Person

Professor
- Classical archaeology and ancient history
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Assistant Head of Department
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail henrik.gerdingklass.luse
Room LUX:A121
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I am professor in classical archaeology and ancient history at Lund University. Having studied mathematics, architecture and classics at Lund University, I took a PhD in classical archaeology and ancient history in 2002. The dissertation constituted a close study of a Roman sepulchral monument: the tomb of Caecilia Metella. After a postdoc at the Department of classics, Royal Holloway College, London, I held the position as assistant professor at the Department of archaeology and ancient history in Uppsala, where I also acted as director of studies. I was awarded the docentship in 2008. In the spring of 2010 I returned to work at Lund University, first as a research fellow and then as senior lecturer. My research mostly revolves around Greek and Roman architecture and I am presently running several projects concerning the early use of fired bricks in antiquity, the ancient Greek city of Hermione and the Republican Forum Romanum in Rome respectively.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- An ancient cityscape and its people – A study of ancient Hermion (research leader)
- The Republican Forum Romanum (research leader)
- LATERES COCTILES - The early use of fired bricks in Europe (research leader)
Books (3)
- Blackman, D., Rankov, B., Baika, K., Gerding, H., Pakkanen, J. & McKenzie, J. (2013). Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean. Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2002). The tomb of Caecilia Metella: tumulus, tropaeum and thymele. Dissertation.
- Ingemark, D. & Gerding, H. (2000). Liv och död i antikens Rom. Historiska Media.
Editorships (1)
Articles (14)
- Gerding, H. & Dell'Unto, N. (2022). The Basilica Sempronia and the Forum Romanum. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 15, 157-188. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
- Gerding, H. (2021). The topography of Hermione : A preliminary outline. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 14, 77-99. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
- Landeschi, G., Lindgren, S., Gerding, H., Papadimitriou, A. & Wallensten, J. (2020). Ancient Hermione revealed : the contribution of high‐performance computing and digital methods to the analysis of a hidden cityscape. Archaeological Prospection, 27, 315-328. John Wiley & Sons Inc..
- Gerding, H. & Dell'Unto, N. (2017). La Basilica Sempronia e il Foro Romano di Età Repubblicana. Forma urbis. Itinerari nascosti di Roma antica, 22, 45-48.
- Leander Touati, A.-M., Brännstedt, L. & Gerding, H. (2017). Från kraftprov till systembejakande talmagi : Jubileer i antiken. Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 119, 677-698. Fahlbeckska stiftelsen.
- Östborn, P. & Gerding, H. (2016). Brick makers, builders and commissioners as agents in the diffusion of Hellenistic fired bricks : choosing social models to fit archaeological data. Journal of Greek Archaeology, 1, 233-270.
- Gerding, H. (2016). Later, laterculus and testa : new perspectives on Latin brick terminology. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 9, 7-31. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
- Östborn, P. & Gerding, H. (2015). The diffusion of fired bricks in Hellenistic Europe : a similarity network analysis. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 22, 306-344. Springer.
- Östborn, P. & Gerding, H. (2014). Network analysis of archaeological data : a systematic approach. Journal of Archaeological Science, 46, 75-88. Academic Press.
- Gerding, H. (2011). A courtyard gate at Thourioi. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 4, 7-18. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
- Gerding, H. (2011). Vad är innovation?. Lunds Universitet Meddelar, 44-44. Lund University.
- Gerding, H. (2008). Reconsidering the tomb of Aulus Hirtius. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 1, 145-154. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
- Gerding, H. (2006). The Erechtheion and the Panathenaic procession. American Journal of Archaeology, 110, 389-401. Archaeological Institute of America.
- Gerding, H. & Ingemark, D. (1997). Beyond Newtonian thinking – towards a non-linear archaeology: applying chaos theory to archaeology. Current Swedish Archaeology, 5, 49-64. Svenska arkeologiska samfundet.
Book chapters (16)
- Lyttkens, C. H. & Gerding, H. (2022). Coping with Chronic Warfare : The Athenian Experience. In Economou, E. M., Kyriazis, N. C. & Platias, A. (Eds.) Democracy and Salamis : 2500 Years After the Battle That Saved Greece and the Western World (pp. 181-200). Springer.
- Gerding, H. (2019). Public building and clientage : Social and political aspects of Roman building industry. In Möller, D. (Eds.) Årsbok. Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2019. (pp. 17-29), 2019. Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Gerding, H. (2018). Greek chronography and the list of Roman magistrates. In Gerding, H., Brännstedt, L. & Forsell, R. (Eds.) Archaeology@Lund, Frusna ögonblick : Essäer tillägnade Anne-Marie Leander Touati (pp. 73-83), 4. Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Lunds universitet.
- Gerding, H. (2018). Publications by Anne-Marie Leander Touati 1982-2018. In Gerding, H., Brännstedt, L. & Forsell, R. (Eds.) Archaeology@Lund, Frusna ögonblick : Essäer tillägnade Anne-Marie Leander Touati (pp. 131-140), 4. Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Lunds universitet.
