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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar: Human skeletal remains of Ilin Island\, Mindoro Occidental\, Philippines\, speaker Tanya Uldin
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIlin Island\, located off the southern coast of Mindoro\, possesses favourable geological features\, such as numerous caves and rock shelters\, that enhance the preservation of archaeological materials. Recent surveys and excavations have revealed a complex settlement history\, highlighting the adaptive strategies of human populations in response to climatic and environmental fluctuations. \nEvidence includes a flexed human burial from a southern rock shelter on the island\, radiocarbon dated to approximately 5\,000 cal BP\, and a recently recovered modified human phalanx that may be contemporaneous. \nThis presentation explores these findings within their broader bio-cultural context\, contributing to discussions on mortuary practices and body modification in prehistoric Island Southeast Asia. \nTanya Uldin is an associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila University\, Philippines. Tanya is a biological anthropologist with 20+ years of experience\, trained in archaeology and forensics.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/top20251001-tanya-uldin/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251022T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251022T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Studying urban inequality in the past: lessons from Pompeii\, with Samuli Simelius
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe study of Roman social stratification has often focused on social and legal status within society. Other dimensions of inequality have been largely sidelined\, although interest in economic inequality has grown recently. Yet\, methodologies to study wealth inequality that rely on house size still require significant improvement to better capture the complexity of Roman society. Furthermore\, aspects such as health disparities in Roman cities have received little attention. \nIn his talk\,  Samuli Simelius will present new approaches to studying both economic and health inequality. He will use Pompeii as a case study\, but these methods can also be applied beyond this well-known Roman city to other archaeological and historical contexts. \n \nSamuli Simelius is a grant-funded researcher specialising in Roman urbanism and domestic space. He is also a current SCAS-Nordic Fellow. \nSamuli Simelius on Google Scholar
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-studying-urban-inequality-in-the-past-lessons-from-pompeii-with-samuli-simelius/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251105T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251105T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Transdisciplinary approaches toward resolving the Austronesian problem\, speaker Hugo Reyes Centeno
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nDespite consensus on the movement of peoples from mainland Asia to Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific over the past five thousand years\, the mode of dispersal and biocultural change remains highly contested. \nWhile some hypotheses posit Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists rapidly dispersing via Taiwan\, other scenarios postulate\, for example\, additional dispersal routes\, the gradual and uneven adoption of agricultural practices\, and dynamic language borrowing. \nThis talk will introduce current debates on the Austronesian problem\, critically synthesising models developed from linguistic\, archaeological\, and genetic lines of evidence. In addition\, it will draw on original fieldwork harnessing archaeological data collected from the Philippines to draw attention to the uneven sampling problem still affecting transdisciplinary studies of the human past in Southeast Asia and Oceania. \n \nHugo Reyes Centeno is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, University of Kentucky and the current Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-transdisciplinary-approaches-toward-resolving-the-austronesian-problem-speaker-hugo-reyes-centeno/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251111T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251111T181500
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
CREATED:20251027T140001Z
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SUMMARY:Open lecture: Jakten på ordens ursprung\, with Jenny Larsson
DESCRIPTION:Jakten på ordens ursprung \n \n(lecture in Swedish) \nVar kommer våra ord ifrån och vad kan de avslöja om människans förhistoria? Språkhistorikern Jenny Larsson tar oss med på en resa bakåt i tiden\, där ord och språk fungerar som ledtrådar till hur människor levde\, tänkte och rörde sig för tusentals år sedan. Genom att förena språkliga\, arkeologiska och genetiska spår söker forskningen svar på hur våra språk uppstod\, spreds och förändrades. \nOBS! registration required.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/open-lecture-jakten-pa-ordens-ursprung-with-jenny-larsson/
LOCATION:Kulturhuset stadsteatern\, Sergels Torg\, Stockholm\, 111 57\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251118T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
CREATED:20251027T140658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T140738Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS seminar with Hugo Reyes Centeno: Genomic and Archaeological Insights on the Expansion of Austronesian Speakers into Island Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study seminars
