Karl-Johan Lindholm
Professor at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Archaeology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 20 81
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 96 09
- E-mail:
- Karl-Johan.Lindholm@arkeologi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3H
- Postal address:
- Box 626
751 26 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-4857-202X
Short presentation
My main research interest is to bridge the socio-environmental interface by interdisciplinary research and long-term understandings of landscapes and land-use in agriculturally marginal regions in southern and eastern Africa and Europe. I participate in multiple research clusters and is deeply involved in advancing research infrastructures.

Publications
Selection of publications
A new approach to the archaeology of livestock herding in the Kalahari, Southern Africa
Part of Antiquity, p. 110-124, 2009
Both and more: a cognitive approach to environment
Part of Urban landscape dynamics and resource use, 2003
Begreppet jägare-samlare i arkeologisk forskning
Part of Förmedling, p. 69-79, Yliopistopaino, Helsingfors, 1998
Samhälle-boplats: En tvärkulturell undersökning av mobila jägare-samlare och deras boplatser
Part of Jeger-Samlere, p. 73-87, Universitetet i Tromsö, Tromsö, 1996
Recent publications
Part of The Holocene, p. 619-633, 2024
- DOI for The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD)
- Download full text (pdf) of The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD)
Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
Part of Bear and Human, p. 387-404, Brepols, 2023
- DOI for Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
Part of Journal of archaeological method and theory, p. 989-1033, 2022
- DOI for Tracking Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Vegetation in Last Interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and Challenges
- Download full text (pdf) of Tracking Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Vegetation in Last Interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and Challenges
Part of Historical Ecology, p. 207-219, John Wiley & Sons, 2022
The Biocultural Heritage of Outland Use: Commodity Production in the Rural Edges of Scandinavia
Part of Gunst/Ungunst, p. 103-119, Tübingen University Press, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of The Holocene, p. 619-633, 2024
- DOI for The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD)
- Download full text (pdf) of The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD)
Part of Journal of archaeological method and theory, p. 989-1033, 2022
- DOI for Tracking Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Vegetation in Last Interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and Challenges
- Download full text (pdf) of Tracking Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Vegetation in Last Interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and Challenges
Part of Land, 2021
- DOI for Coping with Risk: A Deep-Time Perspective on Societal Responses to Ecological Uncertainty in the River Dalälven Catchment Area, Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Coping with Risk: A Deep-Time Perspective on Societal Responses to Ecological Uncertainty in the River Dalälven Catchment Area, Sweden
Contesting Marginality: The Boreal Forest of Middle Scandinavia and the Worlds Outside
Part of The Medieval Globe, p. 9-34, 2021
Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems
Part of Sustainability, 2021
- DOI for Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems
- Download full text (pdf) of Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems
Part of Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, p. 759-771, 2021
- DOI for The history of settlement and agrarian land use in a boreal forest in Värmland, Sweden, new evidence from pollen analysis
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Part of Populär arkeologi, p. 10-13, 2020
Commoning in the periphery: The role of the commons for understanding rural continuities and change
Part of International Journal of the Commons, 2017
- DOI for Commoning in the periphery: The role of the commons for understanding rural continuities and change
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Part of European Journal of Archaeology, p. 3-27, 2016
Part of eTopoi, p. 94-108, 2015
Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey, 2015
Part of Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, p. 37-49, 2015
Manipulating Mud: (re-)constructing cosmogonical landscapes in the Nile Valley, Thebes, Egypt
Part of Archaeologia Polonia, p. 514-517, 2015
The Archaeology of the Commons
Part of Journal of Archaeology and Ancient History (JAAH), 2013
A new approach to the archaeology of livestock herding in the Kalahari, Southern Africa
Part of Antiquity, p. 110-124, 2009
Articles, review/survey
Part of Zenodo, p. 1-20, 2020
Conservation through Biocultural Heritage-Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of Land, 2019
- DOI for Conservation through Biocultural Heritage-Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa
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A framework for exploring and managing biocultural heritage
Part of Anthropocene, 2019
Chapters in book
Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
Part of Bear and Human, p. 387-404, Brepols, 2023
- DOI for Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Bears and the Viking Age transition in Sweden
Part of Historical Ecology, p. 207-219, John Wiley & Sons, 2022
The Biocultural Heritage of Outland Use: Commodity Production in the Rural Edges of Scandinavia
Part of Gunst/Ungunst, p. 103-119, Tübingen University Press, 2022
Concepts for Integrated Research in Historical Ecology
Part of Issues and Concepts in Historical Ecology: ThePast and Future of Landscapes and regions, p. 145-181, Cambridge University Press, 2018
Environing: The Archaeology of ‘Real Life’ Remains
Part of The Resilience of Heritage, p. 243-258, Uppsala University, 2018
Landscapes of Mortuary Practices
Part of Ancient Death Ways, p. 143-166, Uppsala universitet, 2015
LANDSCAPES OF MORTUARY PRACTICES
Part of Ancient Death Ways : Proceedings of the workshop on archaeology and mortuary practices. Uppsala, 16–17 May 2013, p. 143-166, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2015
Wells, Land and History: Archaeology and Rural Development in Southern Africa
Part of Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology, Oxford University Press, 2015
Begreppet jägare-samlare i arkeologisk forskning
Part of Förmedling, p. 69-79, Yliopistopaino, Helsingfors, 1998
Samhälle-boplats: En tvärkulturell undersökning av mobila jägare-samlare och deras boplatser
Part of Jeger-Samlere, p. 73-87, Universitetet i Tromsö, Tromsö, 1996
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
Both and more: a cognitive approach to environment
Part of Urban landscape dynamics and resource use, 2003
Other
2021