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  • 1.
    Berggren, Åsa
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Oxford College of Emory University, UK.
    Ett utmanat koncept?: Ritualbegreppets möte med arkeologin2010In: Den rituella människan: Flervetenskapliga perspektiv / [ed] Anne-Christine Hornborg, Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2010, p. 25-52Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [sv]

    Begreppet ritual är problematiskt. Sedan 1990-talets början har forskningen på området i allt högre grad kommit att ifrågasätta användningen av begreppet (Bell 1992; Humphrey & Laidlaw 1994; Thinès & de Heusch 1995; Stausberg 2002). Samtidigt som tidigare definitioner av begreppet har problematiserats, har det också vidgats till att omfatta allt fler kategorier av handlingar. Ämnet har också rört sig från sin religionshistoriska vagga och blivit en egen disciplin: Ritual Studies, som förutom religionsvetenskap och socialantropologi också inkluderar ämnen som konstvetenskap, teatervetenskap, litteraturvetenskap, etologi, etnologi, psykologi, sociologi osv. Vi vill här visa att också arkeologin har en plats i denna diskussion.

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  • 2.
    Berggren, Åsa
    et al.
    Sydsvensk arkeologi.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University.
    From Spectator to Critic and Participant: A New Role for Archaeology in Ritual Theory2010In: Journal of social archaeology, ISSN 1469-6053, E-ISSN 1741-2951, Vol. 10, no 2, p. 171-197Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In order to understand ritual in the past, archaeology has long relied on theories developed in other disciplines. While these theories, which often rely on written or oral information, have added many important dimensions to our interpretation of the archaeological record, they have often proven difficult to successfully articulate with the archaeological sources. Moreover, archaeology has tended to remain on the receiving end of the formulation of social theory, and has only rarely participated in the theoretical development and critique. In this article we argue that we see a central role for archaeology to contribute to the development of ritual theory. Through two case studies from Scandinavian prehistory we illustrate how the application of a practice-based ritual theory allows us to more firmly connect the theoretical framework to our archaeological sources. This connection not only leads us toward a synchronization of materials, methods and theories, but it also allows us to engage in the broader interdisciplinary theoretical discussion about ritual. The specific challenges posed by the archaeological sources and the archaeological process of interpretation point to new questions relating to the application of theoretical frameworks, and may even suggest some solutions.

  • 3. Brück, Joanna
    et al.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Is Archaeology Still a Project for the Nation State? An editorial Comment2016In: Archaeological Dialogues, ISSN 1380-2038, E-ISSN 1478-2294, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 1-3Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The European Association of Archaeologists has long fostered critical analysis of the relationship between archaeology and politics, particularly the politics of national, regional and supra-regional identities. Although the role of nationalism in the birth of archaeology as a discipline is well recognized, the events of the past few years – from the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014, to the movement for secession in eastern Ukraine, and the rise of explicitly nationalist political movements across the continent – suggest that the (re)formulation of national identities is likely to continue to have major implications both for our interpretation of the past and for the practice of archaeology in the present. In light of this, the Archaeological dialogues editorial board organized a round table at the EAA meeting in Glasgow in September 2015 to explore the extent to which institutional, legislative and funding structures as well as political and cultural imperatives continue to bind our discipline into the construction of nationalist narratives, and this more or less in spite of long-standing critical debates within the discipline itself that for decades have problematized the relationship. Are we caught in a ‘can't-live-with-and-can't-live-without’ situation? While explicitly nationalist archaeologies have become almost obsolete in the European academies, we rarely contemplate the impact of nationalism on funding or the definition and protection of cultural heritage, for example. Several of the following papers suggest that without the nation state's involvement, the vicissitudes of global capitalism would result in a situation where it would be extremely difficult to adequately protect our ‘heritage’, however that is defined.

