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- Alfsdotter, Clara, 1988-
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Bad Death at Sandby borg : A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses
- 2018
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The subject of corpses from mass violence is surprisingly unexplored, even though the materiality of the corpse carries strong symbolic capital in conflicts. The aim of my PhD research is to create new knowledge about the implications of unburied corpses that stem from intergroup conflicts, and subsequently to add knowledge concerning how intergroup violence is organised to achieve desired social agendas.In the licentiate thesis presented here, I research the conditions for postmortem agency and how treatment of corpses can be studied in prehistory, specifically through the material remains of unburied corpses from the Sandby borg massacre. The Sandby borg case study is explored through a bioarchaeological perspective. Inside the Iron Age ringfort, the remains of at least 26 individuals have been recovered hitherto. Several of the dead display traces of lethal intergroup violence. By integrating osteology, archaeology, taphonomy and social theories, I show how bioarchaeological research can contribute to the understanding of past postmortem agency in relation to intergroup violence as a social process. The thesis is comprised of four articles.
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- Alfsdotter, Clara, 1988-
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The Corporeality of Death : Bioarchaeological, Taphonomic, and Forensic Anthropological Studies of Human Remains
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this work is to advance the knowledge of peri- and postmortem corporeal circumstances in relation to human remains contexts, as well as to demonstrate the value of that knowledge in forensic and archaeological practice and research. This article-based dissertation encompasses papers in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, with an emphasis on taphonomy. The studies include analyses of human osseous material and human decomposition in relation to spatial and social contexts, from both theoretical and methodological perspectives.Taphonomic knowledge is vital to interpretations of the circumstances of peri- and postmortem deposition, with a concern for whether features were created by human hand or the result of decomposition processes and other factors. For example, taphonomic knowledge can aid interpretations of the peri- and postmortem sequence of events, of the agents that have affected human remains, as well as for estimations of time since death. When integrated with social theories, taphonomic information can be used to interpret past events. In this dissertation, a combination of bioarchaeological and forensic taphonomic methods are used to address the question of what processes have shaped mortuary contexts. Specifically, these questions are raised in relation to the peri- and postmortem circumstances of the dead in the Iron Age ringfort of Sandby borg, and about the rate and progress of human decomposition in a Swedish outdoor environment and in a coffin. Additionally, the question is raised of how taphonomic knowledge can inform interpretations of mortuary contexts, and of the current state and potential developments of forensic anthropology and archaeology in Sweden. The result provides us with information of depositional history in terms of events that created and modified deposits of human remains. Furthermore, this research highlights some limitations in taphonomic reconstructions. The research presented here is helpful for interpretations of what has occurred in the distant as well as recent pasts, to understand potentially confounding factors, and how forensic anthropology can benefit Swedish crime scene investigations. In so doing, the knowledge of peri- and postmortem corporeal circumstances and how it can be used has been advanced in relation to both the archaeological and forensic fields.
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- Berggren, Åsa, et al.
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Early Neolithic flint mining at Södra Sallerup, Scania, Sweden
- 2016
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Ingår i: Archaeologia Polona. - Warsaw : Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science. - 0066-5924. ; 54, s. 167-180
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The area around the villages of Kvarnby and S.dra Sallerup in south-west Scania is the only known flint-mining site in Sweden. Radiocarbon dates show that the flint was mined mainly during the earliest phase of the Early Neolithic, between c. 4000 and 3600 BC, thus coinciding with the earliest evidence of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the region. The type of flint, the size of the flint nodules, production debris in the mining area and the concentration of point-butted axes to south-west Scania all suggest that the mining was related to the extraction of flint for the production of point-butted axes. However, considering the abundance of easily available flint elsewhere in the region, it seems clear that the mining was not motivated purely by economic reasons. We suggest that the very extraction of flint from pits and shafts in the chalk was socially and symbolically significant in itself.
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Cultural Heritage and the Future
- 2021
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural heritage and the future.Drawing on case studies from around the world, the contributing authors insist that cultural heritage and the future are intimately linked and that the development of futures thinking should be a priority for academics, students and those working in the wider professional heritage sector. Until recently, the future has never attracted substantial research and debate within heritage studies and heritage management, and this book addresses this gap by offering a balance of theoretical and empirical content that will stimulate multidisciplinary debate in the burgeoning field of critical heritage studies.Cultural Heritage and the Future questions the role of heritage in future making and will be of great relevance to academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, archaeology, anthropology, architecture, conservation studies, sociology, history and geography. Those working in the heritage professions will also find much to interest them within the pages of this book.
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- Dutra Leivas, Ivonne, 1973-
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Stadsarkeologi, Förmedling och Skolan : Bortom historieämnets horisont
- 2020
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The title of this licentiate thesis is: Urban contract archaeology, public outreach and schools. Beyond the horizons of history teaching. The aim of my licentiate thesis is to investigate how educational programs for schools are implemented within the framework of contract archaeology. I study the underlying incentives that motivate public outreach within contract archaeology, who carries out the outreach and what impact educational programs have on schools. My research project also aims to explore how public outreach within contract archaeology can be organized to meet schools´ demand for knowledge and activities. With an interdisciplinary approach, taken from archaeology and educational sciences, the goal is to instigate a dialogue between the scientific community and contract archaeology, as well as between contract archaeology and schools.As a primary goal, midway into in my doctoral degree, I have chosen in this licentiate thesis to study the practices of public outreach on urban excavation sites in Sweden, specifically studying outreach practices towards schools.The research queries in the licentiate thesis are: What are the purposes and objectives with public outreach in contract archaeology?What are the preconditions for working with public outreach in contract archaeology?How are the practices of public outreach aimed at schools conducted at urban excavation sites?How do educational programs within contract archaeology address the needs and goals of school education? Based on these queries, I also discuss how contract archaeology in the future can make possible broader collaborations with schools. This serves as an introduction to how archaeo-didactics can evolve bringing together contract archaeology's goals and potential in an educational situation, with the needs and goals of school education.
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- Fahlander, Fredrik, et al.
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Editorial
- 2016
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - : The Swedish Archaeological Society & Nordic Academic Press. - 1102-7355. ; 24, s. 8-10
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Fahlander, Fredrik, et al.
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Editorial
- 2013
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - : The Swedish Archaeological Society & Nordic Academic Press. - 1102-7355 .- 2002-3901. ; 21:1, s. 8-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Fahlander, Fredrik, et al.
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Editorial
- 2015
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - : The Swedish Archaeological Society & Nordic Academic Press. - 1102-7355 .- 2002-3901. ; 23:1, s. 8-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Fahlander, Fredrik, et al.
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Editorial
- 2014
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Ingår i: Current Swedish Archaeology. - : The Swedish Archaeological Society & Nordic Academic Press. - 1102-7355 .- 2002-3901. ; 22:1, s. 8-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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