Person

Researcher
- Historical Osteology
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail anna.tornbergark.luse
Room LUX A020
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I finished my PhD in historical osteology/bioarchaeology in May 2018 with my thesis "Health cattle and ploughs . Bioarchaeological consequences of the Secondary Products Revolution in southern Sweden, 2300-1100 BCE". In the thesis I examined in what way human diet and health was affected considering an agropastoral intensification in the latest Stone Age and Early Bronze Age.
My research considers different aspects of helath in past populations. I am especially interested in trauma and violence, care, oral health, stature and demography. My current research focus is upon consequences of violence on both an individual and a societal level, both short and long term. Currently, I'm also working on a project about health in a Iron Age urban population in Greece.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Books (1)
Articles (5)
- Blank, M., Tornberg, A. & Knipper, C. (2018). New perspectives on the late neolithic of south-western Sweden. an interdisciplinary investigation of the gallery grave falköping stad 5. Open Archaeology, 4, 1-35. De Gruyter Open.
- Tornberg, A. (2018). Stature and the Neolithic transition– Skeletal evidence from southern Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 58-67. Elsevier.
- Tornberg, A. & Jacobsson, L. (2018). Care and consequences of traumatic brain injury in Neolithic Sweden : A case study of ante mortem skull trauma and brain injury addressed through the bioarchaeology of care. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 28, 188-198. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Tornberg, A. (2017). Diet, Toothache and Burial Diversity. Lund Archaeological Review, 22, 21-37. Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund.
- Tornberg, A. (2013). Diet, Health and Agriculture : The Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Example of Abbekås, Southern Sweden. Lund Archaeological Review, 19, 7-18. Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund.
Book chapters (2)
- Tornberg, A. (2015). A tale of the tall : A short report on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age southern Scandinavia. In Brink, K., Hydén, S., Jennbert, K., Larsson, L. & Olausson, D. (Eds.) Neolithic Diversities : Perspectives from a conference in Lund, Sweden (pp. 107-114), 65. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University.
- Macheridis, S. & Tornberg, A. (2011). Bilaga 5. Matrester och slaktavfall på Hovdala borg: Osteologisk analys av djurbensmaterialet på Gårdstalien 2008. In Ödman, A. & Ödman, C. (Ed.) Händelser längs en väg: Finjasjöbygden med den medeltida Hovdalaborgen i centrum - från folkvandringstid till stormaktstid (pp. 286-307), Report Series no. 99.
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
Teaching experience:
- Teacher and course coordinator, SASH73 "Health and diet through human history", 7,5 hp, 2019
- Supervisor for master thesis, 2019
- Supervisor for bachelor thesis, 2018
- Supervisor of master thesis 2018
- Teacher and course coordinator, bioarchaeology, 30 hp, 2018
- Teacher and course coordinator, archaeozoology, 30 hp, 2017
- "The Dawn of European Culture", teacher and course coordinator 2012.
- Teacher for the Second Semester Essay Course 2012.
- "Health and Diet through Human History" - teacher, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

Researcher
- Historical Osteology
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail anna.tornbergark.luse
Room LUX A020
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30