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Since spring 2014 I am a researcher and lecturer at the institute. I was a doctoral student at the institute and graduated 2004. Since then I have been working in contacting archaeology, and between 2008 and 2014 I was a senior lecturer at Södertörn University. My interests have varied but one common thread approach archaeology as an environmental field of knowledge; both from a broad humanistic and more strict scientific perspetive. My reserach is built on several scientific realities, and with a strong focus on the endeavors of contemporary societies.
My reserach at the moment focuses on a maritime archaeology; and explores the submerged landscapes of the Early Holocene in the Baltic Sea.
Research
Thesis projects
Research groups
Present projects
- Above Landscapes and Beyond Places. Using high-definition digital topographies to understand long-term landscape change
- Blue Archaeology. Assembling the cultural and natural heritage of submerged Stone-Age Seascapes in Sweden (research leader)
- GRIBSHUNDEN Shipwreck
- Iron Age Blekinge I: Västra Vång (research leader)
- Järnåldersarkeologi Blekinge II: Övärldens långtid och rum (research leader)
- TELE SCOPE
Networks
Completed projects
- Early Holocene landscape development and Baltic Sea history based on submerged wood remains, high-resolution bathymetry and lagoonal sediments in the Hanö Bay
- Megalit Skåne - rekonstruktion och digital dokumentation av megalitgravar i Skåne
- VÅNG Fotokonst Arkeologi Landskap - en utställning (research leader)
Publications
Books (2)
- Nilsson, B. (2003). Tingens och tankarnas landskap : försök i naturumgängets arkeologi med exempel ur Blekinges och Smålands förflutna. Acta Archaeologica Lundensia. Series in 8°, 44. Almqvist & Wiksell International. Dissertation.
- Nilsson, B. & Karlsson, H. (2001). Arkeologins publika relation : en kritisk rannsakning. Bricoleur Press.
Editorships (1)
Articles (13)
- Boethius, A., Bergsvik, K. A. & Nilsson, B. (2020). Knowledge from the ancient sea : a long-term perspective of human impact on aquatic life in Mesolithic Scandinavia. The Holocene. SAGE Publications.
- Jakobsson, M., O'Regan, M., Mörth, C. M., Stranne, C., Weidner, E., Hansson, J., Gyllencreutz, R., Humborg, C., Elfwing, T., Norkko, A., Norkko, J., Nilsson, B. & Sjöström, A. (2020). Potential links between Baltic Sea submarine terraces and groundwater seeping. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 1-15. Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH.
- Hansson, A., Boethius, A., Hammarlund, D., Lagerås, P., Ola, M., Nilsson, B., Nilsson Brunlid, A. & Rundgren, M. (2019). Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic. Quaternary, 2. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
- Hansson, A., Hammarlund, D., Landeschi, G., Sjöström, A. & Nilsson, B. (2019). A new early Holocene shoreline displacement record for Blekinge, southern Sweden, and implications for underwater archaeology. Boreas, 48, 57-71. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
- Groß, D., Zander, A., Boethius, A., Dreibrodt, S., Grøn, O., Hansson, A., Jessen, C., Koivisto, S., Larsson, L., Lübke, H. & Nilsson, B. (2018). People, lakes and seashores : Studies from the Baltic Sea basin and adjacent areas in the early and Mid-Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 185, 27-40. Elsevier.
- Hansson, A., Björck, S., Heger, K., Holmgren, S., Linderson, H., Magnell, O., Nilsson, B., Rundgren, M., Sjöström, A. & Hammarlund, D. (2018). Shoreline displacement and human resource utilization in the southern Baltic Basin coastal zone during the early Holocene: New insights from a submerged Mesolithic landscape in south-eastern Sweden. The Holocene, 28, 721-737. SAGE Publications.
- Hansson, A., Nilsson, B., Sjöström, A., Björck, S., Holmgren, S., Linderson, H., Magnell, O., Rundgren, M. & Hammarlund, D. (2018). A submerged Mesolithic lagoonal landscape in the Baltic Sea, south-eastern Sweden – Early Holocene environmental reconstruction and shore-level displacement based on a multiproxy approach. Quaternary International, 463, 110-123. Pergamon.
- Landeschi, G., Nilsson, B. & Dell'Unto, N. (2016). Assessing the damage of an archaeological site : new contributions from the combination of Image-based 3D modelling techniques and GIS. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, 431-440. Elsevier.
- Nilsson, B. (2011). Archaeology and the unstoppable excavation machine. A Swedish point of view. Archaeological Dialogues, 18, 26-29. Cambridge University Press.
- Nilsson, B. (2007). An archaeology of material stories. Dioramas as illustration and the desire of a thingless archaeology. Archaeological Dialogues, 14, 27-30. Cambridge University Press.
- Nilsson, B. & Skoglund, P. (2006). To dwell in the centre of the world : on the life-history of a gallery grave in Småland, SE Sweden. Lund Archaeological Review, 11-12, 43-60. Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund.
