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Affiliated Researcher
- Affiliated
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail elisabeth.iregrenark.luse
Being a biologist, I early concentrated my work on wild game - elk, beaver, bear and reindeer. I also studied ritual behaviour of Sámi involving bear and reindeer. Bear is still in focus. Later, I changed my interest towards the people themselves. I initiated the project Medieval people, where my focus is children. Another interest is the biological background of ethnic groups and the relation beteween biology and culture within studies of ethnicity. This was my focus in the South-Saami project, where I was one of the leaders.
Lately, I have been very interested in ethical questions within archaeology and osteology. I have been teaching these subjects in the department but also inititiated research projects on the Anatomical collections of our university. I have further debated the collections not least in public media.
Another theme is the plague in 1709-10 in Scania, where a scientifically broad team will try to spot the first aDNA evidence in the Nordic area of Yersinia pestis.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
During my teaching, many seminar papers have focused on Medieval children. We have investigated their societal roles, their health, parental care and diet. One important plan now is to sum up our knowledge in a popular volume on Medieval children. An article on diet, growth and age of the children from Westerhus will also be published.
Concluded projects
The research project Medieval people supported by the research council published its final volume in 2009 (se Iregren, Alexandersen, Redin).
Some recent projects
Hunters and gatherers in Northern Sweden: a deepend study of settlements
Collaborators: Elisabeth Iregren, Evert Baudou (prof. em. Umeå)
Funding: KVHAA.
Man, memories, moral/Body, memories, moral
The anatomical collections of the university will be further investigated from broad scientific perspectives. Not running.
Initiated
Molecular confirmation of 1700’s plague in S. Sweden. A scientifically broad team will try to spot the first aDNA evidence in the Nordic area of Yersinia pestis. No funding but collaboration with Maintz.
Research group: Torbjörn Ahlström, LU; Caroline Arcini, Riksantikvarieämbetet, UV-Syd, Lund; Barbara Bramanti, Universität Maintz; Gisela Grupe, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Elisabeth Iregren, Robert Lindemann, University of California, Bodil E.B. Persson, LU.
Editorships (6)
- Iregren, E. & Jennbert, K. (2015). (Eds.) Etiska perspektiv inom arkeologin : Studenter och lärare i Lund reflekterar över ämnesetiska frågor. Report Series Institute of Archaeology, 101. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University.
- Iregren, E., Alexandersen, V. & Redin, L. (2009). (Eds.) Västerhus: kapell, kyrkogård och befolkning. Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien.
- Lynnerup, N., Bennike, P. & Iregren, E. (2008). (Eds.) Biologisk antropologi med humanosteologi. Gyldendal Akademisk.
- Larsson, L. & Iregren, E. (2003). (Eds.) A Tooth for a Tooth : Seminar for Odontologists, Osteologists and Archaeologists May 28th 1998. Report Series, 87. Institute of Archaeology.
- Caesar, C., Gustin, I., Iregren, E., Petersson, B., Rudebeck, E., Räf, E. & Ströbeck, L. (1999). (Eds.) Han, hon, den, det : att integrera genus och kön i arkeologi. Report Series, 65. Institute of Archaeology, Lund University.
- Jennbert, K., Iregren, E. & Larsson, L. (1988). (Eds.) Gravskick och gravdata. Institute of Archaeology. Report Series, 32. Arkeologiska Institutionen, Lunds Universitet.
Articles (8)
- Guellil, M., Kersten, O., Namouchi, A., Luciani, S., Marota, I., Arcini, C. A., Iregren, E., Lindemann, R. A., Warfvinge, G., Bakanidze, L., Bitadze, L., Rubini, M., Zaio, P., Zaio, M., Neri, D., Stenseth, N. C. & Bramanti, B. (2020). A genomic and historical synthesis of plague in 18th century Eurasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, 28328-28335. National Acad Sciences.
- Iregren, E. (2018). Att begrava en björn : Arkeologi i sameland. Historielärarnas Förenings Årsskrift, 2018, 110-125. Historielärarnas förening.
- Iregren, E. & Hedelin, H. S. (2010). Vi behöver tydliga regler för bevaring/återbegravning av mänskliga lämningar. Fornvännen, 105, 54-60. Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien.
- Magnell, O. & Iregren, E. (2010). Veitstu Hvé Blóta Skal : The Old Norse Blót in the Light of Osteological Remains from Frösö Church, Jämtland, Sweden. Current Swedish Archaeology, 18, 223-250. Svenska arkeologiska samfundet.
- Iregren, E. (2005). Hövdingen från Banshan - en människa från Kinas stenålder. Kina-rapport, 2005, 16-18. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Iregren, E. (2003). Människor i vraken. En etisk diskussion om marinarkeologi, utställningar och sportdykare. Åländsk Odling, årsbok, 123-139.
