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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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Latest publications

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Yu, H., van de Loosdrecht, M. S., Mannino, M. A., Talamo, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., Villalba-Mouco, V., Aron, F., Brandt, G., Burri, M., Freund, C., Radzeviciute, R., Stahl, R., Wissgott, A., Fewlass, H., Tagliacozzo, A., Piperno, M., Tusa, S., Collina, C. ... Krause, J. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily. iScience, 25(5), Article 104244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104244

Publications

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Wild, M., Mortensen, M. F., Andreasen, N. H., Borup, P., Casati, C., Eriksen, B. V., Frost, L., Gregersen, K. M., Henriksen, M. B., Kanstrup, M., Olsen, J., Pedersen, K. B., Petersen, P. V., Ramskov, C., Sørensen, L., Sørensen, M. & Wåhlin, S. (2020). Paläolithische Knochen- und Geweihartefakte des Spätglazials und Frühholozäns Dänemarks: Technologie und Datierung. Quartar International Yearbook for Ice Age and Stone Age Research, 67, 105-180. https://doi.org/10.7485/qu.2020.67.88925
Vybornov, A. A., Yudin, A. I., Kulkova, M. A., Goslar, T., Possnert, G. & Philippsen, B. (2016). Радиоуглеродные данные для хронологии неолита Нижнего Поволжья. In РАДИОУГЛЕРОДНАЯ ХРОНОЛОГИЯ ЭПОХИ НЕОЛИТА ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЕВРОПЫ VII–III ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЯ ДО Н. Э. (pp. 62-73).
Vellev, J. (2004). Kirkens ansigter. Skalk, (5), 18-19.
Vellev, J. (2004). Tyge Brahesdage. Skalk, (6), 32.
Vellev, J. (Ed.) (2004). Jernmøllen i Halland. (31 ed.) Hikuin.
Vellev, J. (1999). Indtægt af Læsø. Zise, 2, 67-70.
Vellev, J. (2002). Kommer du igen i morgen? In Peter Seeberg: Tingenes spejl: Museumstekster 1960-1997 (pp. 26-28).
Vellev, J. (2000). Marsk Stigs ø: Om Hjelms borge og falskmøntneri - fund og undersøgelser 1854-1999. In O. Høiris, H. J. Madsen, T. Madsen & J. Vellev (Eds.), Menneskelivets mangfoldighed: Arkæologisk og antropologisk forskning på Moesgård (pp. 245-256). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Vellev, J. (2001). On salt and school fees: Income from Laesoe: 660,48 kr. In C. D. Litchfield, R. Palme & P. Piasecki (Eds.), Le Monde du Sel: Mélanges offerts à Jean-Claude Hocquet (pp. 45-45).
Vellev, J. (2001). Papirmøllen på Hven. Skalk, (5), 18-18.
Vellev, J. (2002). Salt and the Island of Læsø in Denmark: Archaeological explorations from 1900 to 2000. In H. Wirth (Ed.), Investitionen im Salinenwesen und Salzbergbau: Globale Rahmenbedingungen, regionale Auswirkungen, verbliebene Monumente (pp. 118-135).
Vellev, J. (2001). Salt på Læsø. In P. Christensen & F. Bak (Eds.), Læsø Salt i Røg og Damp (pp. 30-52).
Vellev, J. (2000). Saltproduktion på Læsø, i Danmark og i Europa. (3. oplag (1. oplag 1993) ed.) Hikuin.
Vellev, J. (2002). Udmøntningerne på Hjelm. In P. Asingh & N. Engberg (Eds.), Marsk Stig og de fredløse på Hjelm (pp. 203-219).