  • 4.
    Ekengren, Fredrik
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University.
    I tillvarons gränsland: Perepktiv på kroppen mellan liv och död2009Book (Other academic)
  • 5.
    Elliott, Ben
    et al.
    University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.
    Damm, Charlotte
    Arctic University of Norway, Norway.
    Nyland, Astrid
    University of Stavanger, Norway.
    Piezonka, Henny
    University of Kiel, Germany.
    Porr, Martin
    The University of Western Australia, Australia.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Warren, Graeme
    University College Dublin, Ireland.
    Decolonising the Mesolithic?2022In: Mesolithic Miscellany, ISSN 0259-3548, Vol. 29, no 2, p. 59-61Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 6.
    Elliott, Benjamin
    et al.
    Newcastle University, UK.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Conneller, Chantal
    Newcastle University, UK.
    Clamber of the dead: material ontology and cosmological affect within the hunter-gatherer mortuary traditions of the Eastern Baltic 4000-3000 cal. BC2020In: World archaeology, ISSN 0043-8243, E-ISSN 1470-1375, Vol. 52, no 5, p. 707-723Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The application of clay to the heads of deceased hunter-gatherers within the Middle Neolithic burials of Finland and Latvia was originally identified by researchers working in these regions during the 20th century. This practice stands apart from the deeper-seated traditions of grave adornment which characterise the hunter-gatherer archaeology of the Baltic region during the Middle Holocene. However, the variable extent to which these ‘death masks’ are preserved and recorded has confounded attempts to discuss their meaning or significance in detail. This paper approaches the problem through a discussion of the materials involved in masking, rather than the forms represented by the masks themselves. Through this discussion, an understand- ing of the relationship between material ontology and cosmology emerges, which is subsequently situated within a socio-historical context through a review of the available radiocarbon dates and broader patterns of social change in the Middle Neolithic archaeology of the Eastern Baltic.

  • 7.
    Larsson, Lars
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Zagorska, Ilga
    University of Latvia, Latvia.
    Berzins, Vadis
    University of Latvia, Latvia.
    Cerinja, Aija
    University of Latvia, Latvia.
    New Aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic cemeteries and settlement at Zvejnieki, Northen Latvia2017In: Acta Archaeologica, ISSN 0065-101X, E-ISSN 1600-0390, Vol. 88, no 1, p. 57-93Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper reflects upon recent international research at Zvejnieki in northern Latvia, a renowned complex of a burial ground and two settlement sites used in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Since its discovery and first excavations in the 1960s, Zvejnieki continues to produce evidence that provides new grounds for understanding mortuary practises and ancient lifeways. This information is relevant for other contemporary sites in Europe revealing new and hitherto unexpected elements of burial traditions.

    It is suggested that the Zvejnieki population was partly mobile, and the site was one of the places to bury the dead. The ancestral link was established through transportation and use of occupational debris from more ancient sites and through the incorporation of earlier burial space or even burials into the new graves. The depth of a burial also appears to be a significant variable in ancient mortuary practices.

  • 8.
    Larsson, Åsa M.
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Reconcilable Differences: Cremation, Fragmentation, and Inhumation in Mesolithic and Neolithic Sweden2014In: Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context / [ed] Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, Gabriel Cooney, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2014, p. 47-66Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 9.
    Lillios, Katina T.
    et al.
    University of Iowa, USA.
    Waterman, Anna J.
    Mount Mercy University, USA.
    Mack, Jennifer E.
    Artz, Joe Alan
    EwarthView Environmental Inc, USA.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    In Praise of Small Things: Death and Life at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Burial of Bolores, Portugal2015Book (Other academic)
  • 10.
    Mickleburgh, Hayley
    et al.
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Fokkens, Harry
    Leiden University, Netherlands.
    Digital Arcaheology of Death and Burial: Using 3D Reconstruction, Visualization and Simulation to Frame Past Experience2020In: Doing Digital Humanities: Concepts, Approaches, Cases / [ed] Joacim Hansson, Jonas Svensson, Växjö: Linnaeus University Press, 2020, p. 121-145Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The study of burials has a long and important history in archaeology. The analysis of the human remains, the burial feature, and the artefacts placed with the dead, has been crucial for the development of archaeological theory and interpretation, from the establishments of the first chronologies in the 19th century to complex issues in contemporary archaeology. The archaeological study of burials has always drawn on multiple disciplines, methods and theories, including, but not limited to, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, ritual theory, social theory, molecular biology, taphonomy, chemistry, etc.  Through the physical remains of the dead, archaeologists access information about the demography and health status of a population, including disabilities, level of care, infectious diseases, physical activity, and mortality profiles. These remains can also provide molecular information about kinship, migration and diet. The grave structure itself and the material items found with the dead allow archaeologists to propose interpretations of cultural practices relating to identities (including gender and age), the ritual response to death, social organization, and even dimensions of emotion and belief in the past. Today we see an emerging archaeology of death that through transdisciplinary approaches, i.e. an archaeology that combines theses complex approaches not only in the analysis, but also in the very research design, aims at reconstructing the response to death in the past and place it within a complex cultural context (Nilsson Stutz 2016). We believe that digital approaches have a central role to play in these developments.

