra Åndalsnes. Spor
    Popular science article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Three Miniatures on Raw Material Exploitation and Long-Distance Trade in Central Norway During the Early Viking Age: A Regional Study of the Viking Economy Based on Archaeological Evidence. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
    Academic monograph
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Implications of recent metal detector finds for the interpretation of King Øystein’s Harbour in Agdenes, Norway. Fornvännen
    Academic article

2025

  • Grav, Ellen J.; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Lukezic, Francis Lucas; Hellan, Terje Masterud; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Grønnesby, Geir; Sauvage, Raymond; Skjelbakken, Roger; Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad. (2025) Viking del 2 - Gården.
    Exhibition
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2025) Metallsøking på Inner-Torget, Brønnøy. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
    Other type of report
  • Baug, Irene; Skre, Dagfinn; Røhr, Torkil Sørlie; Heldal, Tom; Maixner, Birgit; Ljungkvist, John. (2025) Viking Age economics: implications of industrial commodity production. Germania
    Academic article

2024

  • Maixner, Birgit; Hellan, Terje Masterud. (2024) Viking Period Trade and Communication in the Vinjefjord and Hemnfjord Areas, in Light of Topography, Place Names, Silver Coins and Imported Beads.
    Academic chapter
  • Grav, Ellen J.; Maixner, Birgit; Sauvage, Raymond; Skoglund, Fredrik Kvarme; Risvaag, Jon Anders; Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad; Christophersen, Thea Pernille; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo. (2024) Viking.
    Exhibition

2023

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Gjemt og aldri hentet. En ny sølvskatt fra vikingtiden fra Kongshaugplatået ved Stjørdal. Spor
    Popular science article
  • Maixner, Birgit; Randerz, Ellen L.Wijgård; Grav, Ellen J.; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Sauvage, Raymond; Kalseth, Jenny. (2023) En sølvskatt fra vikingtiden.
    Exhibition
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Place names as a resource for evaluating Iron Age central place complexes in the coastal landscape of northern Trøndelag, Central Norway.
    Academic chapter
  • Fredriksen, Caroline; Maixner, Birgit; Brattli, Terje; Risbøl, Ole. (2023) «Funnet med metallsøker i dyrket mark»: En relasjonell studie av norsk praksis overfor privat metallsøking og pløyelagsfunn som vitenskapelig kildemateriale. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2022

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Doppsko og spenne fra vikingtiden.
    Popular science chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Auranområdet i jernalderen og vikingtiden. Våttån
    Popular science article
  • Ibsen, Timo; Ilves, Kristin; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian; Schneeweiß, Jens. (2022) Fortifications in their natural and cultural Landscape : From organising space to the creation of power. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH
    Anthology
  • Ibsen, Timo; Ilves, Kristin; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian; Schneeweiß, Jens. (2022) Introduction – ‘Fortifications in their Natural and Cultural Landscape: From Organising Space to the Creation of Power’.
    Introduction in anthology
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) The Vesterfjellet hillfort on the island of Jøa on the coast of central Norway: Point of lookout or refuge?.
    Academic chapter

2021

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2021) The Landscape of Urnes: Settlement, Communication, and Resources in the Viking and Early Middle Ages.
    Academic chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2021) Urban Market Production and Coastal Trade in the Early Viking Age. A Study of Eighth-Century AD Blue Period Millefiori Beads in Central and Northern Norway. Journal of Urban Archaeology (JUA)
    Academic article

2020

  • Ibsen, Timo; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian. (2020) First workshop of the EAA “Community on Fortification Research (COMFORT)”, 5 /6 March 2020. The European Archaeologist
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Connected by water, no matter how far. Viking Age central farms at the Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, as gateways between waterscapes and landscapes. Archäologische Informationen
    Academic article

2019

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2019) *Sæheimr: Just a Settlement by the Sea? Dating, Naming Motivation and Function of an Iron Age Maritime Place Name in Scandinavia. Journal of Maritime Archaeology
    Academic article
  • Carnap-Bornheim, Claus von; Jöns, Hauke; Maixner, Birgit; Müller-Wille, Michael. (2019) Handelsemporien und frühe Städte. Mittelalterlicher Handel im Nord- und Ostseeraum.
    Non-fiction chapter

