https://publicera.kb.se/csa/issue/feedCurrent Swedish Archaeology2024-03-01T09:46:14+01:00Current Swedish Archaeology Editorscsa@arkeologiskasamfundet.seOpen Journal Systems<p>Current Swedish Archaeology (CSA) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing primarily on the interpretation of the archaeological record and on archaeology as social practice. The aim of the journal is to make findings and discussions in Swedish and wider Nordic archaeology accessible in and outside of the region and to promote contact and debate between Swedish archaeology and the larger international field.</p>https://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/13084Deconstructing the Digital Infrastructures Supporting Archaeological Knowledge2024-03-01T09:46:09+01:00Jeremy Huggett<p>The last 30 years have seen significant investments in the development of digital infrastructures to support archaeological practice. From field recording systems to national data archives, these have come to play an increasingly dominant role in the collection, management, and access to the data used in the creation of new archaeological knowledge. Although a lot of attention has been paid to the technical creation of such systems, much less is said about the wider political, cultural and social aspects of these infrastructures. Focusing on large-scale national or transnational data infrastructures, this paper seeks to lay the groundwork for such an inquiry by making the infrastructure the centre of analysis, rather than its technical aspects. The paper asks how infrastructures emerge, are sustained, become embedded in practice, and how they subsequently contextualise and influence the formation of archaeological knowledge. The underlying and frequently hidden complexities of infrastructures and their nature as always under development should make a critical understanding of their implementation and application, the opportunities they offer, the constraints they impose, and the perspectives they adopt, an important precursor to their knowledgeable use in practice.</p>2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jeremy Huggetthttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/22693Editorial2024-03-01T09:44:51+01:00Ing-Marie Back DanielssonElisabeth Niklasson2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Ing-Marie Back Danielsson, Elisabeth Nicklassonhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/18502Malou Blank. Mobility, Subsistence and Mortuary Practices. An Interdisciplinary Study of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Megalithic Populations of Southwestern Sweden2024-03-01T09:44:57+01:00Jan Apel2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jan Apelhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14806Martina Hjertman. Afloat and Aflame. Deconstructing the Long 19th Century Port City Gothenburg through Newspaper Archaeology2024-03-01T09:45:15+01:00Magdalena Naum2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Magdalena Naumhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/15886Pia Nilsson, Martin Hansson & Eva Svensson. De obesuttnas arkeologi: Människor, metoder och möjligheter2023-08-23T13:53:24+02:00Jonas Monie Nordin2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jonas Monie Nordinhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/16564Vivian Smits. Kulturarvsparadoxen: Om uppdragsarkeologin och kulturarvets användning i samtiden 2024-03-01T09:45:06+01:00Fredrik Svanberg2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Fredrik Svanberghttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14011New Research Project: Uppåkra - the Hall on the Height. Investigating a Long-term Iron Age Residence2024-03-01T09:45:58+01:00Torbjörn AhlströmMats RoslundHåkan Aspeborg2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Mats Roslund, Torbjörn Ahlström, Håkan Aspeborghttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14071New Research Project: Sweden and Ukraine in the History of Museum Collections and Exhibition Narratives2024-03-01T09:45:50+01:00Fedir Androschuk2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Fedir Androschukhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/16360Conference: Advances in Sámi Archaeology – ‘Things Should Never Rest – Something Must Always Be Happening’2023-09-08T13:44:25+02:00Markus Fjellström2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Markus Fjellströmhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14023New Research Programme: Crisis, Conflict and Climate: Societal Change in Scandinavia 300–700 CE2024-03-01T09:45:54+01:00Kerstin LidénGunilla ErikssonSven KalmringSven IsakssonLudvig Papmehl-DufayHelena Victor2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Kerstin Lidén, Gunilla Eriksson, Sven Isakssonhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14525On Infrastructural Speculation2024-03-01T09:45:18+01:00Isto Huvila2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Isto Huvilahttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14522Lost in Details2024-03-01T09:45:20+01:00Monika Stobiecka2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Monika Stobieckahttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/14519Destroying the Tower of Babel? 