- Gerding, H. (2014). The stone doors of the Erechtheion. In Karlsson, L., Carlsson, S. & Blid Kullberg, J. (Eds.) Boreas, ΛΑΒΡΥΣ : studies presented to Pontus Hellström (pp. 251-269), 35. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Aigina. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 284-293). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Carthage. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 307-318). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Loryma. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 372-375). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Matalon. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 389-392). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Oiniadai. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 410-419). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Rhodes. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 509-517). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Roofs and superstructures. In Blackman, D. & Rankov, B. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 141-184). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Syracuse. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 535-541). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2013). Thourioi. In Blackman, D. & McKenzie, J. (Eds.) Shipsheds of the ancient Mediterranean (pp. 584-584). Cambridge University Press.
- Gerding, H. (2010). Kronologi och tideräkning under antiken. In Faegersten, F., Wallensten, J. & Östenberg, I. (Eds.) Tankemönster. En festskrift till Eva Rystedt (pp. 80-83).
- Gerding, H. (2004). Horatius, Ode 2.10 and the Crassus affair. In Sandin, P. & Wifstrand Schiebe, M. (Eds.) Dais philesistephanos : Studies in honour of Professor Staffan Fogelmark presented on the occasion of his 65th birthday 12 April 2004 (pp. 128-148). Dahlia Books.
Conference contributions (4)
- Gerding, H. (2019). The origins of Roman bricks : a similarity network approach. In Bonetto, J., Bukowiecki, E. & Volpe, R. (Eds.) Costruire nel mondo antico, Alle origine del laterizio romano: nascita e diffusione del mattone cotto nel Mediterraneo tra IV e I sec. a.C. : Atti del II Convegno internazionale “Laterizio”, Padova, 26–28 aprile 2016 (pp. 9-24), 1. Quasar.
- Lyttkens, C. H. & Gerding, H. (2018). Understanding the politics of Pericles around 450 BC : The benefits of an economic perspective. In Canevaro, M., Erskine, A., Grey, B. & Ober, J. (Eds.) Edinburgh Leventis Studies, Ancient History and Contemporary Social Science (pp. 269-292), 9. Edinburgh University Press.
- Gerding, H. & Östborn, P. (2017). The diffusion of architectural innovations : Modelling social networks in the ancient building trade. In Teigen, H. & Heldaas Seland, E. (Eds.) Sinews of empire : Networks in the Roman Near East and beyond (pp. 71-84). Oxbow Books.
- Gerding, H. (2006). Early use of fired brick in Hellenistic and Roman architecture. In Mattusch, C., Donohue, A. & Brauer, A. (Eds.) Common Ground : Archaeology, Art, Science and Humanities - Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston, August 23-26, 2003 (pp. 355-358).
Reports (1)
Working papers (2)
- Lyttkens, C. H. & Gerding, H. (2019). Coping with Chronic Warfare : The Athenian Experience. Working Papers.
- Lyttkens, C. H. & Gerding, H. (2015). Understanding the Politics of Perikles around 450 BC: the benefits of an economic perspective. Working Paper / Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University. Department of Economics, Lund University.
Reviews (2)
- Gerding, H. (2007). Recension av Cleopatra and Rome av Diana E.E. Kleiner. Classica: Meddelanden från Svenska klassikerförbundet, 16-19. Svenska klassikerförbundet.
- Gerding, H. (1998). Review of Centuries of Darkness by Peter James et al. Opuscula Atheniensia: Annual of the Swedish Institute At Athens, 22/23, 157-160. Svenska Institutet i Athen/The Swedish Institute at Athens.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (6)
- Gerding, H. (2003). Aulus Hirtius grav: en tidig tegelbyggnad i Rom. Romhorisont, 27-31. Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner.
- Gerding, H. (2001). Hur många bodde i Rom?. Forskning & framsteg, 59-59. Stiftelsen Forskning & Framsteg.
- Gerding, H. (2000). Graven och den nya romerska arkitekturen. Medusa: svensk tidskrift för antiken, 13-18. Föreningen för en svensk antiktidskrift.
- Gerding, H. & Ingemark, D. (2000). Arbetare i kejsarstaden. Populär Historia, 58-63. Bonnier Publications International.
- Gerding, H. (1997). Funktionalism i romersk arkitektur. Medusa: svensk tidskrift för antiken, 37-42. Föreningen för en svensk antiktidskrift.
- Castoriano, M., Gerding, H., Lindhagen, A. & Tegnér, M. (1995). En kampanj i Kampanien. Romhorisont, 29, 16-17. Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner.
Newspaper articles (1)
Miscellaneous (2)
- Gerding, H., Dell'Unto, N., Lindgren, S., Campanaro, D. M. & Derudas, P. (2020). The Republican Forum Romanum. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University.
- Gerding, H. (2014). Public building and clientage : social and political aspects of Roman building industry.
Supervision at Lund University (2)
Teaching

Professor
- Classical archaeology and ancient history
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Assistant Head of Department
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Contact information
E-mail henrik.gerdingklass.luse
Room LUX:A121
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30