Scandinavian Metalwork

Flint and Groundstone Axes in the Scanian Neolithic. An evaluation of raw materials based on experiment

One of the most common Neolithic tool types in Scandinavia which is available to us for study today is the axe. Judging by the thousands of such axes found in museum collections, this tool was an important part of Neolithic man's toolkit. While most of the axes which are considered primarily work axes (as opposed to the more ceremonial so-called battle axes) are made of flint, other, non-flint mat

The scent of sandstone – exploring a TRB material

The aim of this article is to briefly explore how quartz-rich sandstone might have been perceived by TRB societies. Using the senses as a point of departure, it discusses how sandstone was selected for grinding stones and for dry walling in megaliths, emphasizing the significance of the visual as well as the mechanical properties of the material. The article also acknowledges the complexity of th

Likt och olikt i de sydskandinaviska långhögarna.

Julian Tomas: Rethinking the Neolithic

Review. Lane Anderson Beck (ed.) Regional Approaches to Mortuary Analysis

The Bronze Age landscape of the Bjare peninsula, southern Sweden, and its relationship to burial mounds

Palaeoecological analyses from a small fen deposit, combined with pollen analysis from buried soil profiles under prehistoric burial mounds, have been used to investigate the timing and vegetation change associated with the Holocene development of a cultural landscape in southern Sweden. Traditional pollen analysis is complemented with plant macrofossil analysis and soil pollen analysis from withi

Archaeology. From usefulness to value

‘What does what I am doing mean to you?’ A response to the recent discussion on Tribe.

Zoos as heritage: an archaeological perspective

One World Archaeology Today.

A commentary about the meaning of "One World Archaeology" today and the future of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC).

Uppåkra - Lund före Lund

Öresundsförbindelsen Petersborg 6: rapport över arkeologisk slutundersökning

Bilder av betydelse. Hällristningar och bronsålderslandskap i nordöstra Östergötland

Review of John C. Whittaker, Flintknapping. Making and understanding stone tools. University of Texta Press, 1994.

Review of John C. Whittaker. Flintknapping, Making and understanding stone tools.

Review of Helle Juel Jensen, Flint tools and plant working. Hidden traces of stone age technology

Bilder av skånsk uppdragsarkeologi hos allmänheten och i dagspressen

Review of Doran, G. H. (ed.) Multidisciplinary investigations of an early Archaic Florida cemetery

Rapport från TAG 83 - The Fifth Annual Conference of the Theoretical Group. Cardiff

Review

A review of the book Culture Studies in Field Situations, edited by Anders Gustavsson and published in 2005 by Høyskoleforlaget, Kristiansand.