Thursday 5th June
SESSION 2: A familiar past? Later-historical archaeologies of the urban in the Nordic countries
Moderator: Georg Haggrén, University of Turku
The archaeology of the last 500 years is a field where much is happening and in the process of development across the Nordic countries. This includes the exploration of modernity and its associated materialities of urbanization and urban life, aspects previously relatively under-researched and under-communicated. Archaeology, often in combination with other sources and analytical methods, is contributing increasingly to our understanding of the urban phenomenon in later historical times.
This session sheds new light on how the transition to modernity transformed urban life and the urban environment in the Nordic countries. It examines later-historical towns as places of multiple human encounters, multi-cultural interactions and diverse material practices. It presents results of excavation and research into urban housing and domestic life, harbours and waterfronts, and the materialities and outcomes of social, economic and religious practices and differentiation, including varieties of consumption strategies and choices.
| 08.30 | COFFEE |
| 09.00 | Introduction |
| 09.05 | Keynote: Early Modern Towns: Places of Interaction and Friction Jonas Monié Nordin, Lund University |
| 09.35 | How to build houses in Swedish towns during the Early Modern period? Göran Tagesson, Uppsala University |
| 09.55 | Mobile, reused and forgotten: A contextualized story of heat sources in early modern houses Gunhild Eriksdotter, Uppsala University |
| 10.15 | Various activities in urban households involving ceramics: a case study from Turku Market Square excavations Maija Helamaa, University of Turku |
| 10.35 | Unearthing the Second-Hand Trade: Insights from Urban Archaeology in Aarhus and Helsingør, 1700–1850 Jette Linaa, Aarhus University |
| 10.55 | COFFEE |
| 11.20 | Landfill Legacy: Excavating and investigating historical waste in Frederiksstaden, Copenhagen Karen Green Therkelsen & Simone Fabienne Mayer, Museum of Copenhagen |
| 11.40 | Local or imported fish in urban centres? Hanna Kivikero, Helsinki University |
| 12.00 | From the bishop’s wharf to a busy timber export port: the development of Oslo harbour during a period of transition Hilde Vangstad, Norwegian Maritime Museum |
| 12.20 | The New Lock of Stockholm and Early Modern Sweden Jan Kockum, Arkeologikonsult |
| 12.40 | Shadows of the Reformation in Stavanger Cathedral Sean Denham, Bettina Ebert & Margareth Hana Buer, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger |
| 13.00 | LUNCH |
SESSION 3: Is there life after excavation? Publishing urban archaeology, curating exhibitions and making collections accessible
Moderator: Joakim Kjellberg, The Medieval Museum, Stockholm
Urban excavations generate new knowledge about medieval and modern urban life and add large quantities of material to museum collections. Large-scale excavation projects with good in-situ preservation create particular challenges for museums, including demand for storage space and long-term conservation. Excavated material constitutes a valuable resource for museum exhibitions and publications, available long after the completion of the excavation report. Digitization, in the form of digital collections of material culture, 3D-modelling of urban spaces, and reconstructions using tools such as integrated urban GIS systems and AI, shows promise for the near future but is still underutilized, and creates a new set of challenges regarding long-term storage and archiving of data.
This session addresses best practices and issues regarding publication of data and other forms of synthesis and dissemination of urban excavation and research, the curation of urban archaeological exhibitions, and the facilitation of public and academic access to collections and long-term knowledge production in the afterlife of individual urban excavation projects.
| 14.00 | Introduction |
| 14.05 | Keynote: Inspiring waste Peter Kranendonk, City of Amsterdam |
| 14.35 | Below Ground: Material Culture on Display Sigrid Samset Mygeland, Bymuseet, Bergen |
| 14.55 | Mellom arkeologi og arkivskuff: en gjenstandsregistrants bekjennelser Anne Kathrine Bakstad, Anno Museum, Hamar |
| 15.15 | Digital collections and 3D-visualisation of medieval Stockholm Joakim Kjellberg, The Medieval Museum, Stockholm |
| 15.35 | COFFEE |
| 16.00 | Visualizing and publishing parallel with ongoing excavations in Oslo Egil Lindhart Bauer, The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) |
| 16.20 | Where have all the trenches gone? Michael Derrick & Therese Marie Edman, The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) |
| 16.40 | End day 2 |
| 19.00 | Conference dinner at restaurant “Olympen” |