Scientific publications
A new prehistory of Norrland is emerging. 2023. Bergman, Ingela . Humanities. About the Faculty of Humanities at Umeå University 2023:69-75. Umeå University.
A Sacred Tree in the Boreal forest: A Narrative About a Sámi Shaman, her Tree, and the Forest Landscape. 2022. Bergman, Ingela & Östlund, Lars. Human Ecology, volume 50, 2022. read more "
The indigenous status of the Sami - a challenge for democracy. 2022. Brännström, Malin. Demokratin och friheten: Del 4 av 4 ur antologin 100 år till, Stockholm: Kommittén Demokratin 100 år 2022:46-64. Read more "
Heritage for the future: narrating abandoned mining sites. 2022. Brännström, Malin. Resource extraction and arctic communities: the new extractivist paradigm, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2022:206-228 Avango, Dag; Lépy, Élise; Brännström, Malin; et al. 2022 Read more "
History, hearths and contested landscapes - Sámi land use east of the Lapland border of Sweden. 2021.Bergman, Ingela 2021. META, historiearkeologisk tidskrift 2021:109-120. Stockholm.
Girjas reindeer herding community v. Sweden: Analyzing the merits of the girjas case. 2021. Allard, Christina; Brännström, Malin 2021. Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Oslo: Nordic Open Scholarly Publishing (NOASP) / Cappelen Damm Akademisk, Vol. 12 : 56-79 Read more "
The Girjas Case - court proceedings as a strategy to enforce Sámi land rights. 2021. Brännström, Malin. Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic, London and New York: Routledge 2021:174-186 Read more "
The enhanced role of archaeological and historical research in court proceedings about Saami land rights. 2020. Brännström, Malin. Currents of Saami pasts: Recent advances in Saami archaeology. Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland 9. Read more "
Red paint and a piece of bark - objects in the service of research. 2020. Bergman, Ingela. Big, small, beautiful and ugly. Museum collections a necessary source of knowledge. Swedish Humanities Association publication series no 142: 39-44.
The Legal Application of Ethnoecology: The Girjas Sami Village vs the Swedish State. 2020. Östlund, L., Sandström, C., Bergman, I., Brännström, M. Plants, Peoples and Places. McGill-Queen's University Press. Read more "
Girjas sameby v. the state: An analysis of the Girjas judgment. 2020. Allard, C., Brännström, M. Svensk Juristtidning, pp. 429-452 Read more "
The Girjas Case - Court proceedings as a strategy to enforce Sami land rights. 2020. Brännström, Malin. Routledge Handbook of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.
Birkarlar - merchants with positions of trust. 2019. Bergman, Ingela & Edlund, Lars-Erik. Norrbotten. Norrbottens hembygdsförbund, Norrbottens museum. Yearbook 2018-2019.
Sami communities' contract law - a reply. 2019. Brännström, M., Allard, C. Svensk Juristtidning, p.165-169.
Hunters of forests and waters: Late Iron Age and Medieval subsistence and social processes in coastal northern Sweden. 2018. Bergman, Ingela & Ramqvist, Per H. Acta borealia, Vol. 35:1, pp. 1-28. read here "
Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Identity Processes in Northern Fennoscandia 500-1500 AD. 2018. Bergman, Ingela. RJ's publication series 15. read more "
Anthropogenic use of fire led to degraded scots pine-lichen forests in northern Sweden. 2018. Hörnberg, G., Josefsson, T., DeLuca, T.H., Higuera, P.E., Liedgren, L., Östlund, L. & Bergman, I. Anthropocene 24: 14-29. read more "
Sami land rights in flux? - The Court of Appeal's judgment in the Girjas case raises questions about the meaning of rights to real property. 2018. Brännström, Malin. Legal Publication 1:25-47.
Court proceedings to evaluate the implementation of Sami land rights in Sweden. 2018. Brännström, Malin. Retfaerd 2: 32-45.
Heat impact and soil colors beneath hearths in northern Sweden. 2017. Liedgren, L., Hörnberg, G., Magnusson, T. & Östlund, L. Journal of Archaeological Science 79: 62-72. Read more "
Cereal cultivation from the Iron Age to historical times: evidence from inland and coastal settlements in northernmost Sweden. 2017. Josefsson, T., Hörnberg, G., Liedgren, L. & Bergman, I. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 26: 259-276. Read more "
Farmer fishermen: Interior lake fishing and inter-cultural and intra-cultural relations among coastal and interior Sámi communities in northern Sweden AD 1200-1600. 2017. Bergman, Ingela & Ramqvist, Per H. Acta Borealia, Vol. 34:2, pp. 134-158. Read more "
Forestry and reindeer husbandry on the same land - A forensic study of property rights and reindeer husbandry rights. 2017. Brännström, Malin. Writings from the Department of Law at Umeå University No. 37.