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-with-hugo-reyes-centeno-genomic-and-archaeological-insights-on-the-expansion-of-austronesian-speakers-into-island-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251119T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251119T163000
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: REAL game – Reimagining algorithmic futures: 63 cards for thinking differently about algorithmic systems\, with Julia Velkova
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nREAL (REimagining ALgorithmic futures) is a card deck designed to inspire and provoke thinking about algorithmic systems and how they shape human lives\, society and potential futures. The cards aim to stimulate thinking and conversations about the values embedded in algorithmic systems\, as well as their social and technological implications. They advocate for a more inclusive dialogue concerning varied algorithmic futures. \nIdeally\, participants should have a specific case from their work that directly involves a digital or algorithmic system. This case might include planning or implementing digital or algorithmic systems\, applying humanities methods in field research\, or engaging with digital infrastructure. The case should be relevant to your professional context and serve as a basis for workshop activities.\n  \n \nJulia Velkova is a professor of Media and Culture\, Linköping University\, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow\, SCAS and Research Affiliate\, Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab\, University of California\, Santa Barbara.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-real-game-reimagining-algorithmic-futures-63-cards-for-thinking-differently-about-algorithmic-systems-with-julia-velkova/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251126T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
CREATED:20251009T130608Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion pre-print:\n\nDelbrassine\, H.\, Mezzavilla\, M.\, Vallini\, L. et al. Worldwide patterns in mythology echo the human expansion out of Africa\, bioRxiv 2025.01.24.634692; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.24.634692\n\nAbstract\nSimilarities between geographically distant mythological and folkloric traditions have been noted for a long time. With the elaboration of large banks of data describing the presence and absence of narrative motifs around the world\, scholars have been able to statistically investigate their potential routes and mechanisms of diffusion. However\, despite genetic data allowing for increasingly refined demographic movement inferences\, few have integrated it into their models\, and none at a global scale. In this work\, we capitalise on the augmenting availability of modern and ancient genetic data and on Yuri E. Berezkin’s database of more than 2000 mythological motifs worldwide to investigate the mechanisms involved in generating their present-day distribution at a global scale. The direct combination of both kinds of evidence allows us to explore in more depth the respective influences of population movement and replacement versus cultural diffusion on motif transmission. Our results show that both processes have played important roles in shaping their present-day distribution. By leveraging available ancient DNA (aDNA) and deepening the temporal scale of the detected signals\, we reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum and go back to at least 38\,000 years ago\, and possibly even earlier to the human expansion out of Africa some 60\,000 years ago. Our work shows the earliest evidence for the transmission of stories and storytelling in human history\, and supports the joint use of cultural evolutionary theory and population genetics to illuminate the biocultural processes that shaped our species.\n\nModerators: Hugo Reyes Centeno & Jenny Larsson
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-4/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
CREATED:20251120T115828Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nAntonosyan\, M.\, Maurer\, G.\, Mkrtchyan\, S.\, Boxleitner\, K.\, Saribekyan\, M.\, Hovhannisyan\, A.\, … Amano\, N.\, … & Yepiskoposyan\, L. (2025). A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus. iScience\, 28(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112544 \n\n\n\nAbstract\n\n\n\nMobile pastoralism is widely evoked when discussing technological developments\, resource procurement\, trans-regional interactions\, and exchange networks in the South Caucasus. In this study\, we conduct a comprehensive multiproxy investigation of faunal and botanical remains from the Middle to Late Chalcolithic in southern Armenia\, at the high altitude Yeghegis-1 site\, to directly assess herd mobility and human subsistence practices. \n\n\n\nOur findings indicate that\, alongside intensified interregional connectivity\, the inhabitants practiced a rather sedentary form of multi-resource pastoralism\, while maintaining herds at the site year-round. These results complement and expand upon models of pastoral mobility and its perceived crucial role in sustaining inter- and intra-regional connectivity. \n\n\n\nWe argue that alternative models of increased intra-regional connectivity\, focused on exchange between different specialized settled economies\, need to be considered and further research is essential to unravel the complex interplay between subsistence\, trade\, and socio-economic dynamics. Discussion moderator: Noel Amano\, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-6/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Talking about food in prehistory: Linguistic evidence for dietary practices in Indo-European\, speaker Julia Sturm
