{"id":14384,"date":"2026-06-03T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/?page_id=14384"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:17:24","slug":"bivdorokkit-02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/bivdorokkit-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittfalls 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittfalls (2)<\/h2>\n

The Open-air Museum is situated in the area called St\u00e1luguolbba in S\u00e1mi, meaning the plateau of St\u00e1llu, the mythical human-like giant. To the left from the Open-air Museum area is a place called St\u00e1lul\u00e1ttu, the pool of St\u00e1llu, where the NRK S\u00e1pmi building is now situated.<\/p>\n

The museum site and the St\u00e1lul\u00e1ttu can be seen in this map:\u00a0St\u00e1lol\u00e1ttu and St\u00e1luguolbba<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

In St\u00e1luguolbba, there are many pitfalls which are part of a longer chain consisting of many hundred pitfalls.<\/p>\n

Pitfalls are marked in yellow:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n \"Pitfalls
Pitfalls in the Open-air Museum, the St\u00e1loguolbba. Source: Research report “Fangstgroper i Karasjok kommune”, University of Troms\u00f8 , 1996. Design of the map: SVD, Paula Rauhala, 2019<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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The structure of pitfalls<\/h3>\n

Pitfalls were usually dug in rows. Pitfall systems were built in connection with natural hindrances, such as watercourses, boggy area and ridges that helped direct the reindeer towards the pits.<\/p>\n

\n \"Structure
Structure of pitfalls, Samuli Aikio, book “Olbmot ovdal min: S\u00e1miid historj\u00e1 1700-logu r\u00e1dj\u00e1i”, page 89.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Listen to the S\u00e1mi joik \u2013\u00a0luohti<\/em>\u00a0in the S\u00e1mi language<\/h4>\n
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Traditional joik by Per Tor Turi from Karasjok, 2019<\/p>\n

\n \"Goddegiella
Goddegiella \u00e1gg\u00e1sis. Samuli Aikio (1992) Olbmot ovdal min: S\u00e1miid historj\u00e1 1700-logu r\u00e1dj\u00e1i, page 92.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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\n \"Pitfall.\"
Pitfall. Photo: SVD, Paula Rauhala, 2019<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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The ancient pitfalls situated outside the museum site were destroyed during construction work related to the development of the village of Karasjok. This happened before the 1978 Cultural Heritage Law came in to force.<\/p>\n

The pitfall system in this area was organized with fences between each pitfall, which probably could include several gates. The fence doors could probably have buckle spears or arrows. This ancient hunting method is called\u00a0\u00e1kkis<\/em>\u00a0in S\u00e1mi. Near the door, each pitfall was covered with branches of trees, moss and reindeer lichen. In some places, pitfalls were situated very close to each other. \u00a0It is possible that there were two or more pitfalls for each door.<\/p>\n

The system of pitfalls in St\u00e1luguolbba was probably located on the seasonal migration route of wild reindeer in the river Karasjok area.<\/p>\n

\n \"Illustration
Illustration photo.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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Pittfalls (2) The Open-air Museum is situated in the area called St\u00e1luguolbba in S\u00e1mi, meaning the plateau of St\u00e1llu, the mythical human-like giant. To the left from the Open-air Museum area is a place called St\u00e1lul\u00e1ttu, the pool of St\u00e1llu, where the NRK S\u00e1pmi building is now situated. The museum site and the St\u00e1lul\u00e1ttu can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14460,"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14384\/revisions\/14460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}