2018

  • Maixner, Birgit; Sylvester, Morten; Sandbakk, Elin; Pawel, Daniela; Skjelbakken, Roger; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Hojem, Åge. (2018) Himmelens glans – Middelalderens emaljearbeider fra Limoges.
    Exhibition

2017

  • Stenvik, Lars Fredrik; Callanan, Martin; Fossum, Birgitta; Aagård, Lisa Dunfjeld; Fjellheim, Jenny; Sandbakk, Elin; Maixner, Birgit; Sørumgård, Marit; Rosvold, Jørgen; Berglund, Birgitta. (2017) Hvem Eier Historien?.
    Exhibition

2016

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2016) Metallsøkprosjekt Missingen/Åkeberg– et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom forvaltningen og frivillige rundt en storgård fra jernalderen.
    Academic chapter

2015

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Én lov - Ulik forvaltningspolitikk: Om norsk forvaltningspraksis rundt privat metallsøking i pløyejord og dens konsekvenser. Fornvännen
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Missingen/Åkeberg i Østfold - En storgård fra jernalderen med tilknyttet håndverkssenter. Fornvännen
    Academic article

2014

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Fränkische Rangzeichen und ihre Rezeption im wikingerzeitlichen Skandinavien.
    Academic chapter

2010

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2010) Haithabu – Fernhandelszentrum zwischen den Welten. Begleitband zur Ausstellung im Wikinger Museum Haithabu. Archäologisches Landesmuseum in der Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloß Gottorf, Ralf Bleile, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim
    Popular science monograph

2005

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2005) Die gegossenen kleeblattförmigen Fibeln der Wikingerzeit aus Skandinavien. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH,
    Academic monograph

2004

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2004) Die tierstilverzierten Metallarbeiten der Wikingerzeit aus Birka unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Borrestils.
    Academic chapter

Journal publications

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Et romansk krusifiks fra Åndalsnes. Spor
    Popular science article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Implications of recent metal detector finds for the interpretation of King Øystein’s Harbour in Agdenes, Norway. Fornvännen
    Academic article
  • Baug, Irene; Skre, Dagfinn; Røhr, Torkil Sørlie; Heldal, Tom; Maixner, Birgit; Ljungkvist, John. (2025) Viking Age economics: implications of industrial commodity production. Germania
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Gjemt og aldri hentet. En ny sølvskatt fra vikingtiden fra Kongshaugplatået ved Stjørdal. Spor
    Popular science article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2019) *Sæheimr: Just a Settlement by the Sea? Dating, Naming Motivation and Function of an Iron Age Maritime Place Name in Scandinavia. Journal of Maritime Archaeology
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Én lov - Ulik forvaltningspolitikk: Om norsk forvaltningspraksis rundt privat metallsøking i pløyejord og dens konsekvenser. Fornvännen
    Academic article
  • Ibsen, Timo; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian. (2020) First workshop of the EAA “Community on Fortification Research (COMFORT)”, 5 /6 March 2020. The European Archaeologist
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Auranområdet i jernalderen og vikingtiden. Våttån
    Popular science article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Connected by water, no matter how far. Viking Age central farms at the Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, as gateways between waterscapes and landscapes. Archäologische Informationen
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2021) Urban Market Production and Coastal Trade in the Early Viking Age. A Study of Eighth-Century AD Blue Period Millefiori Beads in Central and Northern Norway. Journal of Urban Archaeology (JUA)
    Academic article
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Missingen/Åkeberg i Østfold - En storgård fra jernalderen med tilknyttet håndverkssenter. Fornvännen
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Grav, Ellen J.; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Lukezic, Francis Lucas; Hellan, Terje Masterud; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Grønnesby, Geir; Sauvage, Raymond; Skjelbakken, Roger; Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad. (2025) Viking del 2 - Gården.
    Exhibition
  • Maixner, Birgit; Randerz, Ellen L.Wijgård; Grav, Ellen J.; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Sauvage, Raymond; Kalseth, Jenny. (2023) En sølvskatt fra vikingtiden.
    Exhibition
  • Stenvik, Lars Fredrik; Callanan, Martin; Fossum, Birgitta; Aagård, Lisa Dunfjeld; Fjellheim, Jenny; Sandbakk, Elin; Maixner, Birgit; Sørumgård, Marit; Rosvold, Jørgen; Berglund, Birgitta. (2017) Hvem Eier Historien?.
    Exhibition
  • Maixner, Birgit; Sylvester, Morten; Sandbakk, Elin; Pawel, Daniela; Skjelbakken, Roger; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Hojem, Åge. (2018) Himmelens glans – Middelalderens emaljearbeider fra Limoges.
    Exhibition
  • Grav, Ellen J.; Maixner, Birgit; Sauvage, Raymond; Skoglund, Fredrik Kvarme; Risvaag, Jon Anders; Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad; Christophersen, Thea Pernille; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo. (2024) Viking.
    Exhibition

