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Research paper thumbnail of Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence

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Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating narrative in a newly settled Norse landscape: An emic perspective on Norse reuse of ancient monuments on the Northern Isles of Scotland

Re-imagining Periphery. Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Recensioner

META – Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift

Jonas Monié Nordin: Mellan medeltid och modernitet. En introduktion till historisk arkeologi från... more Jonas Monié Nordin: Mellan medeltid och modernitet. En introduktion till historisk arkeologi från högmedeltiden till idag. Lund: Studentlitteratur (2021). 378 s. Jes Wienberg: Heriotopia. World Heritage and Modernity. Lund/Manchester: Lund University Press/ Manchester University Press (2021). 323 sidor, 8 figurer. Tuuli Heinonen: The Social and Material World of Medieval and Early Modern (c.1200–1650) Villages in Southern Finland. Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae, 28. Helsinki: University of Helsinki (2021). 250 p.

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity

Research paper thumbnail of Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and text in northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods

Research paper thumbnail of Three Generations Under One Roof? Bayesian Modeling of Radiocarbon Data from Nunalleq, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

American Antiquity, 2018

This article presents the results of a program of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling from t... more This article presents the results of a program of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling from the precontact Yup'ik site of Nunalleq (GDN-248) in subarctic southwestern Alaska. Nunalleq is deeply stratified, presenting a robust relative chronological framework of well-defined individual house floors abundant in ecofacts suitable for radiocarbon dating. Capitalizing on this potential, we present the results of one of the first applications of Bayesian statistical modeling of radiocarbon data from an archaeological site in the North American Arctic. Using these methods, we demonstrate that it is possible to generate robust, high-resolution chronological models from Arctic archaeology. Radiocarbon dates, procured prior to the program of dating and modeling presented here, suggested an approximately three-century duration of occupation at the site. The results of Bayesian modeling nuance this interpretation. While it is possible that there may have been activity for almost three c...

Research paper thumbnail of Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence; Material Evidence: Learning from Archaeological Practice; Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology: An Introductory Guide

European Journal of Archaeology, 2016

This review essay focuses on three very diverse volumes. Debating Archaeological Empiricism and M... more This review essay focuses on three very diverse volumes. Debating Archaeological Empiricism and Material Evidence are both edited books stemming from academic events. They collect contributions fro...

Research paper thumbnail of Nunalleq Educational Resource Archived Media Content

Media content to archive for the Nunalleq Educational Resource project (2017-2019). This contains... more Media content to archive for the Nunalleq Educational Resource project (2017-2019). This contains an organised folder structure containing 3D model files, audio files, video files as well as text and photoshop files outlining the structure of the original resource. Additionally we have provided a 'walkthrough' video which demonstrated how the interactions work within the resource. The installers for the current resource build which were distributed to schools in Alaska and made available for public download have also been included. The Native village of Quinhagak, as rights holders for the artefacts represented in the 3D models, will decide governance procedures for reuse or publication of the data. We have agreed to set the access as restricted so that we can grant access on request for educational or research purposes.

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present

Archaeologies of “Us” and “Them”

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Debating Archaeological Empiricism

Research paper thumbnail of Vikings, Rus, Varangians: The "Varangian Problem" in View of Ethnicity in Archaeology

Current Swedish Archaeology

The Scandinavian activity in Russia during the Viking Age has left traces in both the archaeologi... more The Scandinavian activity in Russia during the Viking Age has left traces in both the archaeological and the written material. In the 13th century Russian annals, "The Primary Chronicle", a story is told ofhow "Varangians from beyond the sea" founded the first Russian realm. The Varangians have been interpreted as Scandinavians, and the archaeological material has been connected with this story. This has resulted in a scientific debate, which in many cases has been steered by nationalistic feelings and political aims.

Research paper thumbnail of Nunalleq: Archaeologies of Climate Change and Community in Coastal Western Alaska

Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating narrative – An emic perspective on Norse reuse of ancient monuments on the Northern Isles of Scotland

Research paper thumbnail of Re-imagining periphery – Sketching out new fairways for researching the Iron Age North

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present

Research paper thumbnail of Material Identity: Archaeology and National Identity

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present: Archaeology as part of living Yup'ik heritage

Research paper thumbnail of Empirical Tensions in the Materialities of Time

Research paper thumbnail of Politics of Indigeneity

Research paper thumbnail of Words Apart: Archaeology, Indigenous Communities and the Power of Definition

Research paper thumbnail of Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence

Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating narrative in a newly settled Norse landscape: An emic perspective on Norse reuse of ancient monuments on the Northern Isles of Scotland

Re-imagining Periphery. Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Recensioner

META – Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift

Jonas Monié Nordin: Mellan medeltid och modernitet. En introduktion till historisk arkeologi från... more Jonas Monié Nordin: Mellan medeltid och modernitet. En introduktion till historisk arkeologi från högmedeltiden till idag. Lund: Studentlitteratur (2021). 378 s. Jes Wienberg: Heriotopia. World Heritage and Modernity. Lund/Manchester: Lund University Press/ Manchester University Press (2021). 323 sidor, 8 figurer. Tuuli Heinonen: The Social and Material World of Medieval and Early Modern (c.1200–1650) Villages in Southern Finland. Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae, 28. Helsinki: University of Helsinki (2021). 250 p.

