PAA TUR !

Today was a beautiful sunny weather day -

 I planned a fishing trip Since there are a lot of good fish in the water

 such as sea trout, cod - mackerel, ling. I love to make food and homemade fish cakes are nice to have in the freezer for the winther

Stone Age Settlement

Five hundred meters from the road over Straume bridge I saw a new sign. What was this? I looked and was amazed. A few steps away from me it was a Stone Age Settlement. I did not know this. When I got home. I googled the info The reason I had not seen the sign before was that the old copper sign had been stolen. Yes people take everything with them as a souvenir.

 A lovely place to stay

Strong tidal currents.One has to be very careful!

Many accidents have happened here.

One central was a big white cruiser that went first.

The little boat with a family did not wait and went into high waves

The captain of the little cruiser lost control of the boat and the family was trown to the water

This was a situation where life could easily have passed. Had some of the kids

disappeared inside the waves, then they would have great difficulty being on the surface,

even with life jackets. This is due to turbulence and strong vertical currents.But it is a popular place for fishing since the fishes almost stand with an open mouth to catch food

When traveling to work I often see the Grey Heron sitting on this spot

I wondered what he did and today I found out.It was enjoying itselves with shells

Look how neat he/she has done this.All in the same place it had a storage!Also

Some strange fish skeletons!I wish I could know what fish it was.Never seen such-The Sea Gull and Oystercatcher held me with company and every time I went to fish the Gull cirkulated around just to see if he could take a fish or two.Clever bird!

Straume bridge, built in 1947 over Nordåsstraumen between

 Grimstadfjorden and Nordåsvatnet, 15.6 m long span, total length 37.6 m. 

A former tilting bridge was built 1910–14, after this

 the case was taken up in 1882 due to many drowning accidents.

As mentioned above, the bridge over Nordåsstraumen was built in 1947.

 It replaced an older tilting bridge, built in 1910-14.

At Ruskeneset by Søreide, two caves were excavated by Haakon Shetelig and Aug. Brinkmann in 1914-16. Even today, over a hundred years after the excavations, the finds are in a special position and provide a very special insight into the living environment in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

A hidden gem

The rocks are well sheltered by Straume on the south side

 of the outlet to Nordåsvannet, 8-10 m above sea level.

 When they were in use in the Stone Age and Bronze Age,

 the sea was 5-7 meters higher than today and the outlet oasis 

was thus a wide strait with strong currents and good opportunities for hunting and fishing.

 Today, the road to Søreide goes over one part of the settlement.

the photo under is what it could look like how a fanabuer lived 5400 years ago

The bone material from Ruskeneset is difficult to link to specific phases, primarily because the excavation methods were rough, but also because the cultural layers were disturbed in recent times. Three of the bones are C14-dated to the Bronze Age. There are bones of domestic animals cattle, pigs, sheep and dogs. The bones of wild species dominated the material; they are of deer, seals and whales, but also beavers and bears. There are many species of swimming birds present, including the extinct vulture.(Great Auk) Eagles were also found. The fish bones consisted of cod fish, but also species such as porcupine and gilthead seabream. Seven species of shellfish species were documented. Brinkmann's study of the bone material of seals and deer showed that it was primarily bones of extremities that were preserved on Ruskeneset, not the carcasses. He believed that the carcasses had been taken home to the main settlements. Ruskeneset was thus interpreted as a hunting station; most of the year people had lived elsewhere, and agriculture and animal husbandry were included in the acquisition in addition to hunting. This is an interpretation that still seems reasonable for this settlement.

