Mats P Malmer: An Intellectual Biography

The article, which is a biography of the Swedish archaeologist Mats P. Malmer, tries to identify some of the characteristics of Scandinavian archaeology. In particular, Malmer's discussion ofthe concept oftypology is of great importance for this tradition. Another intention ofthe article is to...

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Main Author: Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet 2002-12-01
Series:Current Swedish Archaeology
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Online Access:https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/886
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Summary:The article, which is a biography of the Swedish archaeologist Mats P. Malmer, tries to identify some of the characteristics of Scandinavian archaeology. In particular, Malmer's discussion ofthe concept oftypology is of great importance for this tradition. Another intention ofthe article is to supplement the historiographic discussions in Swedish archaeology. In these discussions there is a significant need to investigate the ways in which we have come to think as archaeologists
ISSN:1102-7355
2002-3901