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Archaeology and Heritage Studies

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About the department

At the department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies we are concerned with people and the environment and culture and society from the earliest times, examining the connection between the past and the present – and exploring how real and imagined pasts can inform the future. With a focus on studies of material culture and heritage practice, the department pays strong attention to dissemination and engagement with a wide range of publics and policy makers. Drawing on fieldwork and excavation, laboratory, archival and ethnographic investigation, the department’s interdisciplinarity is at the core of its research and teaching activities, investigating and challenging our understanding of past, present and future societies seen in a long-term perspective.

Research environment

The department has an international profile and strong research networks. A dynamic research environment provides the framework for large research projects, international conferences and a variety of visiting researchers. The environment is versatile and cross-disciplinary, and the academic staff’s research competences span a broad range of topics; from war and power, mobility and globalisation, family and individual, religion and rituals, landscape, settlement and architecture, colonial and decolonial relations, geopolitics and community development, paleo-demography and evolution, trade and networks, technology and knowledge exchange. We hereby apply quantitative analysis methods, field methodology and digital representation. As a research environment we cooperate with international partners across the globe, as well as the Danish heritage and museum sector, not least Moesgård Museum.

Affiliated degree programmes

The archaeology programme at Aarhus University offers a bachelor’s and a master’s degree programme in archaeology, together with an MA Programme in Sustainable Heritage Management (taught in English). We hereby cooperate with the Department of History and Classical Studies as well as the Institut for Geoscience, both at AU. In addition, a variety of elective subjects and events are offered, including Viking age Scandinavia at the Aarhus University Summer University.

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Librado, P., Tressières, G., Chauvey, L., Fages, A., Khan, N., Schiavinato, S., Calvière-Tonasso, L., Kusliy, M. A., Gaunitz, C., Liu, X., Wagner, S., Der Sarkissian, C., Seguin-Orlando, A., Perdereau, A., Aury, J. M., Southon, J., Shapiro, B., Bouchez, O., Donnadieu, C. ... Orlando, L. (2024). Widespread horse-based mobility arose around 2,200 BCE in Eurasia. Nature, 631(8022), 819-825. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07597-5
Nørgaard, H. W., Pernicka, E. & Vandkilde, H. (2023). 1600 BC: Fårdrup and Valsømagle-Type Axes and the First Evidence of Southern Alpine Metal. Acta Archaeologica, 92(2), 121-163. https://doi.org/10.1163/16000390-20210036
Tsirintoulaki, K., Matzig, D. N. & Riede, F. (2023). A 2D Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Chrono-Cultural Trends in Osseous Barbed Points of the European Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic. Open Archaeology, 9(1), Article 20220276. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0276
Brozou, A., Fuller, B. T., De Cupere, B., Marrast, A., Monchot, H., Peters, J., Van de Vijver, K., Lambert, O., Mannino, M. A., Ottoni, C. & Van Neer, W. (2023). A dietary perspective of cat-human interactions in two medieval harbors in Iran and Oman revealed through stable isotope analysis. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 12316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39417-7
Mannino, M. & Thomas, K. D. (2023). Advances in the Archaeological Study of Invertebrate Animals and Their Products. In A. M. Pollard, R. A. Armitage & C. A. Makarewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (2 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 769-796). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch39
Sindbæk, S. M. (2023). Amber. In S. M. Sindbæk (Ed.), Northern Emporium: Vol. 2 The networks of Viking-age Ribe (pp. 319-328). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Díaz-Rodríguez, M., Nielsen, T. K., Maier, A. & Riede, F. (2023). An Annotated Compilation of Chronometric Dates for the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Transition (45-30 ka BP) in Northern Iberia (Spain). Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 11, 1-10. Article 10. https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.113
Haughton, M. & Løvschal, M. (2023). Ancestral commons: The deep-time emergence of Bronze Age pastoral mobility. Antiquity, 97(396), 1470-1487. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.154, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.154
Morales, J. I., Cebrià, A., Soto, M., Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A., Hernando, R., Moreno-Ribas, E., Lombao, D., Rabuñal, J. R., Martín-Perea, D. M., García-Tabernero, A., Allué, E., García-Basanta, A., Lizano, E., Marquès-Bonet, T., Talamo, S., Tassoni, L., Lalueza-Fox, C., Fullola, J. M. & Rosas, A. (2023). A new assemblage of late Neanderthal remains from Cova Simanya (NE Iberia). Frontiers of Earth Science, 11, Article 1230707. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1230707
Croix, S. (2023). Anmeldelse: Jarman, Cat. Flodernes Konger. Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab, 240-243.