  • 11.
    Mickleburgh, Hayley
    et al.
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Fokkens, Harry
    Leiden University, Netherlands.
    Virtual Archaeology of Death and Burial: A Procedure for Integrating 3D Visualization and Analysis in Archaeothanatology2021In: Open Archaeology, E-ISSN 2300-6560, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 540-555Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The reconstruction of past mortuary rituals and practices increasingly incorporates analysis of the taphonomic history of the grave and buried body, using the framework provided by archaeothanatology. Archaeothanatological analysis relies on interpretation of the three-dimensional (3D) relationship of bones within the grave and traditionally depends on elaborate written descriptions and two-dimensional (2D) images of the remains during excavation to capture this spatial information. With the rapid development of inexpensive 3D tools, digital replicas (3D models) are now commonly available to preserve 3D information on human burials during excavation. A procedure developed using a test case to enhance archaeothanatological analysis and improve post-excavation analysis of human burials is described. Beyond preservation of static spatial information, 3D visualization techniques can be used in archaeothanatology to reconstruct the spatial displacement of bones over time, from deposition of the body to excavation of the skeletonized remains. The purpose of the procedure is to produce 3D simulations to visualize and test archaeothanatological hypotheses, thereby augmenting traditional archaeothanatological analysis. We illustrate our approach with the reconstruction of mortuary practices and burial taphonomy of a Bell Beaker burial from the site of Oostwoud-Tuithoorn, West-Frisia, the Netherlands. This case study was selected as the test case because of its relatively complete context information. The test case shows the potential for application of the procedure to older 2D field documentation, even when the amount and detail of documentation is less than ideal.

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  • 12.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University.
    A Baltic Way of Death?: A tentative exploration of identity in Mesolithic cemetery practices2010In: Uniting Sea II: Stone Age Societies in the Baltic Sea Region / [ed] Åsa M. Larsson, Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2010, p. 127-144Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is a preliminary exploration of how identity may have been expres- sed in the mortuary rituals around the Baltic during the Mesolithic. The case- studies discussed are the large cemeteries at Skateholm in Sweden, Zvejnieki in Latvia and Vedbæk/Bøgebakken in Denmark. Besides the often discussed variability and complexity recognized in the mortuary practices at these sites, the treatment of the dead also encompasses a number of fundamental shared practices involving the treatment of the body. In this paper, which builds on a practice theory view of both ritual and identity, the author proposes that by ex- ploring the taken-for-granted, the fundamental and often unreflected practices in the treatment of the dead, we might be able to get at some dimensions of a shared identity around the Baltic and how they might have changed over time.

  • 13.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    A future for archaeology: in defense of an intellectually engaged, collaborative and confident archaeology2018In: Norwegian Archaeological Review, ISSN 0029-3652, E-ISSN 1502-7678, Vol. 51, no 1-2, p. 48-56Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Through a critical review of inter- and transdisciplinarity in archaeology, this paper examines the power relationships within archaeology with regards to collaborators within and beyond the academy. By making a case for an archaeology that openly collaborates across disciplines and knowledge sys- tems, but also more firmly articulates itself and its value, the paper makes a case for an engaged and problematising archaeology for the future.

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  • 14.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    A Proper Burial. Some Thoughts on Changes in Mortuary Ritual, and how Archaeology can begin to understand them.2015In: Death and Changing Rituals: Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices / [ed] J. Rasmus Brandt, Håkon Roland, Marina Prusac, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2015, 1, p. 1-16Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 15.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund university, Sweden.
    A Taphonomy of Ritual Practice.: A field-anthropological study of Late Mesolithic Burials.2003In: Mesolithic on the Move. : Papers Presented at the Sixth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Stockholm 2000. / [ed] L. Larsson, H. Kindgren, K. Knutsson, D. Loeffler & A. Åkerlund, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003, p. 527-535Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 16.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University.
    Archaeology, Identity, and the Right to Culture: Anthropological perspectives on repatriation2008In: Current Swedish Archaeology, ISSN 1102-7355, Vol. 15-16, p. 157-172Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The debate concerning repatriation and reburial is attracting increasing attention in Sweden. While most archaeologists today understand the importance of repatriation and the arguments underlying the claim, the process is not completely unproblematic and certainly not in all cases. This article explores some tendencies within the international debate about repatriation, and frames them within a more general discussion about human rights, the right to culture, and the role of cultural heritage within this debate. Through a critical approach to the debate, it is argued that archaeology needs to be a more active party in the negotiations.

