I am an associate professor at the University Museum of Bergen, Department of Cultural History. My research focuses on two main interests: 1) How prehistoric people exploited and used the nature they were surrounded by and 2) social development and materiality in the Early Iron Age.

Supervises students at master's and PhD level in archaeology

Academic article

• Asbjørn Engevik (2026). Marginal Mountains - or a Generous Wilderness? Exploitation of the high mountains of Norway in the Iron Age and Middle Ages. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Randi Barndon; Asbjørn Engevik (2016). Industristeder og samtidsarkeologi - utgravninger i Skjeggedal, Tyssedal i Hardanger. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Asbjørn Engevik (2022). Exploiting the Generous Wild. The use of high mountain areas in Norway in the Early Medieval period. (external link)

Exhibition catalogue

• Kari Klæboe Årrestad; Asbjørn Engevik; Aino Laila Johanna Hosia et al. (2025). 1940 Bergensbuene – et særegent geologisk fenomen. (external link)
• Kari Klæboe Årrestad; Asbjørn Engevik; Aino Laila Johanna Hosia et al. (2025). To hundre fortellinger på to hundre år. (external link)

Lecture

• Anna Wessman; Asbjørn Engevik (2024). Arkeologiske folkeforskere – hva og hvem er de egentlig?. (external link)

Media feature article

• Asbjørn Engevik (2026). Villrein – eit levande kulturminne. (external link)

Popular science article

• Asbjørn Engevik (2022). Hvordan kan en vide noe om Oldtiden?. (external link)
• Asbjørn Engevik; Bergljot Solberg; Jan Ketil Solberg (2022). Jernalderen. (external link)
• Asbjørn Engevik (2022). forhistorisk tid. (external link)

Popular science book

• Heidi Lie Andersen; Knut Olav Aslaksen; Asbjørn Engevik et al. (2017). Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen 2017: Samlinger. (external link)

Popular science book chapter

• Asbjørn Engevik; Knut Andreas Bergsvik (2025). 1936 Eva Nissen Meyer og Per Fett. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

Publications

• Forskningsprosjektet Past Landscapes - Future Choices. Deep Time Transitions and the Social Legitimacy of the Green Shift (PAST2FUTURE)
• Del av forskningsprosjektet INDICAVE  (2025-2029) som ledes av professor Knut Andreas Bergsvik (jeg går gjennom keramikken som er en del av prosjektet)
• Mitt eget forskningsprosjekt: Arealer under press - kulturminner under press (2025-2027)
• Deltar i utviklingen av SFF-prosjektet Center for Integrated Earth-Society Dynamics (ESD) som ledes av professor Håkon Fossen

Iron Age in the Nordic countries and Europe: Wild reindeer trapping facilities in Norway
Highland archaeology
Ceramics and clay vessels in the Early Iron Age
Classification, typology and chronology
Development of R&D environments