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWhat did prehistoric peoples eat? This question can be approached through various scholarly disciplines\, including historical linguistics. More specifically\, historical linguistics methodologies are tools for addressing the question of what ancient peoples discussed when they spoke about food\, including sourcing\, preparing\, consuming\, and sacrificing it. \nThis talk will examine linguistic evidence for the shared foodways of the early Indo-European-speaking peoples (living approximately in the 4th millennium BCE in the Pontic-Caspian steppe). It has long been hypothesised\, based on linguistic and philological data\, that the early Indo-European speakers were a pastoralist culture\, raising herds and consuming\, at a minimum\, dairy products and meat from domesticated animals. However\, what else did they consume? The extent to which these peoples exploited plant material for food is a hotly debated question. Furthermore\, the forms of food preparation used by these communities are difficult to trace. It is agreed that preserving meat with salt was a widely used technique in this area at this time\, but what of other techniques of preparation and preservation\, such as fermentation? \nIn this talk\, Julia Sturm will introduce several open questions regarding early Indo-European foodways and discuss the linguistic evidence for various approaches to these questions. She will also\, where applicable\, point out correspondences (or non-correspondences!) between the conclusions drawn by linguistics researchers examining these questions and those drawn by scholars employing other methodologies (e.g.\, archaeological)\, and discuss future directions for the investigation of this aspect of the culture of early Indo-European speakers. \n \nJulia Sturm is a researcher in ancient and classical Indo-European languages and literatures
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-talking-about-food-in-prehistory-linguistic-evidence-for-dietary-practices-in-indo-european-speaker-julia-sturm/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251210T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251210T235959
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:Human Past Interdisciplinary Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The main goal of the retreat is to strengthen collaboration between different disciplines and to learn about each other’s research through presentations and discussions. We hope this retreat will lay a solid foundation for future joint interdisciplinary projects and scientific publications. \nThe day plan includes short(-ish) talks\, primarily by junior researchers and PhD students\, as well as ample time for discussion in between. \nResearchers and PhD students in genetics\, archaeology\, or linguistics are welcome to participate (registration is required).
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-interdisciplinary-retreat/
LOCATION:Sigtunastiftelsen Hotell & Conference\, Sigtuna\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260210T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:SCAS seminar with David Goldstein - A New Approach to the Diversification of Ancient Greek
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nThe diversification of the ancient Greek dialects has long posed a major challenge for Greek linguistics. Core questions—how the dialects are related\, when they diverged\, and how they were distributed in the second millennium BCE—remain the subject of sustained debate\, in part because of the limits of traditional methods of historical inference. Over the past two decades\, however\, Bayesian approaches have transformed the study of linguistic history\, offering powerful new tools for addressing both longstanding problems and previously inaccessible questions. In this talk\, I present Bayesian phylogenetic analyses based on a newly curated dataset of ancient Greek dialects. The results shed new light on the timing and pattern of dialect diversification\, provide fresh evidence for dating their common ancestor\, and contribute more broadly to ongoing discussions about methodological best practices in phylogenetic inference. \nDavid Goldstein is the Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow 2025-26 (VT)\, A. Richard Diebold Jr. Professor of Indo-European Studies\, Professor of Linguistics & Professor of Classics\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nDavid Goldstein (photo: Mikael Wallerstedt)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-20260210/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260211T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
CREATED:20251111T092504Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nGretzinger\, J.\, Biermann\, F.\, Mager\, H. et al. Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. Nature 646\, 384–393 (2025).\nhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09437-6 \nAbstract\nThe second half of the first millennium CE in Central and Eastern Europe was accompanied by fundamental cultural and political transformations. This period of change is commonly associated with the appearance of the Slavs\, a development supported by textual evidence and coinciding with the emergence of similar archaeological horizons. However\, so far\, there has been no consensus on whether this archaeological horizon spread through migration\, Slavicisation\, or a combination of both. Genetic data remain sparse\, especially due to the widespread practice of cremation during the early phase of Slavic settlement. Here\, we present genome-wide data from 555 ancient individuals\, including 359 samples from Slavic contexts dating back to as early as the seventh century CE. Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth centuries\, replacing more than 80% of the local gene pool in Eastern Germany\, Poland\, and Croatia. Yet\, we also show substantial regional heterogeneity as well as a lack of sex-biased admixture\, indicating varying degrees of cultural assimilation of the autochthonous populations. Comparing archaeological and genetic evidence\, we find that the change in ancestry in Eastern Germany coincided with a change in social organisation\, characterised by an intensification of inter- and intra-site genetic relatedness and patrilocality. On the European scale\, it appears plausible that the changes in material culture and language between the sixth and eighth centuries were connected to these large-scale population movements. \n\nModerator: Nikola Vuković (PhD candidate)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-5/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T144500
