Paul Wallin
Professor at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Archaeology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 83 13, +46 498 10 83 13
- E-mail:
- paul.wallin@arkeologi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3
621 57 Visby - Postal address:
- Uppsala universitet, Campus Gotland
621 67 Visby
- CV:
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Short presentation
BA from Stockholm University in 1985, PhD from Uppsala University in 1994 with a dissertation on “Ceremonial Stone Structures” on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. In the 1980s I worked at excavations on Gotland, and Southeastern Sweden as well as on the Island of Åland (Finland), later I focused on Pacific archaeology. My present focus is on Stone age sites and burial practices, mainly Pitted Ware as well as monumental structures in Scandinavia and the Pacific.

Publications
Selection of publications
Monumental Structures and the Spirit of Chiefly Actions
Part of Time & Mind, p. 43-58, 2011
Part of Kon-Tiki Museum. Occasional Papers, p. 79-107, 2011
Prehistoric lifestyles on Gotland: Diachronic and Synchronic perspectives
Part of Archaeologia Lituana, p. 142-153, 2011
2011
Neolithic Monuments on Gotland: Material Expressions of the Domestication Process
Part of Baltic Prehistoric Interactions and Transformations, p. 39-61, Gotland University, 2010
Räddad, reformerad och registrerad: en ”grävande” revideranderapport rörande en fornlämning i Tofta
Part of Gotlandsakademiker tycker om ..., p. 23-33, Gotland University Press, 2010
Part of Documenta Praehistorica, p. 65-75, 2010
The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island
Part of Documenta Praehistorica, p. 77-84, 2010
Marae Reflections: On the evolution of stratified chiefdoms in the Leeward Society Islands
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 86-93, 2010
Archaeopress, 2010
Time and Temples: Chronology of Marae Structuresin the Society Islands
Part of The Gotland Papers, p. 269-284, 2010
Re-dating Ahu Nau Nau and the Settlement at 'Anakena, Rapa Nui
Part of The Gotland Papers, p. 37-46, 2010
2010
- Download full text 1 (pdf) of The Gotland Papers: Selected Papers from the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific : Migration, Identity, and Cultural Heritage
- Download full text 2 (pdf) of The Gotland Papers: Selected Papers from the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific : Migration, Identity, and Cultural Heritage
Part of Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Océaniennes, p. 53-70, 2008
Part of Islands of inquiry, p. 423-434, ANU E Press, 2008
Religious Structures in the Hanga Ho'onu Region
Part of Prehistoric Rapa Nui, p. 127-166, Easter Island Foundation, 2008
Part of Gotländskt Arkiv, p. 23-40, 2007
The excavations of Pulemelei site 2002-2004
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 41-59, 2007
Settlement Patterns: Social and Ritual Space in Prehistoric Samoa
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 83-89, 2007
A Radiocarbon Sequence for Samoan Prehistory and the Pulemelei Mound
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 71-82, 2007
Part of Préhistoire de l’Asie et de l’océanie = Asian and Oceanic prehistory, p. 53-58, Archaeopress, 2006
Part of Rapa Nui Journal, p. 9-30, 2006
Part of Rapa Nui Journal, p. 13-24, 2005
Report from archaeological investigations of marae structures in the district of Maeva, Huahine 2003
Part of Bilan de la recherche archéologique en Polynésie française, p. 92-104, Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine, 2005
How marae change: In modern times, for example
Part of Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, p. 153-158, 2004
Part of Pacific 2000, p. 239-246, 2001
Three Special Places in East Polynesia
Part of The Kon-Tiki Museum occasional papers, p. 101-114, 2000
Excavations at Anakena: The Easter Island Settlement Sequence and Change of Subsistence?
Part of Easter Island and East Polynesian Prehistory, p. 179-186, 1999
Contextual Interpretations of Archery Platforms in the Society Islands
Part of Easter Island in Pacific context, p. 199-204, 1998
1993
Recent publications
2023
Anakena Re-visited: New Perspectives on Old Problems at Anakena, Rapa Nui
Part of The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), p. 109-137, Springer Nature, 2022
"Igelkottskvinnorna" under gropkeramisk tid på Gotland
Part of Gotland Vattenland, p. 114-129, Gotlands Museum, Fornsalens Förlag, 2022
Medeltida syllstensgrund, stolpbyggnad och brya: Arkeologisk undersökning 2021
2022
Part of Medeltida syllstensgrund, stolpbyggnad och brya, p. 93-99, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, Campus Gotland, Uppsala universitet, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia early
Part of Nature, p. 524-525, 2020
Gothemshammar - a Late Bronze Age coastal rampart on Gotland
Part of Fornvännen, p. 65-75, 2018
Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, p. 324-337, 2018
Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, p. 325-334, 2018
Part of Quaternary International, p. 276-286, 2018
Part of Sèances de la Société préhistorique francaise, p. 409-425, 2016
Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization In The Galapagos Islands, Republic Of Ecuador
Part of Latin American antiquity, p. 169-183, 2016
Chronogeographic Variation in Initial East Polynesian Construction of Monumental Ceremonial Sites
