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In focus: Technological revolution transforms archaeology

Extensive excavations of the largest Iron Age settlement in the Nordic countries have begun. Thanks to new scientific methods, researchers can gain access to new facts about the lives and the people who once settled in Uppåkra.

Modern archaeology reveals secrets of Iron age power centre

By using Big Data, data modelling and DNA sequencing, researchers are currently putting together essential parts of the Uppåkra puzzle.
A group of people in a virtual environment. Photo Jessika Sellergren.

VR helps us experience historical places such as Uppåkra

Virtual reality might be the closest we can get to a time machine.
A drawing of the chiefdom hall and the cult house in Uppåkra.

The hall on the hill during the Iron Age - uppakra.lu.se

Close to Lund lie the remnants of a unique Iron Age settlement (in Swedish).
Students excavating in Uppåkra. Photo Johan Persson.

Archaeology research at Lund University

In the LU Research Portal you can find most of our archaeology research.

More research themes in focus

Faculty research links

Visit our faculty websites to discover more about the research taking place across the University.
Researchers in atomic physics develop and test materials that slows down the speed of light. Photo: Kennet Ruona.

Faculty of Engineering | LTH

Person looking at an anatomy model of the human head. Photo: Johan Bävman.

Faculty of Medicine

Lea Porsager's exhibition "Stripped" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Photo: David Stjernholm.

Faculty of Fine & Performing Arts

Forest glade.

Faculty of Science

Vault paintings in Täby church by Albertus Pictor.

Faculties of Humanities & Theology

Railway station from above. Photo: Timon Studler/Unsplash.

Faculty of Social Sciences

Inside the Faculty of Law. Photo: Stefan Bengtsson.

Faculty of Law

Students on move in the Holger Crafoord Economics Centre. Photo: Håkan Röjder.

School of Economics and Management