We conduct archaeological research in a number of different subjects that stretch in time from the Stone Age to the present day. A particularly strong field of research is historical archaeology and contemporary archaeology.

It is a field that in the Nordic countries covers the last 2000 years. Of particular interest is how things and text relate to each other sources of knowledge and what significance objects have for people's memories and storytelling.

A large part of the research is conducted by doctoral students. To get an overview of the breadth of this research, see the compilation of previously submitted doctoral dissertations under the tab Publications: Doctoral dissertations in Archaeology.

We also have postdoctoral researchers and some of these are currently researching within a common theme called "identity and life history". There is also a research assistant and several externally funded researchers. The researchers currently employed consist of two professors and an associate professor. Based on their research, they have written a number of textbooks:

• Anders Andrén. 1997. Mellan ting och text. En introduktion till de historiska arkeologierna. Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposium. Stockholm.
• Mats Burström. 2007. Samtidsarkeologi. Introduktion till ett forskningsfält. Studentlitteratur. Lund.
• Anders Carlsson. 1998. Tolkande arkeologi och svensk forntidshistoria. Stenåldern.
• Anders Carlsson. 2001. Tolkande arkeologi och svensk forntidshistoria. Bronsåldern.

For more information about the work of individual researchers, see under "Our researchers - Researcher presentations" in the left menu.