Birkarlar and Sámi - inter-cultural contacts beyond state control: Reconsidering the standing of external tradesmen (birkarlar) in medieval Sámi societies. 2016. Bergman, Ingela, Edlund, Lars-Erik. Acta Borealia, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2016: 52-80. Read more "
Hearths in the coastal areas of northernmost Sweden, from the period AD 800 to 1950. 2016. Liedgren, L., Bergman, I., Ramqvist, P.H., Hörnberg, G. Liedgren, L., Bergman, I., Ramqvist, P.H., Hörnberg, G. Read more "
The rock paintings in Gaskávrre. Northern images with geometric motifs. 2016. Ramkvist, P.H., Bergman, I., Liedgren, Lars. Archaeology in the North. 15:1-37. Read more "
Gustaf Hallström's excavation in 1921 of a medieval farm in Björsbyn outside Luleå in Norrbotten. 2015. Liedgren, L. & Bergman, I. Fornvännen110:184-199.
Indications of shifting cultivation west of the Lapland border: Multifaced land use in northernmost Sweden since AD 800. 2015. Hörnberg, G., Josefsson, T., Bergman, I., Liedgren, L. & Östlund, L. The Holocene 25: 989-1001. Read more "
Burial mounds as settlement indicators: archaeological and palynological investigations at Sangis, northern Sweden. 2015. Ramqvist, P.H. & Hörnberg, G. Fennoscandia Archaeologica XXXII: 121-138. Read more "
Intensive land use in the Swedish mountains between AD 800 and 1200 led to deforestation and ecosystem transformation with long-lasting effects. 2015. Östlund, L., Hörnberg, G., DeLuca, T.H., Liedgren, L., Wikström, P., Zackrisson, O. & Josefsson, T. Ambio 44: 508-520. Read more "
Early cereal cultivation at Sámi settlements: challenging the hunter-herder paradigm? 2015. Arctic Anthropology 52: 57-66. Read more "
Cultural heritage, landscape and identity processes. A research program in the middle of the social debate. 2014. Bergman, I. Archaeology in the North 14: 67-80. Read more "
The history of early cereal cultivation in northmost Fennoscandia as indicated by palynological research. 2014. Josefsson, T., Ramqvist, P., Hörnberg, G. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 23: 821-840. Read more "
Revealing the cultivation history of northernmost Sweden: Evidence from pollen records. 2014. Hörnberg, G., Josefsson, T., Liedgren, L. The Holocene 24: 316-324. read more "
Red ochre graves in Norrbotten. 2014. Liedgren, L. Archaeology in the North 14:1-39. Read more "
Traveling in boreal forests: Routes of communication in pre-industrial northern Sweden. 2014. Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O., Östlund, L. Fennoscandia archaeologica XXXI 45-60.
Surviving the winter in northern forests: an experimental study of fuel consumption and living space in a Sami tent hut. 2013. Östlund, L., Liedgren, L. & Josefsson, T. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research.
Some thoughts on place names and prehistory, in Grandpa's map shows the way. A selection of linguistic texts 1979-2013. 2013. Edlund, L-E. Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundets Handlingar 67.
Historical land use and resource depletion in spruce-Cladina forests of northern Sweden. 2013. DeLuca, T.H., Zackrisson, O., Bergman, I., Hörnberg, G. Anthropocene 1: 14-22. Read more "
From hunting to herding: Land use, ecosystem processes and social transformation among the Sami AD 800-1500. 2013. Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O., Liedgren, L. Arctic Anthropology 2013 (50): 25-39.
Diazotrophy in alluvial meadows of subarctic river systems. 2013. DeLuca, T.H., Zackrisson, O., Bergman, I., Diéz, B.-H. & Bergman, B. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone0077342.
The cyanobacterial role in the resistance of feather mosses to decomposition - toward a new hypothesis. 2013 Rousk, K., Rousk J., DeLuca, T.H. PLoS One. DOI: 1 0.1371/journal.pone.0062058.
Feather moss nitrogen acquisition across natural fertility gradients in boreal forests. 2013. Rousk, K., Jones, D.L., Zackrisson, O., Rousk J., and DeLuca T.H. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 61:86-95.
Bracken fern promotes an open nitrogen cycle in heathland soils. 2013. DeLuca, T.H., Zewdie, S.A., Zackrisson, O., Healey, J.R., Jones, D.L. Plant and Soil.
