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Scopus Author ID: 36703036300
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Keywords

Archaeology, Neolithic, Megalithic societies, Pitted Ware culture, Archaeolinguistics

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Denmark

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Employment (5)

Københavns Universitet: København K, DK

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University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2022-08-01 to present | Head of Programme (The Saxo Institute, Section of Archaeology)
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Rune Iversen

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2020-10-01 to present | Associate Professor (The Saxo Institute)
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Rune Iversen

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2015-08-01 to 2020-09-30 | Tenure Track Assistant Professor (The Saxo Institute)
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Rune Iversen

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2015-02-01 to 2015-07-31 | Postdoc (SAXO Institute)
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Rune Iversen

Education and qualifications (3)

UCPH Forward: Talent Programme for Excellence in Research: Copenhagen, DK

2019-01-25 to 2019-11-21 (University of Copenhagen)
Qualification
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Rune Iversen

Leading Research – a leadership course: Copenhagen, DK

2018-03 to 2018-06 (University of Copenhagen)
Qualification
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Rune Iversen

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2010-09-01 to 2014-01-21 | PhD (SAXO Institute)
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Rune Iversen

Professional activities (5)

Danish Journal of Archaeology: Copenhagen, DK

2016-12 to present | Editor
Invited position
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Rune Iversen

European Association of Archaeologists: Prague, CZ

2010 to present
Membership
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Rune Iversen

The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries: Copenhagen, DK

1995 to present
Membership
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Rune Iversen

Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces: Copenhagen, DK

2016 to 2022-12-31 | Member of Advisory Board (AAG – Arkæologisk Arbejdsgruppe)
Invited position
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Rune Iversen

Centre for Advanced Study: Oslo, NO

2021 to 2022 | Research fellow (Exploring the Archaeological Migration Narrative)
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Rune Iversen

Funding (2)

A World without Images: Uncovering the absence of figurative representations in Early Neolithic Northern Europe

Source: Self-asserted source
Rune Iversen

Deep histories of migration: the early Neolithic around the North Sea

2021-01 to 2025-06 | Grant
Independent Research Fund Denmark (Odense, DK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

0132-00022B
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Rune Iversen

Works (50 of 72)

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Sun stones and the darkened sun: Neolithic miniature art from the island of Bornholm, Denmark

Antiquity
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2024.217
Contributors: Rune Iversen; Poul Otto Nielsen; Lasse Vilien Sørensen; Anders Svensson; Jørgen Peder Steffensen; Alexander Land; Michael S. Thorsen; Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen
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The early Neolithic of Northern Europe.

The early Neolithic of Northern Europe, København, Denmark, 11/05/2023
2025-03 | Edited book | Editor
DOI: 10.59641/xx278aj
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ISBN: 9789464263268
Contributors: Daniela Hofmann; Vicki Cummings; Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist; Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen
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Da solen forsvandt

Skalk
2025-01-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Poul-Otto Nielsen; Anders Svensson; Jorgen Peder Steffensen
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University of Copenhagen

100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark

Nature
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06862-3
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PMID: 38200294
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Contributors: Morten E. Allentoft; Martin Sikora; Anders Fischer; Karl-Göran Sjögren; Andrés Ingason; Ruairidh Macleod; Anders Rosengren; Bettina Schulz Paulsson; Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov; Maria Novosolov et al.
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2024 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v13i1.152346
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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Xenia Pauli Jensen; Thomas Grane; Helene Agerskov Rose; Sarah Croix; Lasse Vilien Sørensen
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Everything Was Better in the Good Old Days

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.12766/jna.2024.5
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Contributors: Valeska Becker; Corina Fiutak; Rebecca B. Bristow; Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Figurative Representations in the North European Neolithic—Are They There?

Cambridge Archaeological Journal
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774323000537
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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Valeska Becker; Rebecca Bristow
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University of Copenhagen
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Issues with the steppe hypothesis: An archaeological perspective.

Indo-European Interfaces
2024 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.16993/bcn.f
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Part of ISBN: 9789176352205
Part of ISBN: 9789176352199
Part of ISBN: 9789176352182
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen
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Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia

Nature
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06865-0
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EID:

2-s2.0-85181851896

PMID: 38200295
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Contributors: Morten E. Allentoft; Martin Sikora; Alba Refoyo-Martínez; Evan K. Irving-Pease; Anders Fischer; William Barrie; Andrés Ingason; Jesper Stenderup; Karl-Göran Sjögren; Alice Pearson et al.
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University of Copenhagen

The violent Indo-Europeans

Power, Gender, and Mobility
2024 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9788763547284
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark

