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Archaeological Sites

Fredricus
A late 17th century wreck in Marstand Harbor, is being excavated by the Bohuslän County Museum.

Fröjel
Viking period settlement, in Sweden, focus of several recent excavations by Gotland University.

Gamla Uppsala Church
A report on the 1926 excavations by Sune Lundqvist, arguing that the site below the 12th century stone church represents an earlier wooden structure, of similar purpose; a report abstract from AUN.

Kravel
Swedish National Maritime Museum and the University of Southampton, underwater excavations of a 16th century carvel-built vessel.  Newly updated. 

Krogen
Joint project of the Universities of Stockholm and Southampton, underwater excavations of an early 19th century English brig believed to be the 'Severn' .

Kronan
Excavations at the126 gun battleship Kronan, built in 1668 and sunk during the Battle of Southern Öland in 1676.

Lovö
University of Stockholm, Bronze and Roman age occupation near Lake Malaren; Swedish.

Megaliths in Sweden
From Jan Bily, photographs by Camilla Olsson of several megalithic structures.

Slöinge: Iron Age in Southwest Sweden
Göteborgs Universitet, excavations at three sites in Halland and southwest Sweden. Swedish and English.

Stockholm
Archaeological investigations by the Stadsmuseum of a medieval part of town; in Swedish.

Sund
Late Iron Age cemetery and farm in Värmland, paper presented at the 5th Gender and Archaeology Conference.

Research Institutions

Arkeologiska institutionen
At the University of Stockholm; conducts work primarily in Sweden.

Coast to Coast
At Uppsala University, a collection of projects on the transition between Mesolithic and Neolithic lifeways in central Sweden.

Göteborgs Universitet
Several projects in Sweden and abroad.

Institutet för Forntida Teknik
Experimental archaeology.

Nordic Underwater Archaeology
Investigations in the cold, brackish water of the Baltic Sea.

Rock Art Research Centre
Nonprofit organization of the Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art, in Tanum, Sweden; supports work in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

Uppsala University and the Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University.
Svealand in the Vendel and Viking Periods: Settlement, Society and Power.

Current Researchers

Jonathan Adams
Southampton, maritime archaeology, with interests in ships as material culture, underwater archaeology; currently the Kravel and Krogen projects, and Britain.

Kent Andersson
Distribution of Roman gold objects in Nordic cemeteries; an article abstract in AUN.

Tony Axelsson and Anders Strinnholm
Göteborgs Universitet, a study of amber on Neolithic sites in Sweden. In Swedish.

Helena Knutsson
Done roaming? An article abstract about material culture and other changes wrought by transition from nomadic to settled occupation. Examines artifacts from Sweden, France, Portugal and Czech republic; an article abstract in AUN.

Lillian Rathje
The Amazon and the Hunter; Iron Age in northern Sweden, paper presented at the 5th Gender and Archaeology Conference.

Karl-Göran Sjögren and Per Persson
Göteborgs Universitet, neolithic sites in Sweden; in Swedish.

Cultural History

Towards a History of Scandinavian Anthropology
An article by Olof Ljungström in Uppsala Newsletter: History of Science on the Anthropological Society in Stockholm.

General Information

Artefact - arkeologiska nyheter & facta
Artefact - archaeological news & facts - Internet; Swedish electronic journal on archaeology. In Swedish.


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