- Iregren, E. (2000). Kan samerna lita på Sveriges arkeologer?. Samefolket, 5.
- Iregren, E. & Lepiksaar, J. (1993). The Mesolithic Site in Hög in a South-Scandinavian Perspective : A snap shot from the Early Kongemose Kultur. Zeitschrift für Archäologie, 27, 29-38.
Book chapters (7)
- Ahlström, T., Iregren, E., Strid, L. & Jennbert, K. (2011). Sweden. In Grant, N. M. & Fibiger, L. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation. An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains (pp. 441-454). Taylor & Francis.
- Gustin, I. & Iregren, E. (2008). Genus och kön inom osteologin. In Lynnerup, N., Bennike, P. & Iregren, E. (Eds.) Biologisk antropologi med human osteologi. Gyldendal Akademisk.
- Iregren, E. (2003). Barnskeletten i gravar vid ursprungliga västpartiet. In Holmgren, K., Iregren, E. & Jansson, P. (Eds.) Nya rön om Bonderups kyrka : rapport från Projekt Bonderups kyrka.
- Iregren, E. (2003). Humans in Wrecks : An ethical discussion on marine archaeology, exhibitions and scuba diving. In Karlsson, H. (Ed.) Swedish archaeologists on ethics (pp. 265-286). Bricoleur Press.
- Iregren, E. (2000). Varför och hur skall vi arbeta med medeltida barn?. In Dybdahl, A. (Ed.) Osteologisk materiale som osteologisk kilde. Tapir akademisk forlag.
- Iregren, E. & Redin, L. (2000). Assemblages of children´s bones in a medieval churchyard in Sweden : Results of epidemics, warfare, infanticide or simply disturbed graves?. In Varela, T. (Ed.) Investigaciones en Bioversidad Humana. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela.
- Iregren, E. & Ahlström, T. (1999). Geographical variation in the contemporaneous populations of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Fennoscandia and the problem om its immigration. In Benecke, N. (Ed.) The Holocene History of the European Vertebrate Fauna - Mordern aspects of Research.
Conference contributions (3)
- Iregren, E., Alexandersen, V., Jungner, H. & Isberg, P.-E. (2016). Dieta y Crecimiento Infantil Medieval en una Sociedad Rural del Norte de Europa. In Montero Lopez, P., Prado Martínez, C., Avecedo Cantero, P., Carmenate, M., del Valle, A., Herrerín, J., Romero Collazos, J. F., Keller, K., López Ejeda, N. & Mors Urda, A. I. (Eds.) Poblaciones Humanas, Genética, Ambiente y Alimentación (pp. 391-406). Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma Madrid.
- Iregren, E. (1997). Why animal bones in human graves : an attempt to interpret animals present in Iron age cremations in Sweden. In Smits, E., Iregren, E. & Drusini, A. G. (Eds.) Cremation Studies in Archaeology (pp. 9-31). LOGOS Edizione, Padova, Italy.
- Iregren, E. & Boldsen, J. (1993). The reflection of childhood growth in adult morphology. In Iregren, E. & Liljekvist, R. (Eds.) University of Lund, Institute of Archaeology, Report series, Populations of the Nordic Countries : human population biology from the present to the Mesolithic. Proceedings of the Second Seminar of Nordic Physical Anthropology, Lund 1990 (pp. 105-112), 46. Institute of Archaeology.
Reports (1)
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (3)
- Jennbert, K. & Iregren, E. (2019). Bortglömda utgrävningar grävs fram : Bronsåldersgravarna i Pangs hög och Hässlehögen. Kullabygd : Kullens hembygdsförenings årsskrift, XCII, 96-121. Kullens hembygdsförenings årsskrift.
- Iregren, E. & Jennbert, K. (2015). Människan och hunden under yngre stenålder : ett förändrat liv..... Hundsport : Svenska kennelklubbens tidskrift, 53-58. Svenska kennelklubben (SKK), Svenska kennelklubben (SKK).
- Iregren, E. & Jennbert, K. (2014). Hunden under forntiden : nära kompanjoner i livet och döden. Hundsport : Svenska kennelklubbens tidskrift, 59-64. Svenska kennelklubben (SKK), Svenska kennelklubben (SKK).
Supervision at Lund University (1)
Other tasks and qualifications
During 2013 I have been working on different themes; ethics, Sámi bear rituals and the history of the dog. I lecture in museums, ethical committees and dog associations. I participated in field work in Northern Norway documenting bear rituals. I have also been the assessor of two applications for docent-ship in animal osteology in Finnish universities.
Affiliated Researcher
- Affiliated
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail elisabeth.iregrenark.luse