Rune Iversen
Assistant professor
SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Karen Blixens Plads 8
2300 København S
ORCID: 0000-0001-7618-625X
Primary fields of research
The Neolithic, Neolithic art, the third millennium BC, the Middle Neolithic, the Late Neolithic, earliest Bronze Age, material and cultural boundaries, continuity and change, cultural diversity and identity
Current research
- Various aspects of Neolithic art based on finds from the rich Vasagård site on Bornholm, Denmark. The site holds a large number of unique Neolithic images in the form of engraved shale and sandstone plaques (so-called ‘sunstones’) in addition to the earliest rock art (cup marks) known from southern Scandinavia.
- The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in northern Europe and associated migration patterns.
- Introduction of Indo-European languages in the North European Neolithic. Research collaboration with Guus Kroonen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics/Leiden University.
- The Pitted Ware culture in Scandinavia, part of an international and interdisciplinary research project funded by the Velux foundation: CONTACT. The Pitted Ware Phenomenon in Djursland and Maritime Relations Across the Kattegat in the Middle Neolithic.
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Excavations at the Late Epipalaeolithic Site of Shubayqa 1: Preliminary Report on the First Season
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Creolization processes in the later south Scandinavian Neolithic: An approach to cultural heterogeneity
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Talking Neolithic: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on how Indo-European was Implemented in Southern Scandinavia
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