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Madsen, T. (1999). Coping with Complexity: Towards a formalised methodology of contextual archaeology. Archeologia e Calcolatori, (10), 125-144.
Krongaard Kristensen, H. (1999). Det østjyske natur- og kulturlandskab. Vejle Amts Aarbog, 13-24.
Madsen, T. (1999). Die Jungsteinzeit in Südskandinavien. Das Neolitikum in Mitteleuropa, (Bd. 1/2), 423-450.
Madsen, T. (1999). Digital recording of excavations: Do we need data standards and common strategies? In H. J. Hansen & G. Quine (Eds.), Our Fragile Heritage: Documenting the Past for the Future (pp. 131-138).
Lund, J. (1999). Førromersk og romersk jernalder. Arkæologiske udgravninger i Danmark, (1998), 57-68.
Thrane, H. (1999). Fürstengräber der Spätbronzezeit in Norden. In Götter und Helden der Bronzezeit: Udstillingskatalog (pp. 127-129).
Prangsgaard, K., Andersen, S. T., Breuning-Madsen, H., Holst, M. K., Malmros, C. & Robinson, D. (1999). Gravhøje ved Lejrskov. Undersøgelser af fem høje. Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab, 53-97.
Rasmussen, C. P., Madsen, L. S., Ingesman, P., Kjær, U. (Ed.), Madsen, P. K. (Ed.) & Vellev, J. (1999). Herremænd og borge. In Middelalderens Danmark: Kultur og samfund fra troskifte til reformation (pp. 82-99)
Krongaard Kristensen, H. (1999). Hospitalsbygningen ved Øm Kloster: Arkæologisk undersøgelse af en stor senmiddelalderlig bygning og en nyfunden kanal. Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab, 269-295.
Roesdahl, E. (1999). Indledning. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder: En arkæologisk kulturhistorie (pp. 10-23).
Vellev, J. (1999). Indtægt af Læsø. Zise, 2, 67-70.
Vellev, J. (1999). Island-Jorsalaland t/r - anno 1150. Sfinx, 1, 3-9.
Krongaard Kristensen, H. (1999). Kirker og klostre. In P. Ingesman, U. Kjær, P. K. Madsen & J. Vellev (Eds.), Middelalderens Danmark (pp. 254-273). Gad.
Krongaard Kristensen, H. (1999). Klostrene. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder: En arkæologisk kulturhistorie (pp. 313-323).
Bøgh, A., Ingesman, P., Kjær, U. (Ed.), Madsen, P. K. (Ed.) & Vellev, J. (1999). Kongen og hans magt. In Middelalderens Danmark (pp. 64-81). Gad.
Krongaard Kristensen, H. (1999). Land, by og bygninger. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Daglivliv i Danmarks Middelalder: En arkæologisk kulturhistorie (pp. 54-81).
Roesdahl, E. (1999). Medieval archaeology and interdisciplinary teaching and research at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. In J. Decaëns & A.-M. Flambard-Héricher (Eds.), Actes du IIIe Colloque Européen des Professeurs d'Archaéologie Médiévale (pp. 55-58). ESTMA III.
Thrane, H. (1999). Pots and Peoples - once again: The Goblets form the Bronze Age Settlement at Tepe Guran, Luristan. Iranica Antiqua (=Stronach Festschrift), XXIV, 21-40.
Thrane, H. (1999). Ridedyret. Skalk, (1), 12-14.
Roesdahl, E. & Grinder-Hansen, K. (1999). Samfærdsel, handel og penge. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder: En arkæologisk kulturhistorie (pp. 172-194).
Fabech, C. & Ringtved, J. (Eds.) (1999). Settlement and Landscape: Proceedings From a Conference Held in Aarhus. Jutland Archaeological Society.
Fabech, C., Hvass, S., Näsman, U. & Ringtved, J. (1999). Settlement and Landscape - a presentation of a research programme and a conference. In C. Fabech & J. Ringtved (Eds.), Settlement and Landscape: Proceedings From a Conference Held in Aarhus, May 4-7 1998 (pp. 13-28). Jutland Arcaheolgoical Society.
Ringtved, J. (1999). Settlement Organisation in a Time of War and Conflict. In C. Fabech & J. Ringtved (Eds.), Settlement and Landscape: Proceedings From a Conference Held in Aarhus, May 4-7 1998 (pp. 361-381). Jutland Arcaheolgoical Society.
Roesdahl, E. (1999). Skrift og bog. Tid og fornøjelser. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder: En arkæologisk kulturhistorie (pp. 238-260).
Thrane, H. (1999). Synspunkter på kvalitet: Fremtidens formidling af fortiden. Dansk Tidsskrift for Museumsformidling, (18), 70-75.
Krongaard Kristensen, H. & Vellev, J. (1999). Teknik. In E. Roesdahl (Ed.), Dagligliv i Danmarks Middelalder (pp. 206-237).