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  • 17.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Between objects of science and lived lives. The legal liminality of old human remains in museums and research2023In: International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS), ISSN 1352-7258, E-ISSN 1470-3610, Vol. 29, no 10, p. 1061-1074Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Collections of old human remains in museums are currently under increased scrutiny and pressure. On the one hand they are problematised from a post-colonial and human rights point of view as the material remains of historic and ongoing structural violence connected to scientific knowledge production. On the other, new methods in archaeological science have led to increasing demand for destructive sampling. Without guidance and support by laws and formal standardised professional guidelines, museums may find themselves squeezed from two opposing sides. Based on an analysis of laws and professional guidelines, and a large-scale survey of the practical handling of old human remains in Swedish museums, this article argues that the lack of a shared professional process that recognises the complexity of old human remains as both objects of science and lived lives, risks undermining the role of museums in their relationship to both the public and the research community.

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  • 18.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund university, Sweden.
    Body and Ritual.2004In: Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals and Festivals.  / [ed] F. Salomone, New York: Routledge, 2004, p. 81-85Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 19.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Book Review: A Deeper Look at the 'How' of Heritage: Mångfaldsfrågor i kulturmiljövården: Tankar, kunskaper och processer 2002-2012. By Anders Högberg. Pp. 189. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. 2013. 209 SEK. ISBN: 978-91-87351-34-12014In: Public Archaeology, ISSN 1465-5187, E-ISSN 1753-5530, Vol. 13, no 4, p. 345-352Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 20.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Building Bridges Between Burial Archaeology and the Archaeology of Death: Where is the Archaeological Study of the Dead Going?2016In: Current Swedish Archaeology, ISSN 1102-7355, Vol. 24, p. 13-35Article in journal (Refereed)
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  • 21. Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Capturing Ritual Practice: An attempt to harmonize archaeological method and theory2008In: Religion, Archaeology and the Material World / [ed] Lars Fogelin, Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University , 2008, p. 159-178Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 22.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden;Emory University, USA.
    Caught in the Middle: An archaeological perspective on repatriation and reburial2008In: UTIMUT: Past Heritage – Future Partnerships. Discussions on Repatriation in the 21st Century / [ed] Mille Gabriel, Jens Dahl, Copenhagen: IWGIA International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs , 2008, p. 84-98Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 23.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Cautiously Optimistic: A reply2016In: Current Swedish Archaeology, ISSN 1102-7355, Vol. 24, p. 71-78Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 24.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory university, USA.
    Claiming the Past.: A critical view of the arguments driving repatriation of cultural heritage and their role in contemporary identity politics2013In: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, ISSN 1750-2977, E-ISSN 1750-2985, Vol. 7, no 2, p. 170-195Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article explores the role that the worldwide movement of repatriation of human remains and cultural heritage—from museums and other institutions to minorities and indigenous populations—plays in contemporary identity politics. Beyond the obvious positive outcomes of this process, including a significant democratization of the field of archaeology, the repatriation movement poses challenges, mainly because it relies on concepts such as past–present continuity that are sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly, problematic for legitimizing group identities and group claims to cultural heritage and human remains. It is argued that while archaeologists and anthropologists must continue to support the idea of increasing democratization of interpreting the past, they must also maintain the right to remain critical to all claims of the past by any particular group.

  • 25.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Comment on Repatriation as Pedagogy by Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay, Current Anthropology. DOI 10.1086/7277862023Other (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In their article, Jane Anderson and Sonya Atalay propose that we rethink repatriation. Instead of viewing it as mainly about transfer of ownership, they propose that we also understand it as a pedagogic opportunity. The power of this suggestion lies not only in the benefits of learning, which, of course are fundamental, but also in the realization that repatriation is necessary—not only for descending communities but also for the institutions that are in possession of their cultural heri- tage and ancestors. I argue that while native interest and survival are and should remain central to repatriation as a process, it is increasingly also becoming about the survival of these institutions—their reputation, their legitimacy, and their sustainability. Perhaps we have reached a point where museums and other institutions holding collections from indigenous communities need the process of repatriation as much as the communities of origin.