Books

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Three Miniatures on Raw Material Exploitation and Long-Distance Trade in Central Norway During the Early Viking Age: A Regional Study of the Viking Economy Based on Archaeological Evidence. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
    Academic monograph
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2005) Die gegossenen kleeblattförmigen Fibeln der Wikingerzeit aus Skandinavien. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH,
    Academic monograph
  • Ibsen, Timo; Ilves, Kristin; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian; Schneeweiß, Jens. (2022) Fortifications in their natural and cultural Landscape : From organising space to the creation of power. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH
    Anthology
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2010) Haithabu – Fernhandelszentrum zwischen den Welten. Begleitband zur Ausstellung im Wikinger Museum Haithabu. Archäologisches Landesmuseum in der Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloß Gottorf, Ralf Bleile, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim
    Popular science monograph

Part of book/report

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Place names as a resource for evaluating Iron Age central place complexes in the coastal landscape of northern Trøndelag, Central Norway.
    Academic chapter
  • Carnap-Bornheim, Claus von; Jöns, Hauke; Maixner, Birgit; Müller-Wille, Michael. (2019) Handelsemporien und frühe Städte. Mittelalterlicher Handel im Nord- und Ostseeraum.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Doppsko og spenne fra vikingtiden.
    Popular science chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2016) Metallsøkprosjekt Missingen/Åkeberg– et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom forvaltningen og frivillige rundt en storgård fra jernalderen.
    Academic chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2021) The Landscape of Urnes: Settlement, Communication, and Resources in the Viking and Early Middle Ages.
    Academic chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit; Hellan, Terje Masterud. (2024) Viking Period Trade and Communication in the Vinjefjord and Hemnfjord Areas, in Light of Topography, Place Names, Silver Coins and Imported Beads.
    Academic chapter
  • Ibsen, Timo; Ilves, Kristin; Maixner, Birgit; Messal, Sebastian; Schneeweiß, Jens. (2022) Introduction – ‘Fortifications in their Natural and Cultural Landscape: From Organising Space to the Creation of Power’.
    Introduction in anthology
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2022) The Vesterfjellet hillfort on the island of Jøa on the coast of central Norway: Point of lookout or refuge?.
    Academic chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2004) Die tierstilverzierten Metallarbeiten der Wikingerzeit aus Birka unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Borrestils.
    Academic chapter
  • Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Fränkische Rangzeichen und ihre Rezeption im wikingerzeitlichen Skandinavien.
    Academic chapter

Report

  • Maixner, Birgit. (2025) Metallsøking på Inner-Torget, Brønnøy. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
    Other type of report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Fredriksen, Caroline; Maixner, Birgit; Brattli, Terje; Risbøl, Ole. (2023) «Funnet med metallsøker i dyrket mark»: En relasjonell studie av norsk praksis overfor privat metallsøking og pløyelagsfunn som vitenskapelig kildemateriale. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

Outreach

2026

  • Interview
    Riesto, Matti; Maixner, Birgit. (2026) Metalldetektorister på vikingjakt fant sølvmynt.