Lövånger and other ancient names in the coastal country of Västerbotten. Thoughts and reflections on place names and prehistory, in: Namn på stort och smått. Writings published by the Institute for Language and Folklore. 2012, Edlund, L-E. Namnarkivet i Uppsala. Ser. B 12.
Woody vegetation, fuel and fire track the melting of the Scandinavian ice-sheet before 9500 cal yr BP. 2012. Carcaillet, C., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O. Quaternary Research 78: 540-548. Read more "
Charcoal dispersal from alpine Stállo hearths in sub-arctic Sweden: Patterns observed from soil analysis and experimental burning. 2012. Hörnberg, G., Liedgren, L. Asian Culture & History 4 (2): 29-42.
Fire as an important factor for the genesis of boreal Picea abies swamp forests in Fennoscandia. 2012. Hörnberg, G., Staland, H., Nordström, E.-M., Korsman, T., Segerström, U. The Holocene 22: 203-214. Read more "
Noel Broadbent's patches and labyrinths. 2012. Liedgren, L. & Ramqvist, P. Fornvännen 2012.
Heat, smoke and fuel consumption in a high mountain Stállo -hut, northern Sweden - Experimental burning of fresh birch wood during winter. 2011. Liedgren, L. & Östlund, L. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:903-912.
A thousand years of human impact in the northern Scandinavian mountain range: Long-lasting effects on forest lines and vegetation. 2011. Staland, H., Salmonsson, J., Hörnberg, G. The Holocene 21: 379-392. Read more "
Invasion of Norway spruce diversifies the fire regime in boreal European forests. 2011. Ohlson, M., Brown, K.J., Birks, H.J.B., Grytnes, J.-A., Hörnberg, G., Niklasson, M., Seppä, H., Bradshaw, R.H.W. Journal of Ecology 99: 395-403. Read more "
Finns, Lapps, reindeer and farmers. About medieval population groups and industries reflected in place names in the coastal regions of the Gulf of Bothnia. 2010. Bergman, Ingela. Archaeology in the North 12: 167-191.
Quantifying Saami settlement and movement patterns in Northern Sweden 1700-1900. 2010. Josefsson, T., Bergman, I & Östlund, L. Arctic vol. 63 (2):141-154.
Historical human influence on forest composition and structure in boreal Fennoscandia. 2010. Josefsson, T., Gunnarson, B., Liedgren, L., Bergman, I. and Östlund, L. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40:872-884.
Long-term human impact and long-term vegetation changes in a protected forest landscape: implications for conservation. 2009. Josefsson, T., Hörnberg, G., Östlund, L. Ecosystems12: 1017-1036. Read more "
Vegetation development at a mountain settlement site in the Swedish Scandes during the late Holocene - palaeoecological evidence for human induced deforestation. 2009. Karlsson, H., Shevtsova, A., Hörnberg, G. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 18: 297-314. read more "
Aspects of the Construction of Prehistoric Stállo- foundations and Stállo- buildings. 2009. Liedgren, L. & Bergman, I. Acta Borealia, vol. 26, no 1:3-26. Read more "
Sami building culture - timbered huts and the example of Bläckajaure. 2009. Liedgren, L. Östlund, L. & Josefsson, T. Archaeology in the North 11:115-143.
Kinship and settlements: Sami residence patterns in the Fennoscandian alpine areas around A.D. 1000. 2008. Bergman I., Liedgren, L., Östlund, L. & Zackrisson, O. Arctic Anthropology, Volume 45, No 1:97-110.
Värro Muorra: The landscape significance of Sami sacred wooden objects and sacrificial altars. 2008.Bergman, I., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. & Liedgren, L. Ethnohistory, Vol. 55, No. 1: 1-28.
Long-term sustainability of a northern boreal deciduous swamp forest. 2008. Segerström, U., von Stedingk, H., Hörnberg, G.
The Holocene 18: 1113-1122. read more "
Roasting pits as social space. The organization of outdoor activities on an Early Mesolithic settlement site in Northern Sweden. 2008. Bergman, Ingela. Current Swedish Archaeology, Vol. 15-16: 7-20.
Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and landscape acquisition by the Arctic Circle. 2007. Bergman, I. & Zackrisson, O.
Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric hearths in alpine northern Sweden: problems and possibilities. 2007. Liedgren, L., Bergman, I., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Hellberg, E., Östlund, L. & DeLuca, T. Journal of Archaeological Science 34:1276-1288. read more "
Long-term vegetation changes in the northern Scandinavian forest line; a human impact climate synergy? 2007. Karlsson, H., Hörnberg, G., Hannon, G., Nordström, E.-M. The Holocene 17:447-456. Read more "
Long-term fire frequency not linked to prehistoric occupations in northern Swedish boreal forest. 2007. Carcaillet, C., Bergman, I., Delorme, S., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O. Ecology 88 (2): 465-477. Read more "
Vessels and kettles. Socioeconomic implications of the cessation of asbestos pottery in Northern Sweden. 2006. Bergman, I. Archaeology in the North 10:1-15.
