Søren Sindbæk
@SSindb
Archaeologist interested in networks and societies in the ancient and medieval world.
'We will not get the iconic, research-based Viking Age Museum that was planned. I believe this is a loss both economically and to Norway as a cultural nation.'
There should be no obstacles to an iconic museum of the Viking Age at Bygdøy. But that requires getting central functions of such a museum in place, writes rector Svein Stølen. sciencenorway.no/museums-opinio…
Excellent opinion piece. Rejection of the Anthropocene concept by the geologists gives archaeologists the opportunity to get it right without the geology baggage. This was my thought when I heard the news (in Jena) @paleotropics @MPI_GEA @nicoleboivin nature.com/articles/s4155…
I can't believe it, but I actually got to play a snippet of music in this programme. Who would have thought! "That's the way to do it - you play your lyre on the BBC!" Here's the teaser: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Just graduated from @AarhusUni in archaeology as Cand.Mag. Since my thesis got a great grade, I've decided to upload it online so that everyone can enjoy it! academia.edu/121594632/Broo… via @academia
This was a very cool study to be part of. We used the geochemistry of finds from the stratigraphy in Denmark's oldest town to date Europe's first glass production. From Charlemagne to Vikings and back. urbnet.au.dk/news/nyhed/art…
20 years of finds of Viking combs from Ipswich bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Very nice column about my book, Urban Life in the Distant Past, from World Archaeology magazine, by @SSindb "The energy of crowds" the-past.com/comment/the-en… via @withemes @ASUBeingHuman @asuteolab @CambUP_Archaeo
What would you see if you applied the full geoarchaeological toolbox on a Viking-age house floor? We had a unique opportunity to investigate this in Ribe's emporium a few years ago. The answer has has just come to print. An archeology of invisible tracks. rdcu.be/dCgiy
There are some big surprises for the early history of Northern Europe in this paper, and other evidence that decisively puts old questions to rest. Busy times ahead for archaeology.
New preprint 📣 On behalf of a massive team of geneticists, linguists, historians and archaeologists, we’re proud to share this manuscript on the prehistory of northern and western Europe since the Bronze Age biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
The committee that just saved the Giza pyramid site google.com/amp/s/www.cbsn…
One small step for man, but a giant loss for mankind. Afghanistan: Archaeological sites 'bulldozed for looting' bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
👀👀Spotted in the wild! @Sarah_L_Kerr and I have some plans 😊
Little one has chosen a new bedtime story 😂 @DrRebeccaboyd’s new book arrived this morning! @routledgebooks
Ukrainian archaeologists are beginning to grapple with the invisible toll of Russian invasion on cultural heritage. "Wherever we've looked, we see destruction": science.org/content/articl… @AntiquityJ @NewsfromScience
The latest issue feature an article on the Vendel-/Merovingian period platformed hall at Aska, 🇸🇪 by Rundkvist et al (as well as gold foils from Aska on the cover). Watch a film (🇬🇧 subtitles are available) on the dig here: youtu.be/p3pX20iqDTA?si…
Our December issue is out! Featuring great #archaeology like: 🦈 Weapons made from shark teeth in Indonesia 🛰️ Almost 400 Roman forts discovered using spy satellites ⛏️ Early Islamic silver mining & more! 🔗 buff.ly/346lv7h
Björkö island, in 🇸🇪; called Birka by some, in 3D LiDAR... sketchfab.com/3d-models/birk…
A new book on the Estonian Salme ship burials was officially released on Nov 10! ”The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Fieldwork and Catalogue” arheoloogia.ee/uudised/the-sa…
New paper out on the transformative role of foreign technology and (W. Bryan Arthur's concept) combinatorial evolution in the Bronze Age City of Dilmun, c.2000 BC researchgate.net/publication/37…
New volume of Journal of Urban Archaeology Vol 8 (2023) brepolsonline.net/toc/jua/2023/8 #OpenAccess @JUArch @UrbNet1 @Brepols Comparing Urban Heterogeneity
@SSindb opens up the first sesson of the St Olaf seminar, which he is chairing this morning. #StOlafInIreland #VikingDublin