DTSTAMP:20260424T164233
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Using the dog to date Torricelli languages with linguistic paleontology\, with Erik Elgh
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe earliest archaeological dog remains in Melanesia found to date are from Babase Island\, New Ireland\, and are associated with the Early Lapita layers on the site\, thus dating from ca. 3300-3000 BP (Summerhayes et al. 2019\, see Manne et al. 2020 for an overview of dog remains in the area). The formation of the Lapita culture in the Bismarck Archipelago is in turn associated with the influx of Austronesians\, more specifically speakers of Proto-Oceanic (Bellwood 2007:234\, Pawley 2007 echoes this view). Thus\, the introduction of the dog to Melanesia is likely tied to the arrival of the Austronesians to the area. \nIn the rest of the world\, the presence of domesticated dogs is ubiquitous in the time depths we can hope to reach by linguistic reconstruction. By contrast\, in Melanesia and thus New Guinea\, the late date of first appearance makes the dog amenable to inclusion in analyses of linguistic paleontology. Linguistic paleontology involves correlating terms reconstructed for proto languages with definable archaeological phenomena\, thus saying something about the time and place these proto languages were spoken. The foremost example is probable the so called ‘wheel line’\, used to delimit the time of non-Anatolian Indo-European to after the invention of wheeled vehicles (see e.g. Anthony & Ringe 2015). Using the same method\, if a word for ‘dog’ can be reconstructed for a Melanesian proto language\, it shows that this proto-language must have split after ca. 3300 BP when the dog was introduced. \nIn this talk\, I reconstruct a word for ‘dog’ for a large subgroup of Torricelli languages. Furthermore\, I investigate words for ‘dog’ in nine other language families in the Sepik-Ramu basin and surrounding area in order to exclude large scale borrowing waves giving rise to the pattern seen in the relevant Torricelli languages. Disproving such waves\, I show that the most recent common ancestor of a big proportion of Torricelli languages must have split after 3300 BP\, rejecting earlier proposals stating that the current distribution of the family must be ‘several millenia’ or ‘six to five thousand years’ old (Foley 2018:296 and Swadling 1990\, respectively).\nI also discuss issues pertaining to Oceanic words for ‘dog’ in relation to those of languages in the Sepik-Ramu basin. For instance\, the words in some Torricelli and many non-Torricelli languages are similar to those of the Schouten Linkage Oceanic languages\, while at least one Schouten Linkage language\, Arop-Sissano\, seems to have borrowed from Olo\, a local Torricelli language (as noted already by Hudson 1989). Additionally\, I propose a historical scenario accounting for the scatter of forms that bear similarity to Proto-Austronesian *asu1 ‘dog’ (as reconstructed by Blust et al. 2023)\, reflexes of which are deemed to be absent in Proto-Oceanic (see e.g. Lynch 1991 and Pawley 2007). \nErik Elgh is an affiliated researcher in general linguistics at Uppsala University\, and currently participates in the Postgraduate Linguistics Program\, Faculty of Humanities\, Udayana University\, Indonesia
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-using-the-dog-to-date-torricelli-languages-with-linguistic-paleontology-with-erik-elgh/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260217T094317Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Genetic relatedness in Stone Age Scandinavia\, speaker Helena Malmström
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nDid genetic relatedness matter in Scandinavian Stone Age societies? And if so\, how? The increase in the number of individuals with available ancient DNA data\, coupled with new tools for assessing relatedness from such data\, now allows us to infer kinship patterns beyond broad-scale population structures. \nThis talk will summarise some of the ongoing research on genetic kinship structures among individuals who lived in present-day Scandinavia between 3\,500 and 2\,300 BCE. Three cultural complexes existed during this period\, and previous research has shown that they were genetically distinct from each other. While two of them had an agricultural base\, one (the Funnel Beaker Culture) practised communal burials in megalithic tombs\, and the other (the Battle Axe Culture) displayed more individualised burials. Distinct from these were a group of late marine hunter-gatherers (the Pitted Ware Culture). \nIn this talk\, Helena Malmström will discuss how genetic relatedness patterns can inform on burial practices\, marital patterns and social structures in these three Stone Age groups. She will also give examples of how specific archaeological contexts and isotope analyses can help in this regard. Helena looks forward to rewarding discussions on this topic. \n \nHelena Malmström is an archaeogeneticist interested in ancient DNA\, archaeology and population genomics\, Human Evolution Program\, Uppsala University (Google Scholar)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-with-helena-malmstrom/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260318T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260318T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Models\, data\, and their limits: What can we know about the deep history of language families? with Philipp Rönchen