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity

Research paper thumbnail of Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and text in northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods

Research paper thumbnail of Three Generations Under One Roof? Bayesian Modeling of Radiocarbon Data from Nunalleq, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

American Antiquity, 2018

This article presents the results of a program of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling from t... more This article presents the results of a program of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling from the precontact Yup'ik site of Nunalleq (GDN-248) in subarctic southwestern Alaska. Nunalleq is deeply stratified, presenting a robust relative chronological framework of well-defined individual house floors abundant in ecofacts suitable for radiocarbon dating. Capitalizing on this potential, we present the results of one of the first applications of Bayesian statistical modeling of radiocarbon data from an archaeological site in the North American Arctic. Using these methods, we demonstrate that it is possible to generate robust, high-resolution chronological models from Arctic archaeology. Radiocarbon dates, procured prior to the program of dating and modeling presented here, suggested an approximately three-century duration of occupation at the site. The results of Bayesian modeling nuance this interpretation. While it is possible that there may have been activity for almost three c...

Research paper thumbnail of Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence; Material Evidence: Learning from Archaeological Practice; Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology: An Introductory Guide

European Journal of Archaeology, 2016

This review essay focuses on three very diverse volumes. Debating Archaeological Empiricism and M... more This review essay focuses on three very diverse volumes. Debating Archaeological Empiricism and Material Evidence are both edited books stemming from academic events. They collect contributions fro...

Research paper thumbnail of Nunalleq Educational Resource Archived Media Content

Media content to archive for the Nunalleq Educational Resource project (2017-2019). This contains... more Media content to archive for the Nunalleq Educational Resource project (2017-2019). This contains an organised folder structure containing 3D model files, audio files, video files as well as text and photoshop files outlining the structure of the original resource. Additionally we have provided a 'walkthrough' video which demonstrated how the interactions work within the resource. The installers for the current resource build which were distributed to schools in Alaska and made available for public download have also been included. The Native village of Quinhagak, as rights holders for the artefacts represented in the 3D models, will decide governance procedures for reuse or publication of the data. We have agreed to set the access as restricted so that we can grant access on request for educational or research purposes.

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present

Archaeologies of “Us” and “Them”

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Debating Archaeological Empiricism

Research paper thumbnail of Vikings, Rus, Varangians: The "Varangian Problem" in View of Ethnicity in Archaeology

Current Swedish Archaeology

The Scandinavian activity in Russia during the Viking Age has left traces in both the archaeologi... more The Scandinavian activity in Russia during the Viking Age has left traces in both the archaeological and the written material. In the 13th century Russian annals, "The Primary Chronicle", a story is told ofhow "Varangians from beyond the sea" founded the first Russian realm. The Varangians have been interpreted as Scandinavians, and the archaeological material has been connected with this story. This has resulted in a scientific debate, which in many cases has been steered by nationalistic feelings and political aims.

Research paper thumbnail of Nunalleq: Archaeologies of Climate Change and Community in Coastal Western Alaska

Research paper thumbnail of Negotiating narrative – An emic perspective on Norse reuse of ancient monuments on the Northern Isles of Scotland

Research paper thumbnail of Re-imagining periphery – Sketching out new fairways for researching the Iron Age North

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present

Research paper thumbnail of Material Identity: Archaeology and National Identity

Research paper thumbnail of Integrating the past in the present: Archaeology as part of living Yup'ik heritage

Research paper thumbnail of Empirical Tensions in the Materialities of Time

Research paper thumbnail of Politics of Indigeneity

Research paper thumbnail of Words Apart: Archaeology, Indigenous Communities and the Power of Definition

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Fibula, Fabula, Fact. The Viking Age in Finland

Research paper thumbnail of EAA 2023 - Call for papers: Session #99 'Snow-and Icescapes: Archaeological and Conceptual Explorations of Frozen Worlds'

Any northerner is familiar with the transformative power of snow and ice that are literally creat... more Any northerner is familiar with the transformative power of snow and ice that are literally creating different geographies in northern landscapes. There are even seasonal geographical features such as sea ice ridges forming every winter, sometimes given local place names of their own. Snow, ice and cold are part of a physical reality that has defined both personal and cultural identity of northerners as well as the identity of places. Yet the possibilities of the winter landscape remain largely unexplored in archaeological research. Today, snow often creates chaos in transportation, frustrating rail commuters and travellers, and frozen waters are perceived to be void of motion hindering the movement of ships and the materials they contain. Historically, however, the northern winter roads on ice and snow were of utmost importance and freezing of the ground awaited. Compared to summer, long northern winters made it possible to utilize shorter networks through faster winter roads. Military campaigns in winter have been constitutive elements in the history of several Nordic regions. Frost-nails, mounts for shoes and horseshoes to protect from slipping on ice are the strongest and most frequent archaeological evidence associated with winter, snow, and ice. Archaeologists are also increasingly discovering skis, skates, sledges, and sleighs as well as remains of winter hay barns and trapping systems. Researchers are becoming more alert to archaeological signatures of day-today life in snowy landscapes. Far from isolating, the frozen landscape provides ice roads and snowy transport routes, lays the ground for sociability, winter fairs and markets, facilitates lumbering, hunting, and trapping, and even war. It connects islands with the mainland, but also forces ships to shore. In the far north, winter commands darkness and demands light. In this session we invite expeditions into the northern winter landscape, both physical and conceptual.