  • 26.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Comment on Getting beyond Rites of Passage in Archaeology Conceptual Metaphors of Journeys and Growth by Rob Wiseman2019Other (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In his article, Rob Wiseman argues that archaeology is currently too limited in its ways to understand rituals, especially with regard to mortuary practices, and that this limitation is due to our attachment to van Gennep’s (1909) seminal work on rites of passage. Instead, he proposes that we apply CMT, considering other overarching metaphors to understand change, such as that of the growth of plants. While I see the need to constantly critique and fine-tune archaeological approaches to rituals, I am not convinced by the author’s argument.

  • 27.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Commentary on Grauer and Miller, and DeWitte and Kowaleski2018In: Fragments: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Ancient and Medieval Pasts, ISSN 2161-8585, Vol. 7, p. 73-79Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The papers by DeWitte and Kowaleski, and Grauer and Miller are exemplary interdisciplinary studies, bringing together the written word of historical records with the material remains of the dead to tell a more complete and complex story about violence and disease in Medieval England. Both demonstrate how integrated, critical analysis of varying sources through the lens of different disciplines adds both nuance and depth to our understanding of the past. This commentary will engage these two papers in a discussion about key components of their interdisciplinary scholarship, but also push further by pointing out dimensions and possibilities that they leave unexplored. The purpose of doing this is not to critique the papers’ findings, but rather to open up a discussion of new directions for interdisciplinary scholarship, especially in the era of the “Third Science Revolution”[1] and its effects on archaeology, bioarchaeology, and our understanding of the past. This commentary will challenge the idea of what we expect interdisciplinary work in archaeology to “look like”; it will break away from the limiting dyadic relationship that has come to dominate the field in favor of a more dynamic and expanding approach that engages with a broader range of disciplines on equal terms.

  • 28.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Contested Burials: The dead as witnesses, victims and tools2013In: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial / [ed] Sarah Tarlow, Liv Nilsson Stutz, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 801-816Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Contemporary archaeology is increasingly engaged with the public and is also more sensitive than in the past concerning the role it plays in communities. This engagement is productive and stimulating, but it also forces archaeologists to engage with conflicting interpretations of the past and their own role in these interpretations. Burial archaeology holds a special place in this engagement since the places for the dead, and the dead themselves, are potent in mobilizing responses among the living that pertain to a range of powerful fields, including politics, religion, and emotion. This is especially clear in situations where the excavation and/or the interpretation of a burial site are contested by different stakeholders. This chapter explores the dynamics underlying these conflicts and takes a closer look at the different roles the dead and archaeology may be given in such conflicts.

  • 29.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden.
    Coping with cadavers: ritual practices in Mesolithic cemeteries2009In: Mesolithic Horizons: Papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belfast, 2005 / [ed] Sinéad McCartan, Rick Schulting, Graeme Warren, Peter Woodman, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2009, Vol. 2, p. 657-663Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 30.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Dialogue with the Dead: Imagining Mesolithic Mortuary Rituals2013In: Archaeological Imaginations of Religion / [ed] Thomas Meier, Petra Tillessen, Budapest: Archaeolingua, 2013, p. 337-358Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 31.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden.
    Dynamic Cadavers: A "Field-Anthropological" Analysis of the Skateholm II Burials1999In: Lund Archaeological Review, ISSN 1401-2189, Vol. 4, no 1998, p. 5-17Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 32.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University.
    Embodied Rituals and Ritualized Bodies: Tracing Ritual Practcies in Late Mesolithic Burials2003Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis explores the ritual dimensions of the mortuary practices in the late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm in Southern Sweden and Vedbæk-Bøgebakken in Eastern Denmark. With a combination of methods and theories that all focus on the ritual practices as action, a new approach to burials in archaeology is proposed. Special attention is given to the treatment of the body after death, which is regarded to hold a central role in the mortuary practices. The focus on the body and on practices as actions is a central part of the method of analysis applied to the material. The French taphonomic approach anthropologie de terrain, which ultimately aims to reconstruct the acts that constituted the mortuary rituals, allows for a firm connection between the archaeological material and the theoretical framework. Through the engagement with practice theory and ritual theory, this thesis also touches upon the fundamental questions of why we need rituals to structure our lives and our world. More specifically, it discusses different dimensions of the need for rites of passage at death. How does ritual help us deal with the dual aspect of the crisis of death – the loss of a social being and the emergence of a cadaver? What does it mean for us to deal with the inevitably decomposing remains of our dead? How do the experiences and memories of these rituals contribute to shape our notions of body, self, life and death? Ultimately, this thesis is an attempt to make a connection, on the level of the processes of structuration of human life, between then and now, them and us.