Holst, M. K. (1999). The dynamic of the Iron-Age village: A technique for the relative-chronological analysis of area-excavated Iron-Age settlements. Journal of Danish Archaeology, 13, 95-119.
Ringtved, J. (1999). The Geography of Power: South Scandinavia before the Danish Kingdom. Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, 49-63.
Kock, J. (1999). The Sea and Danish Fortifications in the Middle Ages. Europa Nostra. Scientific Bulletin, 51, 14-20.
Roesdahl, E. (1999). Vikingetid og trosskifte. In P. Ingesman, U. Kjær, P. K. Madsen & J. Vellev (Eds.), Middelalderens Danmark (pp. 16-27).
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Cammin - Bamberg - Prague - León. Four Scandinavian Objects d'Arts in Europe. In A. Wesse (Ed.), Studien zur Archäologie des Ostseeraumes. Festschrift für Michael Müller-Wille (pp. 547-54).
Bertelsen, T. (1998). Danske kirkers tagbeklædning i middelalderen. Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab, 1997-1998, 295-346.
Holst, M. K. (1998). Interdisciplinaray Studies on Bronze Age Burial Mounds. In A.-C. Anderson, Å. Gillberg, O. W. Jensen, H. Karlsson & M. V. Rolöf (Eds.), The Kaleidoscopic Past: Proceedings of the 5th Nordic TAG Conference Göteborg, 2-5 April 1997 (pp. 3-12). Göteborg University.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). L'ivoire de morse et les colonies norroises du Groenland. Proxima Thulé, 3, 9-48.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Løve med runer. Sfinx, 2, 104.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Om museer og forskning - set fra et universitet. Danske Museer, 1, 26-28.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Ornamenterede genstande. In J. Hjermind, M. Iversen & H. K. Kristensen (Eds.), Viborg Søndersø 1000-1300. Byarkæologiske undersøgelser 1981 og 1984-85 (pp. 285-288).
Breuning-Madsen, H. & Holst, M. K. (1998). Recent Studies on the Formation of Iron Pans around the Oaken Log Coffins in the Bronze Age Burial Mounds of Denmark. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25, 1103-1110.
Holst, M. K., Breuning-Madsen, H. & Olsson, M. (1998). Soil Forming Processes in and below a Bronze Age Burial Mound at Lejrskov, Southern Jutland. Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography, 98, 46-55.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Stavkirken ved Moesgård. Århus Stift, 79-85.
Lund, J. & Ringtved, J. (Eds.) (1998). Variation og enhed omkring Limfjorden. Limfjordsprojektet. Rapport nr. 8, I-II.
Roesdahl, E. (1998). Wikinger. I. Archäologie. In Lexikon des Mittelalters (Vol. IX, pp. 98-102).
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Aktuelle problemstillinger i skandinavisk byarkæologi. In P. Carelli (Ed.), Viborg Middelalderseminar 1. Problemstillinger og metoder i skandinavisk byarkæologi. Hald Hovedgård d. 7.-9. november 1997 (pp. 36-38). Viborg Stiftsmuseum.
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Anmeldelse af I.-L. Kolstrup: Magi og Kunst. Skippershoved 1995. Fortid og Nutid 1996, 1996(4), 326-327.
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Cultural Change - Religious Monuments in Denmark c. AD 950-1100. In M. Müller-Wille (Ed.), Rom und Byzanz im Norden. Mission und Glaubenswechsel im Ostseeraum während des 8.-14. Jahrhunderts (Vol. I, pp. 229-248).
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Dansk middelalder-arkæologi - nu og fremover. Meta, 2, 33-47.
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Dansk middelalderarkæologi - nu og fremover. In E. Roesdahl, H. Thrane & T. Otto: Tre tiltrædelsesforelæsninger på Moesgård. Aarhus Universitet 1996-1997 (pp. 5-29). Aarhus Universitet.
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Experimental archaeology: on the reconstruction of a Danish stave church of the late Viking Age. In G. De Boe & F. Verhaeghe (Eds.), Religion and Belief in Medieval Europe. Papers of the 'Medieval Europe Brugge 1997' Conference, vol. 4. I.A.P. Rapporten 4 (pp. 181-184).
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Frøslevskrinet; Gokstadfundet; Gribedyr; Hon-skatten; Hvalrostand. In Den Store Danske Encyclopædi
Roesdahl, E. (1997). Landscape sculpture in the Viking Age. Aarhus Geoscience, 7, 147-155.

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