Part of Journal of island and coastal archaeology, p. 405-421, 2013
Monumental Structures and the Spirit of Chiefly Actions
Part of Time & Mind, p. 43-58, 2011
Part of Kon-Tiki Museum. Occasional Papers, p. 79-107, 2011
Prehistoric lifestyles on Gotland: Diachronic and Synchronic perspectives
Part of Archaeologia Lituana, p. 142-153, 2011
Part of Documenta Praehistorica, p. 65-75, 2010
The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island
Part of Documenta Praehistorica, p. 77-84, 2010
Marae Reflections: On the evolution of stratified chiefdoms in the Leeward Society Islands
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 86-93, 2010
Part of Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Océaniennes, p. 53-70, 2008
Part of Gotländskt Arkiv, p. 23-40, 2007
The excavations of Pulemelei site 2002-2004
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 41-59, 2007
Settlement Patterns: Social and Ritual Space in Prehistoric Samoa
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 83-89, 2007
A Radiocarbon Sequence for Samoan Prehistory and the Pulemelei Mound
Part of Archaeology in Oceania, p. 71-82, 2007
Part of Rapa Nui Journal, p. 9-30, 2006
Part of Rapa Nui Journal, p. 13-24, 2005
How marae change: In modern times, for example
Part of Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, p. 153-158, 2004
Three Special Places in East Polynesia
Part of The Kon-Tiki Museum occasional papers, p. 101-114, 2000
Books
Chapters in book
Anakena Re-visited: New Perspectives on Old Problems at Anakena, Rapa Nui
Part of The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), p. 109-137, Springer Nature, 2022
"Igelkottskvinnorna" under gropkeramisk tid på Gotland
Part of Gotland Vattenland, p. 114-129, Gotlands Museum, Fornsalens Förlag, 2022
Part of Medeltida syllstensgrund, stolpbyggnad och brya, p. 93-99, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, Campus Gotland, Uppsala universitet, 2022
Part of Arkeologi på Gotland 2, p. 117-128, Uppsala universitet, 2017
Part of Decoding Neolithic Atlantic & Mediterranean island Ritual, Oxbow Books, 2016
Part of Decoding neolithic atlantic & mediterranean island ritual, p. 1-15, Oxbow Books, 2016
Part of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki in New Light, p. 94-105, Thor Heyerdahl Institute, 2014
Spatial Perspectives on Ceremonial Complexes: Testing Traditional Land Divisions on Rapa Nui
Part of Monuments and people in the Pacific, p. 317-342, Uppsala University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 2014
Part of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki in New Light, p. 94-105, Thor Heyerdahl Institute, 2014
Part of Monuments and People in the Pacific, p. 297-316, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, 2014
Neolithic Monuments on Gotland: Material Expressions of the Domestication Process
Part of Baltic Prehistoric Interactions and Transformations, p. 39-61, Gotland University, 2010
Räddad, reformerad och registrerad: en ”grävande” revideranderapport rörande en fornlämning i Tofta
Part of Gotlandsakademiker tycker om ..., p. 23-33, Gotland University Press, 2010
Part of Islands of inquiry, p. 423-434, ANU E Press, 2008
Religious Structures in the Hanga Ho'onu Region
Part of Prehistoric Rapa Nui, p. 127-166, Easter Island Foundation, 2008
Part of Préhistoire de l’Asie et de l’océanie = Asian and Oceanic prehistory, p. 53-58, Archaeopress, 2006
Report from archaeological investigations of marae structures in the district of Maeva, Huahine 2003
Part of Bilan de la recherche archéologique en Polynésie française, p. 92-104, Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine, 2005
Conference papers
Perfect Death: Examples of Pitted Ware Ritualisation of the Dead
Part of Ancient Death Ways, p. 47-64, 2015
Time and Temples: Chronology of Marae Structuresin the Society Islands
Part of The Gotland Papers, p. 269-284, 2010
Re-dating Ahu Nau Nau and the Settlement at 'Anakena, Rapa Nui
Part of The Gotland Papers, p. 37-46, 2010
Part of Pacific 2000, p. 239-246, 2001
Excavations at Anakena: The Easter Island Settlement Sequence and Change of Subsistence?
Part of Easter Island and East Polynesian Prehistory, p. 179-186, 1999
Contextual Interpretations of Archery Platforms in the Society Islands
Part of Easter Island in Pacific context, p. 199-204, 1998
Conference proceedings (editor)
2010
- Download full text 1 (pdf) of The Gotland Papers: Selected Papers from the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific : Migration, Identity, and Cultural Heritage
- Download full text 2 (pdf) of The Gotland Papers: Selected Papers from the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific : Migration, Identity, and Cultural Heritage
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
2023
Medeltida syllstensgrund, stolpbyggnad och brya: Arkeologisk undersökning 2021
2022
Rapport från arkeologisk undersökning vid Licksarve 2:1, Raä Tofta 27:1, Gotland
2018
Rapport från arkeologisk undersökning vid Botvalde 1:30, Gothem 232:1, Gotland
2018
Rapport från arkeologisk undersökning vid Licksarve 2:1, Raä Tofta 27:1, Gotland
2018
Rapport från arkeologisk undersökning vid Ajvide 2:1 2017 Eksta 171:1
2017
2011
Other
Heiau, 'aina, lani: The Hawaiian temple system in ancient Kahikinui and Kaupo, Maui
Part of Journal of Pacific Archaeology, p. 83-85, 2020
Part of Rapa Nui Journal, p. 68-70, 2015