Vellev, J. (2004). Om "Sorø Klosters Gavebog" - og om produktion af jern og salt i Halland. In J. Vellev (Ed.), Jernmøllen i Halland. Arkæologiske undersøgelser 1993-1995. Hikuin 31 (pp. 37-66). Hikuin.
Vellev, J. (2005). Renæssance 2006: - som følger Middelalder 99. Arkæologisk Forum, (13), 5-7.
Vellev, J. (2006). Den tidligste papirproduktion i Danmark. In C. Bach-Nielsen, J. Møhlenfeldt Jensen, J. Vellev & P. Zeeberg (Eds.), Danmark og renæssancen 1500-1650 (1 ed., pp. 330-339). Gad.
Vellev, J. (2006). Tycho Brahes begravelse i Prag. In P. Grinder-Hansen (Ed.), Tycho Brahes Verden. Danmark i Europa 1550-1600 (1 ed., pp. 228-243). Nationalmuseet.
Vellev, J. (2006). Ole Wormsdage som blev til Tyge Brahesdage. In H. Teglhus & M. A. Skydsgaard (Eds.), Ole Worm. Liv og videnskab (1 ed., pp. 34-36). Steno Museets Venner.
Vellev, J. (2006). En rejse 1597 til Læsøs salt. In O. Høiris & J. Vellev (Eds.), Renæssancens Verden. Tænkning, kulturliv, dagligliv og efterliv (1 ed., pp. 371-400). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Vellev, J. (2006). Joakim Skovgaards Frescomalerier i Viborg Domkirke. (4 ed.) Viborg Domkirkes Forlag.
Vellev, J. (2007). Salt. In J. Graham-Campbell & M. Valor (Eds.), The Archaeology of Medieval Europe Vol. I: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD (1 ed., pp. 232-234). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Vellev, J. (2003). Ansigter på kvadre - og lidt om skaktavlkvadre. In J. Vellev (Ed.), Romanske Stenarbejder (pp. 91-100). Hikuin.
Vellev, J. (2008). Vendepunktet. Skalk, (1), 18-26.
Vellev, J. (2008). Hans Hansen Skonning: Forfatter, klokker, bogtrykker og papirmager: - starten på industrien i Århus. In P. Pedersen, L. Hannestad, J. Steensig & H. K. Kristensen (Eds.), Det skjulte Århus: Fra bjerget til byen (Vol. 3, pp. 23-46). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Vellev, J. (2008). Om Renæssance 2006: og om Middelalderåret 1999. Dansk Tidsskrift for Museumsformidling, 28, 7-18.
Vellev, J. (2008). Silkeborgen. Skalk, (4), 3-7.
Vellev, J. (2008). M. Mackeprang og Fontebogen. In Danmarks middelalderlige Døbefonte (2 ed., pp. 1*-12*). Hikuin.
Vellev, J. (2008). Bishop coins from Viborg. Publications from the National Museum. Studies in archaeology & history, 13, 187-192.
Vellev, J. (2009). Stjernefortælleren. Skalk, 1, 7-10.
Vellev, J. (2012). Jelling, Sommeren 1861. Skalk, 2012(2), 18-23.
Vellev, J. (2012). The Earliest Paper Production in Denmark: Steen Bille, Fredrik II. and Tycho Brahe. In Neue Zeiten: Stand und Perspektiven der Neuzeitarchäologie in Norddeutschland Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
Vellev, J. (2013). Worsaae & Kornerup: en antikvarisk rejse sommeren 1859. In M. Høj (Ed.), Jacob Kornrup - maler, arkæolog og konservator (pp. 105-116). Roskilde Museum.
Vellev, J. (2011). Hrob Tychona Brahe V Praze. Historica Pragensia, 5, 117-131.
Vellev, J. (2014). Knud 2. den Hellige og Edel (Adela). In K. Kryger (Ed.), Danske kongegrave 1 (pp. 190-205). Museum Tusculanum.
Vellev, J. & Kryger, K. (2014). Svend 3. Grathe og Adela. In K. Kryger (Ed.), Danske Kongegrave 1 (pp. 239-248). Museum Tusculanum.
Vellev, J. (2014). Erik 5. Klipping og Agnes. In K. Kryger (Ed.), Danske Kongegrave 1 (pp. 400-414). Museum Tusculanum.