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    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden.
    Escaping the Allure of Meaning: Toward new paradigms in the study of ritual in prehistory2007In: Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives: Origins, changes, and interactions. An international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3—7, 2004 / [ed] Anders Andrén, Kristina jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2007, p. 95-98Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 34.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Fires and Seeds.: Considerations for a decolonized Mesolithic archaeology.2023In: Norwegian Archaeological Review, ISSN 0029-3652, E-ISSN 1502-7678, Vol. 56, no 1, p. 97-99Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The world is on fire, and European archaeologists are starting to feel the heat. With the war in the Ukraine, the rise of polarizing politics and global authoritarianism, and the climate emergency pushing us closer to the tipping point of planetary destruction, we cannot help but to feel deeply affected. In the face of these challenges, we want to act, but what we do as archaeologists can sometimes seem trivial and insignificant. Even worse, a critical examination of our disciplinary history can lead us to conclude that we are complicit in the injustices and even partially responsible for the current situation.

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  • 35.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    From Here and to Death: The Archaeology of the Human Body2018In: A Companion to the Anthropology of Death / [ed] Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018, p. 323-335Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter explores the positioning of the dead body in archaeology as a bridge between different lines of inquiry. In archaeology, the dead body is both object and subject, providing a unique link to personhood and lived experience through its very materiality. It is also both biological and cultural, and, while it is conspicuously defined by death, it is more commonly explored to access life. By uncovering these connections, this chapter reveals the complexity of the archaeological study of dead bodies.

  • 36.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Human Lives and Deaths2018In: The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences / [ed] Sandra L. Lopez Varela, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Archaeology is inherently transdisciplinary as a discipline. In addition to data, it requires the methodological and interpretative work of science, humanities, and social science to puzzle together the fragmented pieces of the past into a coherent story about human lives and deaths. This entry argues that while archaeology is currently benefitting from an intensification of cross‐disciplinary collaborations, we need to maintain this direction in the discipline by developing stronger literacy across the subdisciplinary boundaries and foster a disciplinary culture that explicitly credits the different sides equally.

  • 37.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden.
    "…I will feel lost, unhappy and at home.": Travel and deep analogies as archaeological tools2007In: On the Road: studies in honour of Lars Larsson / [ed] Birgitta Hårdh, Kristina Jennbert, Deborah Olausson, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 2007, p. 133-136Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 38.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Legislating multivocality: drawing on the NAGPRA experience2011In: Archaeology of indigenous peoples in the North: proceedings from a workshop held in Vuollerim 6000 år, 3-4 December 2005 / [ed] Anders Olofsson, Umeå: Department of Historical, Philosphical and Religious Studies, Umeå University , 2011, p. 9-50Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    There is a general consensus today within archaeology and anthropology that we need to reach outside of the disciplinary boundaries and make archaeology and anthropology relevant for people outside o f the profession. Multivocality - whether as an abstract theoretical concept, or a practical reality- isbecomingmorethanabuzz-word,andisprogressivelyinfluencing policies and practices. This situation is especially evident in parts of the world where archaeology and anthropology historically were associated with colonial powers and colonial strategies. In several instances it is also in these parts of the world that we today see the most far-reaching changes in new policies, and where legislation is used to provide a process for multivocality involving especially indigenous peoples in order to fundamentally change the way archaeology and anthropology are practiced. As these issues are becoming increasingly global, it is reasonable to assume that all archaeologists, anthropologists, museum professionals etc, will need to discuss the possible strategies available in dialogue with each other and with other stakeholders. As we continue this discussion we can draw on the experiences in other parts of the world in order to formulate our strategies. This article critically examines an example of one such legislative effort, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) passed in the United States in 1990.

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  • 39.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Living With Death. Living with the Dead.2023In: in_finite. Living with Death / [ed] Stiftung Humboldt Forum Im Berliner Schloss, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann , 2023, p. 106-111Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    From the perspective of the Swedish bioarchaeologist Liv Nilsson Stutz, death triggers a double crisis for the bereaved: A partof social life is lost – and there is a dead body. Here, she addresses the universal significance of the ritual care of the corpse and its different cultural manifestations.

