Ancient culture and Ancient history explore the Greek and Roman cultures of the Mediterranean and all areas that have ever been dependent on them. In time we move from the oldest Stone Age to about 500 AD.

We conduct archaeological research in a number of different subjects that stretch in time from the Stone Age to the present day.

Archeology with laboratory analysis is the discipline where scientific methods are used together with traditional archaeological methods and modern theory formation to solve archaeological problems.

Numismatics is the science of coins and other means of payment. Our main research field at the Institute is Viking-Age and Medieval coinage and coin circulation.

At the laboratory, several research projects are underway that concern both animal and human skeletal materials from Mesolithic to modern times.

The overall objective of the centre is to bring researchers from different disciplines, such as biology, archaeology and geology, together into a state-of-the-art research environment dedicated to ancient DNA analyses.

We conduct interdisciplinary research on causal relationships that shape and change human culture in a longer and a shorter term, with theoretical, mathematical and empirical approaches from a variety of disciplines.

The project aims to develop a strong collaborative network on environmental issues between the three faculties which make up the Human Sciences Area at Stockholm University: Humanities, Law and Social Sciences.