Recent Publications (2016 onwards)

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Wouters, B. (2017). Micromorphological Approaches to the Formation and Biographies of Early Medieval Towns in Northwest Europe. Poster session presented at Developig International Geoarchaeology (DIG) Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Wild, M., Mortensen, M. F., Andreasen, N. H., Borup, P., Casati, C., Eriksen, B. V., Frost, L., Gregersen, K. M., Henriksen, M. B., Kanstrup, M., Olsen, J., Pedersen, K. B., Petersen, P. V., Ramskov, C., Sørensen, L., Sørensen, M. & Wåhlin, S. (2020). Paläolithische Knochen- und Geweihartefakte des Spätglazials und Frühholozäns Dänemarks: Technologie und Datierung. Quartar International Yearbook for Ice Age and Stone Age Research, 67, 105-180. https://doi.org/10.7485/qu.2020.67.88925
Walsh, M. J., Prentiss, A. M. & Riede, F. (2019). Introduction to cultural microevolutionary research in anthropology and archaeology. In A. M. Prentiss (Ed.), Handbook of evolutionary research in archaeology (pp. 25-47). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11117-5_2
Walsh, M. J., Riede, F. & O’Neill, S. (2019). Cultural transmission and innovation in archaeology. In A. M. Prentiss (Ed.), Handbook of evolutionary research in archaeology (pp. 49-70). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11117-5_3
Wallis, J. & Harvey, D. (2017). Introduction: conflicting spaces - geographies of the First World War. In J. Wallis & D. Harvey (Eds.), Commemorative Spaces of the First World War: Historical Geographies at the Centenary (pp. 1-14). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315651170_1
Vybornov, A. A., Yudin, A. I., Kulkova, M. A., Goslar, T., Possnert, G. & Philippsen, B. (2016). Радиоуглеродные данные для хронологии неолита Нижнего Поволжья. In РАДИОУГЛЕРОДНАЯ ХРОНОЛОГИЯ ЭПОХИ НЕОЛИТА ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЕВРОПЫ VII–III ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЯ ДО Н. Э. (pp. 62-73).
Vogt, H., Iversen, R., Kristiansen, M. S. & Jessen, M. D. (2017). Editorial. Danish Journal of Archaeology, 6(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/21662282.2017.1410020
Vellev, J. & Moesgaard, J. C. (2016). En tabt pung fra 2. verdenskrig. Nordisk Numismatisk Unions Medlemsblad, 1, 22-24.
Vellev, J. (2016). Ampullen fra Grathe. Skalk, 3(juni), 22-24.
Vellev, J. (2016). Historien om Sydehytten på Læsø. In Læsø salt i 25 år: Om sydesalt og ildsjæle (pp. 16-21).
Vellev, J. (2016). Tycho Brahes liv, død og efterliv. Ale: Historisk Tidskrift for Skåne, Halland och Blekinge, 2016(2), 2-17.
Vellev, J. (2017). Tycho Brahes målevogn på Hven. Ale: Historisk Tidskrift for Skåne, Halland och Blekinge, 3, 27-34.
Vellev, J. (2017). Viborg Domkirke. In L. A. Larsen (Ed.), Domkirkekvarteret i Viborg: Viborgstudier 1 (pp. 85-145). Viborg Museum.
Vellev, J. (2018). Et industrianlæg og en votivsten på Hven fra renæssancen: Om Tycho Brahes papirmølle. Ale: Historisk Tidskrift for Skåne, Halland och Blekinge, 1, 10-25.
Vandkilde, H. (2016). Pithoi from the Bronze Age Settlement at Kastelli Khania. In E. Hallager & B. P. Hallager (Eds.), The Greek-Swedish Excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square Kastelli, Khania 1970-87, 2001, 2005 and 2008: The Late Minoan IIIA:1 and II Settlements (Vol. V, pp. 341-373). eddy.se AB.
Vandkilde, H. (2017). Small, medium, large. Globalisation perspectives on the Afro-Eurasian Bronze Age. In T. Hodos (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization (pp. 509-521). Routledge.
Vandkilde, H. (2018). Body Aesthetics, Fraternity and Warfare in the long European Bronze Age – postscriptum. In C. Horn & K. Kristiansen (Eds.), Warfare in Bronze Age Society (pp. 229-243). Cambridge University Press.
Vandkilde, H. (2018). Violent Beauty in the Bronze Age. In S. Hansen & R. Krause (Eds.), Bronze Age Hillforts between the Taunus and Carpathian Mountains: Proceedings of the First International LOEWE Conference, 7-9 December 2016 in Frankfurt (pp. 83-101). Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
Vandkilde, H. (2020). Amber, Weapons and Circulating Ideas about Leadership at the Threshold to the Middle Bronze Age in Europe. In J. Maran, R. Băjenaru, S.-C. Ailincăi, A.-D. Popescu & S. Hansen (Eds.), Objects, Ideas and Travelers. Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age: Volume to the memory of Alexandru Vulpe. Proceedings of the Conference in Tulcea, 10–13 November, 2017 (pp. 31-42). Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
van der Plicht, J., Kaupová, S., Velemínský, P., Smolík, J., Kučera, J., Kamenik, J., Havranek, V., Brůžek, J., Vellev, J. & Rasmussen, K. L. (2020). On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools? Heritage Science, 8, Article 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00399-8
Ulriksen, J., Christensen, J., Holm, N., Schultz, M. K. & Sindbæk, S. M. (2017). Borgring sæson 1 - Vold, brand og ødelæggelse. In Museum Sydøstdanmark - Årbog 2016 (pp. 10-21). Museum Sydøstdanmark.
Thrane, H. (2016). "Prähistorische Bronzefunde" und die nordische Bronzezeit - Versuch einer Bilanz. In U. L. Dietz & A. Jochenhövel (Eds.), 50 Jahre 'Prähistorische Bronzefunde" Bilanz und Perspektiven (Vol. XX bd. 14, pp. 357-64).
Thrane, H. (2018). Jernaldergrave ved Jyderup Skov i Odsherred. Aarboeger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 2016, 105-129.

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