2025

  • Interview
    Årseth, Tor Martin; Maixner, Birgit. (2025) Tobias (28) fant sjelden gjenstand som skaper jubel - Et helt unik funn.
  • Interview
    Johnsen, Steinar; Maixner, Birgit. (2025) Vikingen i steinmassene: – Deter nesten som et vulkanutbrudd.

2024

  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2024) The value of small applications. Department of Archaeology and Cultural History: Research Day
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2024) Exploring the phenomenon of Viking Period Middle Eastern mosaic glass beads. David Whitehouse Research Residency for Scholars Lecture
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2024) Mosaic-eye beads between Abbasids and Vikings. Odense Meets Trondheim: Problems and Possibilities in Archaeological and Historical Research
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2024) Heims nettverk og forbindelser i vikingtiden. Kulturminnedagen 7. september 2024

2023

  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Norwegian seats of power (second half of the first millennium AD). Northern and East-Central European architecture and landscape of power (late first millennium AD to 1300 AD) – was there a development of its own or a Frankish-Late Antique transfer of ideas?
  • Interview
    Sagbakken, Borgar; Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Pawel fant to vikingskatter som er over 1100 år gammel - Spennende å se det utstilt.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Implications for the chronology and contacts of graves in Viking-age Norway in light of the results from the Northern Emporium project, using the example of glass beads. Northern Emporium Concluding Symposium: New Light on Emporia and Networks
  • Interview
    Maixner, Birgit; Langton, James. (2023) How the price of Viking cows was measured in dirhams.
  • Interview
    Klakegg-Thorp, Thomas; Maixner, Birgit. (2023) Fant sjelden sølvmynt fra 900-tallet: – Kan vise at det foregikk handel i området.

2022

  • Interview
    Macedo, Lars Lilleby; Maixner, Birgit; Reiersen, Håkon. (2022) Oppsiktsvekkende gullfunn i Eggelia kan gjøre at norgeshistorien må omskrives – kan være biten som har manglet.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit; Hellan, Terje Masterud. (2022) Iron Age and Viking Period trade and communication in the Vinje- and Hemnfjord-area. E39 Betna – Stormyra – Anthology workshop
  • Conference poster
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Urban market production and coastal trade in the early Viking Age: The example of ‘blue period’ millefiori beads in central and northern Norway. 19th Viking Congress, 2022
  • Interview
    Hatland, Lena Erikke; Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Uheldig viking mistet sølvskatt i Stjørdal: – Et eksepsjonelt funn.
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Vikingtidens handel og kontakt i lys av stedsnavn og importerte perler. 39 Betna - Stormyra - Seminar med Statens Vegvesen
  • Interview
    hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Viking Age silver treasure found in Stjørdal municipality.
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Introduksjon. NIDARK – Avslutningsseminar
  • Interview
    Sagbakken, Borgar; Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Pawel fant 1100 år gammel vikingskatt.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Dating, naming motivation and function of the maritime place-name *Sæheimr in Scandinavia. 7thIinternational Congress for Underwater Archaeology
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) En høvding ved hvert hjørne – Jernalderens maktlandskap i det nord-trønderske kystområdet. Workshop om Hundorp og maktsenterutviklingen i jernalder
  • Interview
    hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Sølvskatt fra vikingtid funnet i Stjørdal.
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2022) Sølvskatten fra Kongshaugplatået. Foredragskveld

2021

  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2021) Rutiner ved innlevering av funn - og utfordringer i praksis - eller - Å samle er å velge’. Regionmøte 2021