This was once the city's most beautiful place

The archaeological material from the Neolithic consists of rock axes, arrowheads, scrapers and knives. Many different bone tools were found, such as fishing hooks, various forms of harpoons, points and knives. There were also many kinds of needles and blunt tools. There were also objects, both arrowheads and spears, which were worked on the surface and the edge with a special printing technique where a tip of bronze or deer antler was used. In the layers there was also a lump and a small plate of bronze.Many of the bone tools from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages from Ruskeneset are completely unique. The Iron Age finds were more numerous,  iron needles, knives and nails were found. In addition, there were shards of glue vessels and coarse ceramics in the youngest layers.
Like many others in Western Norway - such as Holmefjordlleren in Fusa - archaeologists found human bones in the cultural layers on Ruskeneset. They came from three children and three adults. One of the skeletons had a flint dagger from the Neolithic as a tombstone.The graves tell both about cultural conditions and about who the deceased was. They show what the dead brought with them to the grave, and where in the grave these objects were placed. In addition, the location and shape of the grave monuments, as well as their structure and size, tell about the significance of the grave. Burials could also almost take place under the floor of the settlement. Examples can be found at Ruskeneset outside Bergen, with a boy from the dagger era (he got a dagger with him in the grave), approx. 2150 BC The boy on Ruskenesten was buried under a slab, an overhang under a rock wall. The graves show that the dead were buried with care, and that they were given tools in the grave. The funerals could mark the bond of the dead to those who lived, and to the place where the family lived. In prescriptive societies, funerals could almost mark the rights to the area and emphasize who belonged to the place. Some of the skeletal remains gave a C14 dating to the end of the Neolithic.

Ruskeneset
Ruskeneset, arkeologisk funnsted under gården Søreide i Fana. På sørsiden av Straume bro ved Nordåsvannet ble det oppdaget to hellere med et tykt avfallslag etter folk som har levd her i forhistorisk tid, fra yngre bronsealder og inn i tidlig jernalder (omkring 1000 f. Kr.– omkring 500 f. Kr.) To boplasser ble avdekket. Den ene lå øst for broen, men er i dag ødelagt av Ytrebygdsvegen, mens den andre ligger noe høyere og på vestsiden av veien. Vannstanden var den gang ca. 7 meter høyere enn nå og strandlinjen helt annerledes. Mens området var nærmest utilgjengelig fra land, var det fra sjøsiden lett å legge til hellerne med båt. Menneskene som bodde her, levde av jakt, fangst og fiske. Området rundt hellerne på Ruskeneset var et eldorado for en jeger i forhistorisk tid. Her var et rikt marint dyreliv med utmerkede fiskemuligheter og gode skjellbanker, mens øyer og strender var yngleplasser for sel. Løvskogen ga livsbetingelser for et variert dyreliv der hjorten streifet omkring i flokker. I fjellet på Ruskeneset er det et lag av kvartsitt som fangstfolket brukte til å lage redskaper av.Funnet på Ruskeneset er et av de mest sentrale og viktige oppdagelser som forteller om den blandingskultur, fangst og jordbrukserverv, som ble skapt ved slutten av steinalderen og bronsealderen. Haakon Shetelig stod for utgravningene i årene 1915/16, og fant rester av rik fauna, tallrike pilespisser, angler, harpuner av ben og så mange rester av menneskeskjeletter at det kan tyde på permanent bosetning.

For the hobby archaeologist

Memento;At least five graves of at least five individuals have been found at the edge of the dwelling place. The skeletons indicate that at least three of them were older people. One of them had and a stone dagger in the grave. In addition, they are a girl in toolv, thirteen years of age ,one one small child probably five six years.It is with reverence I stand here and look at the place.Where people have enjoyed agriculture and fishing .Today the place stands foremost as the archaeologist left it many years backThe work of re-examining the place. The economy is central here. But I hope it will be a protected cultural place.As you see of the photo it was a must to be well dressed in all things you did back then.-you can blow the photo up and also see some of the findings.

The day that should be fishing went to be an amazing day.It is always something to wath in nature if you have the eyes with you

Those who wonder If I caught some fish Yes I did and today I had salmon for dinner.The rest of if goes to kittycat 

When one looks at this in perspective ,then and now, then I think we humans probably had the same feelings, joys and sorrows

It's nice to be part of the big picture.

Thank you for watching!