PLoS ONE
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297032
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PMID: 38354111
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2-s2.0-85185345668
Contributors: Anders Fischer; Karl-Göran Sjögren; Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen; Marie Louise Jørkov; Per Lysdahl; Tharsika Vimala; Alba Refoyo-martínez; Gabriele Scorrano; T. Douglas Price; Darren R. Gröcke et al.
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University of Copenhagen

Ginnerup Revisited

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
2023 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.12766/jna.2023.2
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Contributors: Lutz Klassen; Uffe Rasmussen; Jacob Kveiborg; Michael Richards; Ludovic Orlando; Jens-Christian Svenning; Kenneth Ritchie; Marianne H. Andreasen; Bente Philippsen; Rune Iversen et al.
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University of Copenhagen

Method 3: How languages spread

Migration narratives in archaeology
2023 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.59641/ukr271lm
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Part of ISBN: 9789464262025
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

The Blurry Third Millennium.

Open Archaeology
2023 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1515/opar-2022-0287
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EID:

2-s2.0-85153778166
Contributors: Astrid J. Nyland; Daniela Hofmann; Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2023-12-21 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v12i1.142363
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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Thomas Grane; Helene Agerskov Rose; Sarah Croix; Lasse Sørensen; Xenia Pauli Jensen
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University of Copenhagen

Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia

bioRxiv
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.04.490594
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Contributors: Morten E. Allentoft; Martin Sikora; Alba Refoyo-Martínez; Evan K. Irving-Pease; Anders Fischer; William Barrie; Andrés Ingason; Jesper Stenderup; Karl-Göran Sjögren; Alice Pearson et al.
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Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2022-12-22 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v11i.135183
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Contributors: Thomas Grane; Sarah Croix; Lasse Sørensen; Rune Iversen; Helene Agerskov Rose; Mette Svart Kristiansen
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Muddying the Waters

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2022-08-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v11i.129698
Contributors: Vicki Cummings; Daniela Hofmann; Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist; Rune Iversen
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Neolithic Cupmarks from Vasagård on Bornholm, Denmark: Dating the Rock Art Tradition in Southern Scandinavia

European Journal of Archaeology
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/eaa.2021.49
Contributors: Rune Iversen; Michael S. Thorsen; Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen
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Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2021 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v10i0.130000
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Contributors: Lasse Sørensen; Thomas Grane; Mette Svart Kristiansen; Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Genomic Steppe ancestry in skeletons from the Neolithic Single Grave Culture in Denmark

P L o S One
2021 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244872
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EID:

2-s2.0-85099885146

PMID: 33444387
Contributors: Anne Friis-Holm Egfjord; Ashot Margaryan; Anders Fischer; Karl-Göran Sjögren; T. Douglas Price; Niels Nørkjær Johannsen; Poul Otto Nielsen; Lasse Sørensen; Eske Willerslev; Rune Iversen et al.
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University of Copenhagen
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The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

Nature
2021 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9
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PMID: 34671162
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Contributors: Pablo Librado; Naveed Khan; Antoine Fages; Mariya A. Kusliy; Tomasz Suchan; Laure Tonasso-Calvière; Stéphanie Schiavinato; Duha Alioglu; Aurore Fromentier; Aude Perdereau et al.
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Reconsidering the Pitted Ware chronology

Praehistorische Zeitschrift
2021-05-13 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1515/pz-2020-0033
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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EID:

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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Bente Philippsen; Per Persson
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University of Copenhagen

24 Messages on a Sustainable Career in Research at UCPH

2020 | Report | Author
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ISBN: 978-87-93510-49-4
Contributors: Katrine Rønsig Larsen; Henrik Caspar Wegener; Amelie Stein; Anders Bach; Andrew Williams; Christa Gall; Christina Gravert; David E. Gloriam; Eline Lorenzen; Elsa Yvanez et al.
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En øjenvidneberetning fra "kulturkrigens" rasen

Værdien af arkæologien
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Fra Bjørneklanens Ø til Hestefolkenes Dal?

Årbog Museum Østjylland
2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Lutz Klassen; Liv Stidsing Reher-Langberg; Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen; Rune Iversen; Niels Nørkjær Johannsen; Uffe Rasmussen
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University of Copenhagen

Review: Moritz Mennenga, Zwischen Elbe und Ems. Die Siedlungen der Trichterbecherkultur in Nordwestdeutschland.

Germania
2020 | Book review | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

The Pitted Ware culture chronology on Djursland

The Pitted Ware Culture on Djursland
2020 | Book chapter | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Part of ISBN: 9788771847826
Contributors: Bente Philippsen; Rune Iversen; Lutz Klassen
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University of Copenhagen

The Pitted Ware culture on Djursland in the Neolithic world

The Pitted Ware Culture on Djursland
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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e86f8a51-1a4b-4ee9-8f48-46c2f69c21ec

Part of ISBN: 9788771847826
Contributors: Lutz Klassen; Rune Iversen; Niels Nørkjær Johannsen; Uffe Rasmussen; Ole B. Poulsen
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2020-12 | Other | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Contributors: Mette Svart Kristiansen; Rune Iversen; Thomas Grane; Lasse Sørensen
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University of Copenhagen

65 years later...

