Skule Olaus Svendsen Spjelkavik

About

PhD-student in archaeology at the NTNU University Museum. I'm doing a PhD on the use of lithic raw materials for axes among Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Central Norway, and what this can tell us about mobility patterns, lithic technolgy, landscape relations and local adaptations in the period. The methods I'm using are geochemical tracing of lithic raw materials using pXRF and XRF, and technological and contexual analysis of axes, blanks and production waste.

Research

From Foragers to Farmers

Publications

2025

Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad; Kalseth, Jenny; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Grønnesby, Geir. (2025) Revidering Midt-Norges forhistorie, montre 13, 14 og 17.
Museum exhibition

2024

Kalseth, Jenny; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Sandbakk, Elin; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Skjelbakken, Roger; Grav, Ellen J.. (2024) Midt-Norges forhistorie, nytt innhold i monter 1-3, 5-6.
Museum exhibition
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen. (2024) En leatherman fra steinalderen?. Spor
Popular scientific article

2023

Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Müller, Axel. (2023) Krystallklart?. Spor
Popular scientific article
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen. (2023) Daniel Groß og Mikael Rothstein, M. (red.) 2023 Changing identity in a changing World. Current studies on the Stone Age around 4000 BCE. Sidestone Press, Leiden. 314 s. ISBN: 9789464261684. Primitive tider
Book review

2022

Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Müller, Axel. (2022) As clear as crystal? An attempt at sourcing hydrothermal quartz crystals from the Early Mesolithic site ‘Mohalsen-I’, Vega Island, Norway using LA-ICP-MS and SEM-CL. Universitetet i Bergen arkeologiske skrifter (UBAS)
Academic article

2019

Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Sauvage, Raymond; Ellingsen, Ellen J. Grav. (2019) NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport 2019:2. Arkeologisk undersøkelse av Lok 3, Skorpa, Kristiansund kommune, Møre og Romsdal. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
Report

2018

Müller, Axel; Ganerød, Morgan; Wiedenbeck, Michael; Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Selbekk, Rune S. (2018) The Hydrothermal Breccia of Berglia-Glassberget, Trøndelag, Norway: Snapshot of a Triassic Earthquake. Minerals
Academic article
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Ellingsen, Ellen J. Grav; Henriksen, Merete Moe. (2018) NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport 2018/26. Arkeologisk undersøkelse av steinalderlokalitet ved Hitra helsetun, Trøndelag. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report

Journal publications

Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen. (2024) En leatherman fra steinalderen?. Spor
Popular scientific article
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Müller, Axel. (2023) Krystallklart?. Spor
Popular scientific article
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen. (2023) Daniel Groß og Mikael Rothstein, M. (red.) 2023 Changing identity in a changing World. Current studies on the Stone Age around 4000 BCE. Sidestone Press, Leiden. 314 s. ISBN: 9789464261684. Primitive tider
Book review
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Müller, Axel. (2022) As clear as crystal? An attempt at sourcing hydrothermal quartz crystals from the Early Mesolithic site ‘Mohalsen-I’, Vega Island, Norway using LA-ICP-MS and SEM-CL. Universitetet i Bergen arkeologiske skrifter (UBAS)
Academic article
Müller, Axel; Ganerød, Morgan; Wiedenbeck, Michael; Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Selbekk, Rune S. (2018) The Hydrothermal Breccia of Berglia-Glassberget, Trøndelag, Norway: Snapshot of a Triassic Earthquake. Minerals
Academic article

Report

Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Sauvage, Raymond; Ellingsen, Ellen J. Grav. (2019) NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport 2019:2. Arkeologisk undersøkelse av Lok 3, Skorpa, Kristiansund kommune, Møre og Romsdal. NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
Report
Spjelkavik, Skule Olaus Svendsen; Ellingsen, Ellen J. Grav; Henriksen, Merete Moe. (2018) NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet arkeologisk rapport 2018/26. Arkeologisk undersøkelse av steinalderlokalitet ved Hitra helsetun, Trøndelag. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report

UTSTILLING

Alsli, Lise Mariann Bolstad; Kalseth, Jenny; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Sandbakk, Elin; Grønnesby, Geir. (2025) Revidering Midt-Norges forhistorie, montre 13, 14 og 17.
Museum exhibition
Kalseth, Jenny; Rønning, Marte Iversen; Sandbakk, Elin; Cyvin, Øylov Emma; Skjelbakken, Roger; Grav, Ellen J.. (2024) Midt-Norges forhistorie, nytt innhold i monter 1-3, 5-6.
Museum exhibition

Teaching

I have participated as a lecturer on Stone Age archaeology and excavation methods in entry level courses in archaeology, and survey methods on MA-level.

Supervision

I have been a supervisor on BA-level.

Outreach