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nComputational methods are increasingly used to reconstruct the deep history of language families\, yet different models often produce strikingly different answers. This reflects a general challenge in the historical sciences: we must draw conclusions from fragmentary data shaped by complex processes that cannot be directly observed or experimentally repeated. \nIn this talk\, I summarise the main ideas of my PhD thesis\, which examines how computational methods can be evaluated rather than simply applied. I argue that good statistical fit to the available data is not\, on its own\, evidence of reliable historical inference\, because results depend strongly on modelling assumptions and on how we represent processes of change. I will discuss why more elaborate models do not necessarily yield more trustworthy conclusions\, and how simulation can be used to probe the robustness of our inferences and clarify what computational methods can\, and cannot\, tell us about the past. \n \nPhilipp Rönchen is a PhD candidate in general linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Philology\, Uppsala University
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-models-data-and-their-limits-what-can-we-know-about-the-deep-history-of-language-families-with-philipp-ronchen/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T173000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260302T124407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T124539Z
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SUMMARY:Higher Seminar in Baltic Studies\, Stockholm University\, with Anthony Jakob
DESCRIPTION:The Higher Seminar in Baltic Languages with Signe Rirdance (SU) and Anthony Jakob (SCAS). The seminar is split into two sessions (with a coffee break in between):\n\n\n14:00-15:30 – Signe Rirdance (SU): “Deciphering Getzel’s hand in early Latvian: AI and I” \n16:00-17:30 – Anthony Jakob (SCAS): “Linguistic ghosts and zombies in modern Standard Lithuanian”\nLanguage: English \nNote: Please register your participation via the event registration link. \nFor more information\, contact Frederik Bissinger (frederik.bissinger@balt.su.se)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/su-seminar-anthony-jakob-20260324/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260401T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260401T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20251009T094538Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nYakov Pichkar and Nicole Creanza (2026). The Evolution of Language. Editor(s): Jason B. Wolf\, Claudia Augusta De Moraes Russo\, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology (Second Edition)\, Academic Press\, Pages 409-420\, ISBN 9780443157516\,\nhttps://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15750-9.00030-6 \nAbstract\nThe evolution of modern humans has led to the proliferation of traits that are learned from other individuals\, instead of being inherited through genetics. The transmission of ideas and behaviors is facilitated by a uniquely human trait: language\, structured communication systems consisting of words and grammar. The neural and anatomical changes that allow for language have a basis in genetics\, but the specific features of language are transmitted through social learning between individuals. The words and the grammatical structures of languages can evolve over time\, both through change within a population and through contact between populations. In concert with the study of human genetics\, the study of language features and their evolution deepens our understanding of human demographic history and the nature of interactions between groups of people. \nModerator: Carina Schlebusch
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-3/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260415T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260415T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260309T114914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T095203Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past open seminar: From Phonology to Phylogeny: Inferring Language Trees from Cognate Word Forms
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nLinguistic phylogenies are commonly inferred from abstract cognate classifications that encode relationships among lexemes. Although widespread\, this practice has well-recognised limitations: it discards phylogenetic signal contained in segmental word forms\, restricts the range of evolutionary questions that can be addressed\, and treats cognacy judgments\, which are hypotheses in their own right\, as observed data. \nDavid Goldstein introduces a comparative framework that addresses these limitations by modelling the evolution of cognate word forms directly. The approach adapts the TKF91 model of molecular evolution\, originally developed to account for insertion and deletion processes in DNA sequences\, to linguistic data. By operating on segmental strings rather than abstract character codings\, the framework enables phylogenetic inference from observable word forms and supports quantitative investigation of sound change. \n \nDavid Goldstein\, current Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow\, received his PhD from the University of California\, Berkeley. His research lies at the intersection of language evolution\, classical philology\, linguistic theory\, and computational modelling. He specialises in the structure and historical development of Indo-European languages\, with particular focus on Greek and Latin.