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.
- Research
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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.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Publications
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North-eastern Vikings?: The presence and absence of a Norse–Scottish cultural landscape in north-east Scotland
Cultural Landscapes of North-east Scotland: Collaborative Research in History and Archaeology. Shepherd, C. (ed.). Oxbow Books, pp. 95-104, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersNunalleq 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: ArticlesReviwew: Jes Wienberg: Heriotopia. World Heritage and Modernity. Lund/Manchester: Lund University Press/Manchester University Press (2021). 323 sidor, 8 figurer.
META. Historiskarkeologisk Tidskrift, vol. 2022, pp. 76-78Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and 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: Articles