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
2020-11-23 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.12766/jna.2020.4
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Den gådefulde, grubekeramiske kultur

Skalk
2020-06 | Journal article | Author
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9c8f1ba3-da11-4b53-b460-fc0bbeb88270
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Erratum

Antiquity
2020-06-01 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2020.84
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EID:

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Contributors: Kristian Kristiansen; Morten E. Allentoft; Karin M. Frei; Rune Iversen; Niels N. Johannsen; Guus Kroonen; Lukasz Pospieszny; T. Douglas Price; Simon Rasmussen; Karl Göran Sjögren et al.
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The Pitted Ware Phenomenon on Djursland and Maritime Relations across the Kattegat in the Middle Neolithic

The Pitted Ware Culture on Djursland
2020-02-28 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9788771847826
Contributors: Lutz Klassen; Rune Iversen; Lisbeth Wincentz
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University of Copenhagen

A short notice on the recently discovered Neolithic cup-marked stones from Vasagård, Bornholm

Adoranten
2019 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

On the emergence of Corded Ware societies in northern Europe

Tracing the Indo-Europeans
2019 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvmx3k2h.10
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

75766755-be55-4395-a0cd-0e5b76fba002

Part of ISBN: 9781789252705
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

The appearance, disappearance, and reappearance of non-figurative rock art during the southern Scandinavian Neolithic and Bronze Age

Habitus?
2019 | Conference paper | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Part of ISBN: 9789088907562
Part of ISBN: 9789088907838
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2019-12 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.7146/dja.v8i0.115607
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

2f4e9d22-97cf-47b8-a521-a3218e121bac
Contributors: Mette Svart Kristiansen; Rune Iversen; Thomas Grane; Lasse Sørensen
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University of Copenhagen

Anmeldelse af John Simonsen (2017): Daily Life at the Turn of the Neolithic. A comparative study of longhouses with sunken floors at Resengaard and nine other settlements in the Limfjord region, South Scandinavia.

Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab
2018-11 | Book review | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2018-11-02 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1080/21662282.2018.1541695
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

a3bbee64-f5d4-4e46-84ff-f2e18c9c6d54
Contributors: Mads Dengsø Jessen; Mette Svart Kristiansen; Rune Iversen; Thomas Grane; Lasse Sørensen
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Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2018-06-02 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1080/21662282.2018.1486119
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Contributors: Mette Svart Kristiansen; Rune Iversen; Mads Dengsø Jessen
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University of Copenhagen

Digging for Words

XV Nordic TAG, København, Denmark, 16/04/2015
2018-02 | Edited book | Editor
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ISBN: 9781407316420
Contributors: Rune Iversen; Guus Kroonen
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University of Copenhagen

Preface

Digging for Words
2018-02 | Conference paper | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781407316420
Contributors: Rune Iversen; Guus Kroonen
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University of Copenhagen

Big-Men and Small Chiefs

Open Archaeology
2017-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1515/opar-2017-0023
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EID:

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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Editorial

Danish Journal of Archaeology
2017-12-20 | Other | Author
DOI: 10.1080/21662282.2017.1410020
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Contributors: Helle Vogt; Rune Iversen; Mette Svart Kristiansen; Mads Dengsø Jessen
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Anmeldelse af Hans Browall 2016: Alvastra pålbyggnad

Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab
2017-11 | Book review | Author
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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Talking Neolithic: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on how Indo-European was Implemented in Southern Scandinavia

American Journal of Archaeology
2017-09-14 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3764/aja.121.4.0511
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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EID:

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Contributors: Rune Iversen; Guus Kroonen
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University of Copenhagen

Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe

Antiquity
2017-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2017.17
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EID:

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Contributors: Kristian Kristiansen; Morten Erik Allentoft; Karin Margarita Frei; Rune Iversen; Niels Nørkjær Johannsen; Guus Kroonen; Lukasz Pospieszny; T. Douglas Price; Simon Rasmussen; Karl-Göran Sjögren et al.
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University of Copenhagen

Arrowheads as indicators of interpersonal violence and group identity among the Neolithic Pitted Ware hunters of southwestern Scandinavia

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
2016 | Journal article | Author
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EID:

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Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen

Anmeldelse af Dalia Anna Pokutta: Population Dynamics, Diet and Migrations of the Unetice Culture in Poland.

Kuml: Årbog for Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab
2016-12 | Book review | Author
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f1d7c817-44c0-4022-9e31-ba384f44877e
Contributors: Rune Iversen
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University of Copenhagen
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