{"id":1070,"date":"2024-10-01T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:10:40","slug":"meet-our-postdoctoral-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/meet-our-postdoctoral-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mattias Sj\u00f6lander, our new postdoctoral researcher in interdisciplinary archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<p>Mattias Sj\u00f6lander is an archaeologist interested in how past human\u2013environment relationships have developed over time. With a background in Environmental Archaeology, he has experience with several analytical methods, including soil chemistry, spectroscopy, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).<br>His research emphasises interdisciplinary approaches that integrate evidence, information and methodologies from different disciplines in order to answer complex research questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mattias recently successfully defended his PhD thesis at Ume\u00e5 University. He studied hunter-gatherer adaptations from a raw material perspective in a North Fennoscandian setting, using spectroscopic data collected on quartzite artefacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his Postdoc project with us he aims to integrate the information from different environmental proxies (fossil insects &amp; pollen) in order to produce a more high-resolution image of how the European landscape has developed during the Holocene period. Such a model can benefit the further development of current archaeological and environmental models of human migration and settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of work, Matte practices Japanese martial arts, including iaido, jodo and naginata, and relaxes with friends in an online game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=WS74WSAAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mattias_sjolander-credits-Per-Melander-UmeaUni-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1071\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mattias_sjolander-credits-Per-Melander-UmeaUni-web.jpg 450w, https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mattias_sjolander-credits-Per-Melander-UmeaUni-web-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Photograph: Per Melander, Ume\u00e5 University<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mattias Sj\u00f6lander is an archaeologist interested in how past human\u2013environment relationships have developed over time. 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