Archaeology with laboratory analysis is the discipline where scientific methods are used together with traditional archaeological methods and modern theory formation to solve archaeological problems.
The definition also shows that the subject is interdisciplinary, not only so that it extends over several subjects but also over several different faculties. The unit is unique in Scandinavia with its broad focus on biological, chemical, physical as well as geological analysis methods, applied to an archaeological source material without chronological limitation. Among the major research projects conducted within the unit can be mentioned, Svealand in Vendel and Viking Age, Castles and fortifications, Gender and diet during the Neolithic, as well as studies of the food culture of the Late Iron Age.