  • 40.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Maa Kheru – can you hear me?2023In: First Monograph of Christian Kosmas Mayer / [ed] Phileas. The Austrian Office of Contemporary Art., Wien: DISTANZ Verlag GmbH , 2023Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The electronic sounds of the recreated voice of a male mummy reaches me through the speakers, and I am mesmerized. I know that it is generated from the recreated anatomical materiality of a human being that has been dead for two thousand years. Yet, the synthesized voice sounds electric, as if from a future I have not yet seen. I feel suspended - like a lost point in a scatter diagram in a constant flow of time. Is this a person’s voice I am hearing? How much of him still resides in what is left in his body today?  Human remains, from the fresh cadaver preserved in an old anatomical collection, to the burnt, broken and dissolved fragments carefully curated in museums, constitute something elusive and enigmatic that escapes our fundamental categorizations. Situated on a moving scale between scientific specimens and biomaterial on the one end, and the materiality of a lived life and past personhood on the other, they transgress fundamental boundaries of human culture as they are both object and subject, both life and death. In her essay The Powers of Horror[1], linguist, psychoanalyst and philosopher Julia Kristeva discusses the concept of the abject as a category situated between the subject and the object. The cadaver, she argues, is the ultimate example of this. By challenging fundamental categories of human culture, the abject inspires conflicting responses in us, such as horror and dread, even disgust – but also, and simultaneously, fascination and desire. It is this situatedness in-between categories that makes human remains both problematic and fascinating. 

  • 41.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Marginal and Mainstream: Religion, politics and identity in the contemporary US, as seen through the lens of the Kennewick Man / the Ancient One2012In: From Archaeology to Archaeologies: The "Other" Past / [ed] Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Eleni Stefanou, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2012, p. 33-44Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The calls to repatriate human remains and cultural items from museums and research collections back to their source communities started out as an activist movement in the 1960s among disenfranchised minorities and indigenous peoples. Today, half a century later repatriation has risen to the surface of the international cultural debate and is embraced by the establishment in many parts of the world. This movement from the marginal to the mainstream has shifted the field of archaeology and museum practices toward engaging with the public and descending communities. But this newly gained influence also invites us to reflect more critically than before over the values and ideas that underlie debates and legislations. Through the example of the  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation  Act , and with a particular focus on the Kennewick case, this chapter critically examines the underlying values and cultural concerns that frame the repatriation debate in the United States, including a contested relationship between faith and science, the role of race in identity production and the value placed on private ownership. It is argued that these cultural values and beliefs align the repatriation movement with the American mainstream, and while they have been critically examined elsewhere in archaeological and anthropological theory, this critique has taken place predominantly in academic contexts that are completely separate from the repatriation debate.

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  • 42.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Materializing What Matters: Ritualized bodies from a time before text2021In: The Sacred Body: Materializing the divine through human remians in antiquity, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2021, p. 11-27Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    When a human being dies, two things invariably occur: a social being disappears and a dead body, a cadaver emerges. The human cadaver is difficult to categorize as it is suspended between categories – between life and death, between subject and object. As such, it is problematic, and its presence often marks a period of liminality and heightened ritualization, framing off a time when fundamental values and structures are produced and reproduced through mortuary practices. How people handle their dead is intimately linked to other aspects of their culture, and a close analysis of these acts can reveal significant information about prehistoric periods for which we lack other sources into the spiritual and cosmological realm of human knowledge, such as written documents and oral history. This chapter presents a theoretical framework for how archaeology can study the transition of the human body from life to death, and then it proceeds to presenting several examples of studies from European prehistory that in different and complementary ways focus on the handling of the dead body as a point of departure for the analysis of cosmology and lived experience. 