Indigenous time, colonial history: Sami conceptions of time and ancestry and the role of relics in cultural reproduction. 2006. Bergman, I. Norwegian Archaeological Review, Vol. 39, No. 2:151-161.
The outermost frontier- On landscape appropriation in the wake of the ice sheet. In Blückert, K. & Österberg, E. (eds.). 2006. Bergman, I. Gränslöst - research in Sweden and in the world. Festschrift to Dan Brändström, 2006:136-149. Nature and Culture.
Stones in the snow: a Norse fur traders´road into Sami country. 2006. Bergman, I., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O., Liedgren, L. Antiquity, Vol. 81, No. 312:397-408.
Effects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on local vegetation in a non-uniform glacio-isostatic land uplift area, northern Sweden. 2006. Hörnberg, G., Bohlin, E., Hellberg, E., Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O., Olofsson, A., Wallin, J.-E., Påsse, T. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 15: 13-26. read more "
The roasting of plants. Sami tradition and the archaeological record. 2005. Bergman, I. A long history. Festschrift to Evert Baudou on his 80th birthday. Archaeology and Environment 19, Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundets Handlingar 57:51-65.
An early Iron Age stone setting from Lake Uddjaur in Arjeplog, Lapland. 2005. Liedgren, L. & Johansson, M. A long history. Festschrift to Evert Baudou on his 80th birthday. Archaeology and Environment 19, Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundets Handlingar 57:275-295.
Deglaciation and colonization: pioneer settlements in northern Fennoscandia. 2005. Bergman, I., Olofsson, A., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., and Hellberg, E. Journal of World Prehistory 18 (2):155-177.
Human impact on forest-limit ecosystems - palaeocological indications of deforestation and prolonged ecological effects of land-use at a site in the Swedish Scandes. 2004. Hellberg, E., Hörnberg, G., Liedgren, L., Karlsson, H., Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O. & Östlund, L. Diss. Historical Variability of Deciduous Trees and Deciduous Forests in Northern Sweden. Effects of forest-fires, land-use and climate. Silvestria 308:1-20.
Deglaciation and colonization: Pioneer settlements in Northern Fennoscandia. Bergman, I., Olofsson, A., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson O. & Hellberg, E. Journal of World Prehistory,18(2):155-177. Read more "
The use of plants as regular food sources in ancient subarctic economies - a case study based on the Sami use of Scots pine inner bark in northern Fennoscandia. 2004. Bergman, I., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O. Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 41 (1):1-12.
Trees for food - a 3000 thousand year record of subarctic plant use. 2004. Östlund, L., Bergman, I., Zackrisson, O. Antiquity,Vol. 78, No 300:278-286.
Holocene non-uniform land uplift and its influence on fire history and ecosystem development in boreal Sweden. 2004. Hörnberg, G., Wallin, J-E., Påsse, T., Wardle, D.A., and Zackrisson, O. Journal of Vegetation Science 15:171-180. Read more "
Isostatic Land Uplift and Mesolithic Landscapes: Lake-tilting, a key to the discovery of Mesolithic sites in the interior of northern Sweden. 2003. Bergman, I., Påsse, T., Olofsson, A., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G., Hellberg, E., Bohlin, E. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 30, No. 11:1451-1458. Read more "
Long term effects of wildfire on ecosystem properties across an island area gradient. 2003, Wardle. D.A., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Kalela-Brundin, M., & Coomes, D.A. Science 300: 972-975. Read more "
Vegetation dynamics and disturbance history in three deciduous forests in boreal Sweden. 2003. Hellberg, E., Hörnberg, G., Östlund, L., and Zackrisson, O. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 267-276. Read more "
Trees on the border between nature and culture - Culturally modified trees in boreal Scandinavia. 2002. Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G. Environmental History 7: 48-68 Read more "
Man, fire and landscape in northern Sweden. 2000. Bergman, Ingela. Abstract for the 6th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, September 4-9 2000, Stockholm.
The ancient use of Pinus Sylvestris L. (Scots pine) inner bark by Sami people in northern Sweden, related to cultural and ecological factors. 2000. Zackrisson, O., Östlund, L., Korhonen, O., Bergman, I. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 9:99-109.
Old excavations and new knowledge. 1999. Bergman, Ingela. Archaeology in the North 8/9: 93-102.