2024-03-01T09:45:47+01:00Bodil Petersson2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Bodil Peterssonhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/22702Digital Infrastructures and their Impact on Data Acquisition2024-03-01T09:44:44+01:00James Taylor2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 James Taylorhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/17206Reframing Digital Archaeological Infrastructures2024-03-01T09:45:01+01:00Agiatis Benardou2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Agiatis Benardouhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/22696Shaping Education and Transforming Practices2024-03-01T09:44:48+01:00Nicolò Dell'Unto2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Nicolò Dell'Untohttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/22690Unravelling Archaeological Digital Infrastructures2024-03-01T09:44:54+01:00Jeremy Huggett2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jeremy Huggetthttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/10726Body Modification on Viking Age Gotland 2024-03-01T09:46:14+01:00Matthias S. ToplakLukas Kerk<p>In recent years, research has provided evidence for permanent body modification in the Viking Age. Based on the current state of research, we identified around 130 male-gendered individuals from Scandinavia and beyond with dental alterations in form of horizontal furrows, most of them stemming from the Baltic isle of Gotland. We suggest that this custom was used as a sign of identification for a closed group of merchants. In contrast, artificial cranial modifications in the Viking Are so far are only known from three female individuals from Gotland. While both forms of body modification have received wide attention in other cultural contexts, the specific expressions of these customs in Viking Age society still lack systematic investigation with regard to their social implications. Based on the archaeological concept of embodiment and modern communication theories we discuss the perception of modified human bodies as media for the presentation and construction of social identities on Viking Age Gotland.</p>2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Matthias Toplak, Lukas Kerkhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/13168The Swedish Apparatus of Contract Archaeology and its Entanglement with Society2024-03-01T09:46:02+01:00Matthew Nelson<p>The Swedish contract archaeology (CA) system has witnessed changes and new goals in the last couple of decades, becoming more steered by the market while new demands have come from Swedish cultural heritage legislation and policies for producing relevant knowledge to society and widening the inclusion of the public. In this paper I examine the Swedish CA system and programs from its three main parties, according to critical heritage studies by Rodney Harrison, especially focusing on the governing tool ‘apparatus’. Criticism, conveyed for instance in a recent survey, has claimed that the apparatus of Swedish CA is unsustainable and inefficient in its present form. This includes deficiencies in the relationships between the parties and with actors and stakeholders outside the system. There is also a democratic discrepancy towards the new heritage goals. I suggest that Harrisons critical view on heritage could be used to argue for changes in the role and boundaries of Swedish CA, taking into accord the conditions of local contexts, interests and needs of communities. An active stance for a more dialogical and inclusive nature of communication could diminish the risk for dissonance, conflict, and negative impacts while creating conditions for positive outcomes and values in society.</p>2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Matthew Nelsonhttps://publicera.kb.se/csa/article/view/13120Settlement, Climate Crisis and Lordship in Early Medieval Scandinavia2024-03-01T09:46:06+01:00Jan-Henrik Fallgren<p>This article examines and describes the nature of lordship in Scandinavia during the Early Medieval period (c.400–1000 CE). It counters the assertions of earlier research, which claim that lordship with estates had already developed at the beginning of the period. Earlier arguments have built on assumptions that the development of estates was propelled by the ‘Dust Veil’ and the subsequent climate crisis of the mid-sixth century. Scholars have argued that a more hierarchical society followed, reflected through the emergence of more lavish burial customs. Through a broad comparison with other north-western European regions and peoples, this article demonstrates that these burial customs can be understood differently, and further, that a more hierarchal society was not necessarily the outcome of the crises of the sixth century. The resulting analysis of Scandinavian lordship is then anchored in a detailed case study of the well-preserved settlements, houses, farms and field-systems on the Baltic Island of Öland. It concludes that incentives to create estates in Scandinavia were not present before the Christianization process.</p>2024-02-24T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jan-Henrik Fallgren