MA (Uppsala), PhD (Uppsala)
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- Email Address
- c.hillerdal@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272332
- Office Address
Department of Archaeology School of Geosciences University of Aberdeen St. Mary’s, Elphinstone Rd Aberdeen, AB24 3UF Scotland, UK Room 204
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
Originally from Sweden I studied archaeology in Uppsala and maritime archaeology in Stockholm. I went on to do a PhD in Archaeology at Uppsala University (2009). In 2006 I worked as a commercial archaeologist in Canada. In 2010 I was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen. I am programme coordinator for the MScs in Archaeology and Archaeology of the North.
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Research Overview
My research spans archaeological theory, Indigenous- and community archaeology, Late Iron Age Scandinavia, and the Viking diaspora. My overarching research interest concerns the archaeology of social identity – in the past and the present, and the relationship between the past and the present in heritage discourses.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Archaeology.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Current Research
With a background in Scandinavian Viking Age archaeology, my current research mainly focuses on Arctic Archaeology, and more specifically Yup’ik in Southwestern Alaska. My field of interest ranges from theoretical approaches to Indigenous Archaeology, to Community Archaeology and Heritage, and field-based archaeology. I am working intimately with a local indigenous community on the collaborative Nunalleq project, excavating a pre-contact Yup’ik village site critically endangered by the warming climate. The Nunalleq excavation has yielded the largest collection of archaeological material ever recovered from Alaska, and has entirely changed our knowledge of pre-contact Yup’ik history. Most recently I have been focussing on a co-created educational resource based on the archaeological material and integrating scientific and local interpretations and narratives, for the local and regional schools, and am continuing this in the development of a Digital Museum for the Nunalleq collection. I have recently started to refocus my interest on Late Iron Age/Early Medieval Scandinavia.
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
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Nunalleq Digital Museum: Multi-vocal Narration of a Yup’ik Past
AntiquityContributions to Journals: ArticlesA comparative study of Norse palaeodemography in the North Atlantic
Journal of the North Atlantic, vol. 45, pp. 1-13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNalaquq (“it is found”): a knowledge co-production framework for environmental sensing and communication in Indigenous arctic communities
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 28, no. 5, zmad030Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNunalleq Digital Museum and Catalogue
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites- [ONLINE] http://www.nunalleq.org
- [ONLINE] https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/22118/
- [ONLINE] https://nunalleq.wordpress.com/
Honouring Ancestry, Celebrating Presence: the Grand Opening of the Nunalleq Culture and Archaeology Center
Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, vol. 10, no. 3-4, pp. 184-199Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNunalleq: Community-based archaeology and effects of climate change in Indigenous Alaska
Archaeology Scotland, pp. 25-27Contributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesGiving the Past a Future: community archaeology, youth engagement and heritage in Quinhagak, Alaska
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 227–248Contributions to Journals: ArticlesKinguneq Ciunerkiurluku: Nunalget Elakengaliuryarait, Ayagyuat Ilagauciat, Paitait-llu Kuinerrami Alaska-mi
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 249-269Contributions to Journals: ArticlesActivity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup’ik Site of Nunalleq (16-17th Centuries AD, Alaska)
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 197-221Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1071945ar
Nunalleq, Stories from the Village of Our Ancestors: Co-designing a multi-vocal educational resource based on an archaeological excavation
Archaeologies, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 198-227Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNegotiating narrative in a newly settled Norse landscape: An emic perspective on Norse reuse of ancient monuments on the Northern Isles of Scotland
Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods. Hillerdal, C., Ilves, K. (eds.). Oxbow Books, pp. 157-168, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv138wt08.18
Re-imagining periphery: Sketching out new fairways for researching the Iron Age North
Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods. Hillerdal, C., Ilves, K. (eds.). Oxbow Books, pp. vii-xii, 6 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRe-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods
Oxbow Books, Oxford. 200 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksIntroduction
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 15-24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNunalleq: Archaeology, Climate Change, and Community Engagement in a Yup’ik Village
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 4-17Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.56.1.4
The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska
Presses de l'Université Laval, Laval. 335 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksArchaeologies of Climate Change: Perceptions and Prospects
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 265-287Contributions to Journals: Articles'Living Heritage' Workshop, Quinhagak, AK, August 8-11, 2018: Notes from the meeting
15 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThree Generations Under One Roof? Bayesian Modeling of Radiocarbon Data from Nunalleq, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
American Antiquity, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 505-524Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWords Apart: Archaeology, Indigenous Communities and the Power of Definition
The Resilience of Heritage: Cultivating a Future of the Past. Essays in Honour of Professor Paul J.J. Sinclair. Anneli, E., Christian, I., Lindholm, K. (eds.). Uppsala Universitet, pp. 363-392, 30 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersArchaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity
Routledge, London. 322 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641997
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Introduction
Archaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity. Hillerdal, C., Karlström, A., Ojala, C. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 1-13, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersIntegrating the past in the present: Archaeology as part of living Yup'ik heritage
Archaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity. Hillerdal, C., Karlström, A., Ojala, C. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 64-79, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPolitics of Indigeneity
Archaeologies of "Us" and "Them": Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity. Hillerdal, C., Karlström, A., Ojala, C. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 15-17, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDebating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence
Routledge, New York & London. 199 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315813172
Empirical Tensions in the Materialities of Time
Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence. Hillerdal, C., Siapkas, J. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 144-159, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersIntroduction: Debating Archaeological Empiricism
Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence. Hillerdal, C., Siapkas, J. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 1-10, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMaritime adaptations and dietary variation in prehistoric Western Alaska: Stable isotope analysis of permafrost-preserved human hair
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 151, no. 3, pp. 448-461Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22284
The Myth About Asbestos and Pharaohs: How we in the natural sciences do not check non-medical "facts"
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. S1416Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEarly urbanism in Scandinavia
The Urban Mind: Cultural and Environmental Dynamics. Sinclair, P. J. J., Nordquist, G., Herschend, F., Isendahl, C. (eds.). African and Comparative Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, pp. 499-525, 27 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMaterial Identity: Archaeology and National Identity
The Past in the Past: The Significance of Memory and Tradition in the Transmission of Culture. Gallou, C., Georgiades, M. (eds.). Archaeopress, pp. 105-119, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPeople in Between: Ethnicity and Material Identity, a New Approach to Deconstructed Concepts
Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden. 318 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksPå mannens kärlek vilar kvinnans värde: Kvinnliga artefakter bland manliga aktörer i det vikingatida Ryssland
Tankar om ursprung: Forntiden och medeltiden i nordisk historieanvändning. Edquist, S., Hermanson, L., Johansson, S. (eds.). Statens historiska museum, pp. 269-290, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersVikings, Rus, Varangians: The "Varangian Problem" in View of Ethnicity in Archaeology
Current Swedish Archaeology, vol. 14, pp. 87-108Contributions to Journals: Articles