2020

  • Interview
    Pedersen-Engesvik, Gøril; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Stedsnavnet Sem forteller en skjult historie.
  • Interview
    Munsterhjelm, Erik; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Allerede i jernalderen var Sem et sentralt sted.
  • Interview
    hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Stedsnavn-koden.
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) The conception of the permanent exhibition at the Wikinger Museum Haithabu. The setting of fortifications in the natural and cultural landscape
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Hillforts at the coast of Trøndelag, Norway. Case studies from the Vikna‐area. The setting of fortifications in the natural and cultural landscape
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Beacons at the Trøndelag coast, Norway – sea marks or relicts of a Scandinavian Iron Age military communication?. EAA Annual Meeting 2020 Budapest
  • Interview
    Landsverk, Johanne; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Aha-opplevinga. Kvifor vart mange liknande metallfunn gjorde på stader med samme namn? Birgit Maixner fekk ein idé.
  • Interview
    Hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Stednavn-koden.
  • Interview
    Børstad, Johannes; Kringstad, Kirsti; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Stig fikk skjelven da han skjønte hva han hadde funnet.
  • Interview
    Bergh, Nicholas; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Har løst ring-mysterium.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) The landscape of Urnes: settlement, communication, and resources in the Viking and Early Middle Ages. Nexus Nidaros Forskerseminar
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Stedsnavn som verktøy for rekonstruksjonen av jernalderens kystlandskap i Midt-Norge – utfordringer og perspektiv. Stedsnavns plass i norsk arkeologi
  • Interview
    Hansen, Frid Kvalpskarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Place names describe Scandinavia in the Iron and Viking Ages.
  • Interview
    Børstad, Johannes; Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Var uenig om funnet: Nå har de løst gullring-gåte.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2020) Iron Age settlement development and spatial organisation at the coast of Trøndelag. Organizing landscapes in Early Medieval Northern Europe

2019

  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Best praksis for metallsøking i felt. Finnerens dag 2019
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Introduksjon. Finnerens dag 2019
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Auran – Et vikingtidens stormannssete belyst ved metallsøkerfunn. Finnerens dag 2019
  • Lecture
    Johansen, Torkel; Maixner, Birgit. (2019) NIDARK-prosjektet. Kvikklunsj
  • Conference poster
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Viking manor and harbour at Viggja: A gateway for long-distance trade in Central Norway?. Third Dorestad Congress 2019
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Connected by water, no matter how far. Water-bound relationship between Viking chieftain seats around the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. 25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2019) Viggja – stormannsgård og ankringsplass i vikingtiden. Kulturkveld med tema "Vikingtid og middelalder på Viggja"

2018

  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2018) Enamels of Limoges. Royal Saints, Kings and People. St Olaf in Context
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2018) Himmelens glans: Middelalderens emaljearbeider fra Limoges i NTNU Vitenskapsmuseets samlinger. NIDARK-foredragsrekke
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit; Johansen, Torkel. (2018) Orientering om NIDARK. Regionalt samarbeidsmøte i forvaltningen
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2018) Samlingsforvaltning, generell orientering. Regionalt samarbeidsmøte i forvaltningen
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2018) Auran – En stormannsgård ved Trondheimsfjorden i yngre jernalder og tidlig middelalder. Kveldsmøte med foredrag

2017

  • Interview
    Lervik, Frank; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Sjekk hva Magnus får i finnerlønn etter gullfunnet i Skaun. Han får den største finnerlønnen på over 40 år, men synes likevel den er merkelig lav.
  • Interview
    Aasheim, Tore; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Nå kommer vikingarven tilbake til Oppdal.
  • Interview
    Haudemann-Andersen, Jørn; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Fant nesten 400 gram gull - får den største finnerlønnen på over 40 år.
  • Interview
    Haugan, Gaute Ulvik; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Ber om lønn for funn av kulturskatter. Vitenskapsmuseet har ryddet i skuffene. Nå ber de Riksantikvaren belønne metallsøkerfunn gjort siden 2011.
  • Interview
    Folde, Stian Moan; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Det er ikke bare gull som glitrer.
  • Interview
    Birger, Aarmo; Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Fant vikingøks på Kongsmoen.
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit; Risbøl, Ole. (2017) Oppsummering og sammenfatting. Hvordan jobbe sammen? Forskning- og samarbeidsmuligheter, sosiale søk og sikring. Fagkveld om metallsøking og arkeologi
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Manor, Market and Church: Archaeological Evidence of Early Medieval Manors in the Surroundings of Trondheim. Challenging 997: Church - Town - Saint. St Clement´s church and the development of Trondheim 900-1150
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Beste praksis for metallsøking? Hvor og hvordan bør det søkes? Hva bør samles inn og dokumenteres?. Kulturminner i jordbrukslandskapet
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Beste praksis for metallsøking? Hvor og hvordan bør det søkes? Hva bør samles inn og dokumenteres?. Fagkveld om metallsøking og arkeologi
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Kulturminner i jordbrukslandskapet (pløyd jord). Kulturminner i jordbrukslandskapet
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Stedsnavnet «Sæheimr». Stedsnavn og kulturminner i et landskapsperspektiv
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2017) Samlingene: Samlingsforvaltning, aktivitet og prioriteringer på samlingsgruppa, innlevering av funn og §9-saker. Regionalt samarbeidsmøte i forvaltningen