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  • 43.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Mats Larsson. Life and Death in the Mesolithic of Sweden (Oxford: Oxbow, 2017, 144pp., 61 illustr., hbk, ISBN 978-1-78-570385-0)2018In: European Journal of Archaeology, ISSN 1461-9571, E-ISSN 1741-2722, Vol. 21, no 4, p. 658-660Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 44.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund university, Sweden.
    Minnet och glömskan av de döda i Skateholm.2004In: Minne och Myt / [ed] Å. Berggren, S. Arvidsson & A.-M. Hållans, Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2004, p. 81-98Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 45.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University, Sweden.
    More than Metaphor: Approaching the Human cadaver in Archaeology2008In: The Materiality of Death: bodies, burials, beliefs / [ed] Fredrik Fahlander, Terje Oestigaard, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008, p. 19-28Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 46.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Mortuary Practices2014In: The Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers / [ed] Vicki Cummings, Peter Jordan, Marek Zvelebil, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 712-728Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Mortuary rituals, as culturally learned and reproduced practices, emerge among prehistoric hunters and gatherers and persist as a key component of human cultures through time. This article takes a closer look at the phenomenon by discussing how mortuary practices articulate with cosmology and world view in general, and how we see this phenomenon emerge over the course of human evolution. These theoretical considerations provide an introduction to a case study of mortuary practices among Mesolithic hunters-gatherers in northern Europe. The purpose of the case study is to explore the many ways in which the treatment of the dead was part of both creating and giving form to a hunter-gatherer cosmology, taking into consideration both observations from the larger cemetery sites that have long dominated discussions of hunter-gatherer cosmology and mortuary ritual, and also more recently explored finds that highlight other ways of disposal of human remains.

  • 47.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    "Namnbyte är att smita från ansvaret"2021In: Forskning & Framsteg, ISSN 0015-7937, no 2021-11-03, p. 1Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [sv]

    Under senare år har det seglat upp en namndebatt på våra lärosäten. Senast ut är Karolinska institutet där man efter protester föreslog att ta bort alla personnamn från byggnader, lokaler och vägar då flera som hedrats på detta sätt kan kopplas till rasistisk verksamhet. Debatten har inte låtit vänta på sig. Är det rimligt att bara städa bort det förflutna, frågar sig en del. Kan man verkligen döma människor i det förflutna utifrån dagens värderingar, undrar andra.

    Den 2 november meddelade KI att namnskyltarna till minne av Anders och Gustaf Retzius som båda är sammankopplade med rasbiologisk forskning, tas bort. KI rekommenderar också Solna stad att byta namn på von Eulers väg till Ulf von Eulers väg, detta för att markera att det är sonen Ulf och inte hans far, den aktive nazisten Hans, som ger namn åt vägen. Detta är bra, men bör ses som början på ett förändringsarbete, snarare än en slutlig lösning.

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  • 48.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Lund University;Emory University, USA.
    Response to Apel and Darmark: Evolution and Material Culture2009In: Current Swedish Archaeology, ISSN 1102-7355, Vol. 17, p. 35-39Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 49.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Emory University, USA.
    Review of Berit J. Sellevold (ed.): Old Bones: Osetoarchaeology in Norway: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Novus Forlag, Oslo, 2014. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-82-7099-783-12015In: Norwegian Archaeological Review, ISSN 0029-3652, E-ISSN 1502-7678, Vol. 49, no 1, p. 83-84Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 50.
    Nilsson Stutz, Liv
    Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
    Review of Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer. Repatriation and Erasing the Past (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2020, xii and 265pp., 24 figs, 5 tables, hbk, ISBN 9781683401575, pdf ISBN 9781683401858)2021In: European Journal of Archaeology, ISSN 1461-9571, E-ISSN 1741-2722, Vol. 24, no 4, p. 575-578Article, book review (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Repatriation and reburial of human remains is a practice that has been debated within American archaeology and biological anthropology more generally for decades. With the passing of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990, a shift toward pro- ductive problem solving and negotiation has gradually replaced the more heated tone that dominated the exchanges in the early years. Since 1990, repatriation has fundamentally affected archaeological and museum practices in the United States, and most would argue, for the better. But it remains a compromise with unresolved issues for many stakeholders. One could expect that decades after NAGPRA was signed into law, repatriation would have reached a stage of maturity that allows us to move the debate forward by critically examining aspects of it, while at the same time learning from experiences and acknowledging its crucial role in building sustainable relationships and democratizing archaeology and museum practices. With similar concrete actions to decolonise heri- tage in other fields on the rise, most notably with repatriation and return of human remains and artefacts from museums to communities worldwide, but also in activist movements to remove con- federate (in the USA), and colonialist monuments, including the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa and the toppling and removal of the Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, it would seem that archaeology (for once) could play the role as a precursor in social movements and decolonisation. However, with the publica- tion of the book Repatriation and Erasing the Past by Elizabeth Weiss (a professor of anthropology) and James W. Springer(a retired attorney and anthropologist), it appears that we might be facing a backlash rather than a progressive way forward.

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