- Berggren, Å. & Nilsson, B. (2005). Praktisk postprocessualism från den svenska sidan. Arkæologisk Forum, 12, 17-20. København : FaF, Foreningen af fagarkæologer.
- Nilsson, B. (1999). An Invitation to Human Ecology. Understanding Environments, Ecosymbolism and the Change in the Use fo Worlds. Lund Archaeological Review. Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund.
Book chapters (5)
- Nilsson, B., Sjöström, A. & Persson, P. (2018). Seascapes of stability and change: the archaeological and ecological potential of the early mesolithic seascapes with examples from Haväng in SE Baltic, Sweden. In Persson, P., Riede, F., Skar, B., Breivik, H. M. & Jonsson, L. (Eds.) The early sttlement of Northern Europe, Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe Conditions for Subsistence and Survival The Early Settlement of Northern Europe, Volume 1 (pp. 335-352), 1. Equinox Publishing.
- Hansson, A., Björck, S., Linderson, H., Rundgren, M., Nilsson, B., Sjöström, A. & Hammarlund, D. (2017). Early Holocene Landscape Development and Baltic Sea History Based on High-Resolution Bathymetry and Lagoonal Sediments in the Hanö Bay, Southern Sweden. In Bailey, G. N., Harff, J. & Sakellariou, D. (Eds.) Coastal Research Library, Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf (pp. 197-209), 20. Springer.
- Holmlund, J., Nilsson, B. & Rönnby, J. (2017). Joint Explorations of the Sunken Past : Examples of Maritime Archaeological Collaboration Between Industry and Academia in the Baltic. In Bailey, G. N., Harff, J. & Sakellariou, D. (Eds.) Coastal Research Library, Under the Sea : Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf (pp. 53-63), 20. Springer.
- Berggren, Å. & Nilsson, B. (2014). Evaluating reflexive methodologies at Çatalhöyük. In Hodder, I. (Ed.) British Institute at Ankara Monograph, Integrating Çatalhöyük: themes from the 2000-2008 seasons : Çatal Research Project vol. 10 (pp. 55-68), 49. British Institute at Ankara.
- Sjöström, A. & Nilsson, B. (2009). ‘Rulers’ of southern Sweden: technological aspects of a rediscovered tool. In McCartan, S., Schulting, R., Warren, G. & Woodman, P. (Eds.) Mesolithic Horizons: Papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belfast 2005 (pp. 788-794). Oxbow Books.
Conference contributions (3)
- Boethius, A. & Nilsson, B. (2018). Implications of Early Holocene mass consumption of fish and changes in aquatic biodiversity in southern Scandinavia. In OV, L., AA, V. & EV, D. (Eds.) Subsistence strategies in the Stone Age, direct and indirect evidence of fishing and gathering : International conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Vladimir Mikhailovich Lozovski. 15–18 May 2018 (pp. 31-33). IHMC RAS.
- Landeschi, G., Nilsson, B. & Sjöström, A. (2018). Submerged sites under threat : Defining new strategies for their monitoring and preservation.
- Nilsson, B. (2000). Sorbus aucuparia or extremely red Rowanberries? Some naive reflections on archaeology, palaeo-ecology and the non-scientific dimensions of a scientific landscape. In Larsson, L. (Ed.) Mesolithic on the Move: papers presented at the Sixth International Conference in the Mesolithic in Europe, Stockholm 2000 (pp. 145-148). Oxbow Books.
Reports (3)
- Nilsson, B., Bergstrand, T. & Arbin, S. v. (2018). Ystad hamn. Bohusläns Museum Rapport, 2018:02. Bohusläns museum.
- Henriksson, M., Nilsson, B. & Gustin, I. (2016). Hästholmen 1: 67. Arkeologisk efterundersökning etapp 2. Blekinge Museum Rapport, 2016:8. Blekinge museum.
- Nilsson, B., Skoglund, P. & Svensson, E. (2008). Mötesplatser : på väg mot en samlad natur- och kulturmiljövård. Archaeology@Lund, 3. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University.
Reviews (1)
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (5)
- Nilsson, B. (2018). Fynden på Kullen : rika järnåldersfynd skriver om Blekinges historia. Populär Arkeologi. Vetenskapsmedia i Sverige, Anders Ljungberg.
- Nilsson, B. & Sjöström, A. (2017). Titelthema-Zwischen den Zeiten - letzte Jäger im Norden : Alte Landschaften unter Wasser. Archäologie in Deutschland, 34-35. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Nilsson, B., Hansson, A. & Sjöström, A. (2017). Blå arkeologi : Östersjöns sjunkna stenålder. Populär Arkeologi, 1-17. Anders Ljungberg.
- Nilsson, B., Henriksson, M. & Watt, M. (2016). Västra Vång : jernalderskult i Blekinge. Skalk : Nyt om gammelt, 10-15.
- Nilsson, B. & Sjöström, A. (2013). Ån på havets botten: geologisk bakgrund och arkeologisk framtid för Havängsundersökningarna. Österlent, 1, 19-21.
Miscellaneous (1)
Supervision at Lund University (1)
Research portal (Lund University)
Other tasks and qualifications
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