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/topseminar-david-goldstein20260415/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260422T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260422T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260408T125704Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Paper to discuss: \nColleter\, R.\, Jaouen\, K.\, Garcia\, D.\, & Richards\, M.P. (2026). Dietary inequality marker reveals 10\,000 years of gender and cultural disparity in Europe\, PNAS Nexus\, vol. 5 (4)\, pgag033\, https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/4/pgag033/8586686 \nDiscussion moderators: Mattias Sjölander & Daniel Brown\, CHP postdoctoral researchers \nAbstract\n\nDiet is a key to evaluating social and health inequalities over time\, as it reflects disparities in access to resources often linked to socioeconomic and gender factors. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes\, while semi-quantitative\, typically limit intersite comparisons\, as the results are tied to local baseline isotope values. \nIn this study\, we overcome this limitation by applying the interdecile ratio—a metric from economics—to isotope data from 12\,281 individuals across 393 European sites over millennia. Our isotope-based dietary inequality index reveals the nonlinear evolution of dietary disparities over time and across different geographical areas. \nSex-based disparities are evident throughout all time periods. Male individuals are consistently overrepresented in the upper deciles\, indicating greater access to animal proteins\, while females dominate the lower deciles\, reflecting more restricted access. Neolithic societies exhibit homogeneous diets at the population level\, but animal protein consumption tends to differ between men and women. \nAs expected\, Bronze Age carbon interdecile indexes mark increasing dietary inequality\, likely linked to agricultural advances and social hierarchies. Dietary disparities peak during Antiquity\, although the gap between the sexes narrows slightly. This diachronic analysis highlights the complex interactions between diet\, social structures\, and gender and provides a robust framework for comparative studies of health inequalities in archaeology.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-7/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260428T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260428T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260413T092107Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS Seminar: Echoes of Preliterate Voices on the Shores of the Baltic Sea\, with Anthony Jakob
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWhen people think of their ancestry\, they are often just as concerned with the origins of their linguistic and cultural identity as they are with their genetic history. And while modern advances in ancient DNA have dramatically improved our understanding of prehistoric population movements\, genes do not themselves carry language. The fields of population genomics\, archaeology\, and historical linguistics\, while capable of informing one another\, study qualitatively different aspects of human history\, which only partially overlap. In this way\, linguistics offers a unique perspective in the study of our past. \nMost languages ever spoken by humans have been lost to history. Prior to the relatively recent migration events that brought the Uralic and Indo-European language families to the Baltic region\, the area may have been rich in an unwritten linguistic diversity\, a diversity that was dissipated as communities shifted away from their native tongues. In my talk\, I argue that we can infer traces of these lost languages on the basis of the words for local fauna\, flora\, and topographical phenomena used today that appear to be borrowed\, but whose source cannot be identified. \nZoom Webinar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/65802739142 \nAnthony Jakob is a historical linguist specialising in the Indo-European and Uralic languages and is currently a Human Past SCAS Junior Fellow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-substrate-words-and-language-shift-with-anthony-jakob/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260429T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260429T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260324T111413Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Corded Ware Dietary Practices\, with Łukasz Pospieszny
DESCRIPTION:Abstract (TBA)\n  \n \nŁukasz Pospieszny is an archaeologist at the University of Gdańsk and an Honorary Research Associate\, University of Bristol
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-corded-ware-dietary-practices-with-lukasz-pospieszny/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260506T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260506T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260205T094248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T095825Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 5000 Years Ago\, speaker Volker Heyd