The genesis of two Picea-Cladina forests in northern Sweden. 1999. Hörnberg, G., Östlund, L., Zackrisson, O., Bergman, I. Journal of Ecology 87: 800-814. read more "
Boreal swamp forests - unique biodiversity 'hotspots' in an impoverished forest landscape. 1998. Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Segerström, U., Svensson, B.-W., Ohlson, M., Bradshaw, R. BioScience 48: 795-802. Read more "
Prehistoric building structures in Norrland. House and plot in the Nordic countries during prehistoric times. 1997. Liedgren, Lars. Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift 33:155-168.
Habitat qualities versus long-term continuity as determinants of biodiversity in boreal old-growth swamp forests. 1997. Ohlson, M., Söderström, L., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Hermansson, J. Biological Conservation 81. 221-231. Read more "
The influence of bryophytes and microrelief conditions on Picea abies seed regeneration patterns in boreal old-growth swamp forests. 1997. Hörnberg, G., Ohlson, M., Zackrisson, O. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 1015-1023. Read more "
Island area determines ecosystem properties. 1997. Wardle, D., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G., Gallet, C. Science 277: 1296-1299. read more "
Biodiversity and ecosystem properties; Letter response. 1997. Wardle, D., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G., Gallet, C. Read more "
The 9000-year history of vegetation development and disturbance patterns of a swamp-forest in Dalarna, northern Sweden. 1996. Segerström, U., Hörnberg, G., Bradshaw, R. The Holocene: 6: 37-48. Read more "
From Döudden to Varghalsen. A study of continuity and change in a fishing community in the hinterland of Upper Norrland, 5,200 BC - 400 AD. 1995. Bergman, Ingela. Studia Archaeologica Universitatis Umensis 7.
Prehistoric settlement remains in Norrlan. 1995. Liedgren, Lars. Article part. The Swedish National Heritage Board. Archaeological investigations. Skrifter nr 14:111-145.
Regeneration pulses and climate-vegetation interactions in nonpyrogenic boreal Scots pine stands. 1995. Zackrisson, O., Nilsson, M.-C., Steijlen, I., Hörnberg, G. Journal of Ecology 83: 431-446.
Stand dynamics, regeneration patterns and long-term continuity in boreal old-growth Picea abies swamp-forests. 1995. Hörnberg, G., Ohlson, M., Zackrisson, O. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 291-298. Read more "
The oldest burials in the prehistory of Norrland. 1994. Liedgren, Lars. Odlingsmark och fångstmark 1994:229-242.
Kalaschabrännan and other sedentary settlement remains from the Iron Age in Finland. 1994. Liedgren, Lars. The Iron Agein the Middle North. A symposium on new archaeological and ecological research findings. Studies in the Prehistory of Ostrobothnia no 3:33-42.
Disturbance history of a swamp forest refuge in northern Sweden. 1994. Segerström, U., Bradshaw, R., Hörnberg, G., Bohlin, E. Biological Conservation 68: 189-196. Read more "
House and farm in Hälsingland. A study of agricultural settlement and development in northern Hälsingland kr. f. - 600 AD. 1992. Liedgren, Lars. Studia Archaeologica Universitatis Umensis 2.
Age structure and regenerative patterns in old-growth swamp forests in northern Sweden. In: Engelmark, O. & Bradshaw, R. (eds.), Disturbance dynamics in boreal forests (Abstracts). 1992. Hörnberg, G., Ohlson, M. Workshop August 10-14, 1992, University of Umeå.
Merovingian settlement remains on Kalaschabrännan in Malax. Iron Age settlement in Ostrobothnia. 1991. Liedgren, Lars. En ekologisk-arkeologisk studie av bosättningskontinuitet och resursutnyttjande. Studies in the Prehistory of Ostrobothnia no 2:103-148.
The development of settlement in Forsa, Hälsingland, during the Early Iron Age. 1989. Liedgren, Lars. Archaeology in the North 1989:45-81.
The settlement survey at Kalascha brännan: Preliminary aspects of the settlement. 1988. Liedgren, Lars. Studia Archaeologica Ostrobotniensia 1988.
Views on the establishment of the sedentary settlement in Norrland. Sami and Germanic people in prehistoric Norrland. 1988. Liedgren, Lars. Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift 14:83-114.
Some views on the agrarian settlement in central Norrland in the border zone between the Late and Early Iron Age. 1988. Liedgren, Lars. Folkevandringstiden i Norden, en krisetid mellan ældre og yngre jernalder 1988:115-138.
The Sami settlement complex at Rackträsk, in Arjeplog. 1988. Bergman, Ingela. Archaeology in the North 1:129-143.