2016

  • Interview
    Maixner, Birgit. (2016) Spare seg til fant.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2016) Forskning – forvaltning – samling. Vitenskapelige samlinger som kunnskapsressurs. Prøveforelesning på NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2016) Hva er arkeologi?. Prøveforelesning på Institutt for historiske studier

2015

  • Interview
    Vespestad, Linda; Martinsen, Julian Robert Post; Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Trodde han fant søppel, var arkeologisk sensasjon.
  • Interview
    Fjeld, Knut; Martinsen, Julian Robert Post; Maixner, Birgit; Larsen, Jan Henning. (2015) Smeddepot fra jernalderen inneholdt 32 gjenstander. Julaften i oktober for metallsøker Terje.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2015) From aristocratic market place to royal manor: Landing places at estuaries in South-Eastern Norway in a long term perspective from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages. 21th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists
  • Interview
    Hansteen, Terje; Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Sensasjonen ved E6.
  • Interview
    Melgård, Marianne L. L.; Maixner, Birgit. (2015) Detektoristens dilemma. Arkeologene jublet over funnet av et høvdingssete fra romersk tid på et jorde i Østfold. Birgit Maixner skapte bølger da hun fikk amatører med på utgravingen.

2014

  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Produksjon og distribusjon av vikingtidens støpte dekorerte metallarbeider - En tilnærming på makro- og mikronivå. Foredragskveld Norges Metallsøker Forening
  • Lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Forvaltning av metallsøkerfunn på KHM - rutiner og tidsbruk. Høstmøtet - Riksantikvarens kulturminnekonferanse
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Specialization and standardization - an inevitable interdependence? Some reflections concerning the production of Viking Age decorated cast metalwork. 20th Annual Meeting of European Association of Archaeologists
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Metallsøkprosjekt Missingen/Åkeberg - et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom forskning, forvaltning og frivillige rundt en storgård fra jernalder. NAM 2014
  • Interview
    Sanden, Anders Engen; Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Fant skjulte skatter fra fortiden. Et 30-talls frivillige metallsøkere gjorde flere spektakulære funn i Råde i helgen.
  • Interview
    Olsen, Lotte; Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Fant mer enn 1000 år gammelt smykke – Gir et fantastisk innblikk i bosettingshistorien.
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Pilotprosjekt Missingen. Pløyejord som Kontekst: Nye perspektiver for Forskning, Forvaltning og Formidling
  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Ulike kilder, ulike svar - Om metallsøk på Missingen/Åkeberg i Østfold. Høstseminar agrarnettverk
  • Interview
    Schmidt, Martin Tangen; Erlingsen, Hilde; Maixner, Birgit. (2014) Unike funn fra romertid til vikingtid. Et løpende prosjekt mellom arkeologer, grunneiere og ivrige metallsøkere har avdekket spektakulært funn i Råde.

2013

  • Conference lecture
    Maixner, Birgit. (2013) Produksjon og distribusjon av vikingtidens støpte dekorerte metallarbeider - En tilnærming på makro- og mikronivå. Markedets makt? Handel, håndverk og råvarer i vikingtid og tidlig middelalder

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