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThis lecture examines the westward migration of Yamnaya populations from the Pontic-Caspian steppes into southeastern Europe around 3100–3000 BCE\, reaching as far as the Tisza region in present-day Hungary. Archaeological evidence\, particularly distinctive kurgan burials with standardised funerary practices\, marks their presence across regions such as Romania\, Bulgaria\, Serbia\, and Hungary. Despite the apparent simplicity of grave goods\, recent findings suggest a more complex\, possibly stratified\, kinship-based pastoralist society\, if not entirely an elite. \nThe Yamnaya expansion triggered profound cultural\, social\, and genetic transformations across Europe. Their influence extended beyond burial customs to broader economic systems\, social organisation\, the European gene pool\, and the spread of Indo-European languages. Interactions with local populations were highly variable\, ranging from near-total population replacement to limited cultural exchange\, reflecting diverse regional dynamics. \nRecent advances in ancient DNA\, isotope analysis\, and bioarchaeology as part of the so-called “Third Scientific Revolution” in archaeology have significantly reshaped interpretations of these processes. These methods enable detailed reconstructions of mobility\, diet\, demography\, and biological ancestry\, offering new insights into the interconnected sequence of cultural horizons\, including the Globular Amphora\, Corded Ware\, and Bell Beaker complexes. \nOverall\, the Yamnaya phenomenon represents a key episode of large-scale mobility and interaction\, illustrating how migration\, environmental factors\, and social structures have long shaped Europe before it entered history. \n\nVolker Heyd is a Professor at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Previously\, he worked as a heritage manager/researcher in Germany and –before moving to Helsinki in 2018– for 17 years at the University of Bristol in the UK. Volker is a prehistoric archaeologist\, currently dedicated to topics of human mobility\, migration\, identity\, and ethnicity. He also promotes scientific applications in Archaeology\, particularly ancient DNA\, stable isotopes and biomarker lipids. Volker has authored/edited 12 books and published over 100 articles\, often in key archaeological or scientific journals\, spanning from the Early Neolithic in Anatolia to the Iron Age in Central Europe. Currently\, Volker is deputy director of the new FinTims isotope lab in Helsinki which he contributed establishing with a 2.4M € RCoF FIRI grant. Before\, he led as overall PI the ERC Advanced project ‘The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe’ (2019-2024). \n 
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-understanding-yamnaya-in-archaeology-genetics-and-linguistics-speaker-volker-heyd/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260603T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260603T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar with Kristian Kristiansen
DESCRIPTION:Title & abstract- TBA\n  \nKristian Kristiansen \nKristian Kristiansen – an interdisciplinary researcher\, professor of archaeology at the Department of Historical Studies\, University of Gothenburg\, and an affiliate professor at Globe Institute\, Lundbeck Centre for Geogenetics\, Copenhagen University.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-with-kristian-kristiansen/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260909T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260909T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260318T111204Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar with Gwenna Breton
DESCRIPTION:Title & Abstract TBA\n  \n \nGwenna Breton is a geneticist and bioinformatician at the University of Gothenburg.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/top20260909-gwenna-breton/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261007T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261007T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T164234
CREATED:20260112T122021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T111023Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Cultural Creolization in Ostrobothnia\, Finland: An Interdisciplinary View on Burials\, Exchange\, and Social Identity\, speaker Anna Wessman
DESCRIPTION:The seminar was canceled due to unexpected events out of anyone’s control.\nWe apologize for inconvenience. \nAbstract\nThis talk explores a remarkable Iron Age burial from Pukkila in western Finland\, dating to around AD 700\, where a cremated individual was laid to rest in a boat alongside weapons\, ritual objects\, and artefacts from across Scandinavia\, eastern Europe\, and the north. Rather than fitting neatly into a single cultural or ethnic category\, the burial reflects a world shaped by long-distance trade\, mobility\, and cultural change. \nUsing the concept of cultural creolization\, the talk shows how identities\, beliefs\, and ritual practices emerged through the blending of different traditions. The Pukkila burial challenges simple labels such as “Scandinavian”\, “Finn\,” or “Sámi\,” and instead reveals how power\, religion\, gender\, and cultural belonging were actively negotiated in the Baltic Sea region.\nMore broadly\, the talk demonstrates how creolization offers a useful way to bring archaeology\, linguistics\, and religious studies together when interpreting the past. \n  \n  \nAnna Wessman is a professor of archaeology at Bergen University\, Norway. Her research focuses on the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia\, Finland and the Baltic countries\, Burial Archaeology and death rituals\, Avocational Metal-detecting\, Citizen Science\, Ethnographic methods\, Community Archaeology\, Museum Studies\, Digital Humanities\, and Archaeological databases. \nPhoto: Outi Pyhäranta/HS
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-20260204-anna-wessman/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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