Forskningsprojekt

Hampus Olsson, Conceiving new traditions and influencing collective memory in creating an Italian identity in the age of the Julio-Claudians

Hampus Olsson, Conceiving new traditions and influencing collective memory in creating an Italian identity in the age of the Julio-Claudians Phenomena and traditions that we take for granted today as something long-established and original, in fact often do not have a very long history at all, sometimes they are even made up. Among Swedish traditions,

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Hampus Olsson, Unveiling the city: Multi-resolution investigation on the Petrolo plateau of Blera

Hampus Olsson, Unveiling the city: Multi-resolution investigation on the Petrolo plateau of Blera The Etruscan town of Blera has a long tradition of Swedish archaeological research. Ever since the start of the Swedish excavations at San Giovenale and Luni sul Mignone in the 1950s, Swedish classical archaeologists have repeatedly visited and studied the sites and

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Ulf R. Hansson, Antiquarianism and Proto-Archaeology in Early Eighteenth-Century Rome

Ulf R. Hansson, Antiquarianism and Proto-Archaeology in Early Eighteenth-Century Rome This research project traces and examines antiquarian field activity in the city of Rome and in the Roman Campagna in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Special focus is on developments during the early decades of the eighteenth century which culminated in the high

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Acquarossa

Acquarossa The excavations at Acquarossa took place between 1966 and 1975, with supplementary compaigns in 1978 and 1991. They were conducted under the auspices of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, in association with the then Soprintendenza alle Antichità dell’Etruria Meridionale and supported by, among others, Gustaf VI Adolf, king of Sweden and

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Luni sul Mignone

Luni sul Mignone ”Pian di Luni” or “Luni” is the name of a plateau, built by the volcanic rock, tufa, and lying by the river Mignone in the Comune di Blera, about 65 km northwest of Rome. The crown of the mountain consists of a relatively flat plain, c. 550 metres long and 150 metres

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The Vignale Archaeological Project

The Vignale Archaeological Project Project background After more than fifty years of archaeological work at the Etruscan site of San Giovenale, the field research continued. In order to widen and fully understand the complexity of the ancient site, an investigation of the landscape in the immediate surrounding felt compulsory. In 2006, Vignale Archaeological Project therefore

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Common Ground. A research platform for digitized archaeological collections and archives at the Swedish Institutes in Athens, Rome and Istanbul.

Common Ground. A research platform for digitized archaeological collections and archives at the Swedish Institutes in Athens, Rome and Istanbul. Common Ground is a project that unites the Swedish Institutes in Athens, Istanbul and Rome in the creation of a joint digital platform for Swedish archaeological research in the Mediterranean. It is funded by Riksbankens

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Johnny Bengtsson, Societal change and Internationalisation in Central Italy during the Bronze and early Iron Age. The case of Luni sul Mignone

Johnny Bengtsson, Societal change and Internationalisation in Central Italy during the Bronze and early Iron Age. The case of Luni sul Mignone This project concentrates on socio-economic and demographic changes during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Central Italy. Research on the transfer of knowledge, as well as international contacts, will widen

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Hedvig Landenius Enegren, Spinning and Weaving Tools. Textile Technology at Etruscan Acquarossa and San Giovenale

Hedvig Landenius Enegren, Spinning and Weaving Tools. Textile Technology at Etruscan Acquarossa and San Giovenale This project involves a study of the textile implements (loom weights, spools, spindle whorls, needles) recovered during excavations at San Giovenale and Acquarossa in the 1950s –1970s conducted by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. These two archaeological

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