Mellan stad och förstad : Framväxten av ett historiskt landskap i skuggan av Slussen i Stockholm
(2025) In Kulturhistoriske studier i centralitet/Archaeological & Historical Studies in Centrality 10. p.204-213- Abstract
- Since 2016, the city of Stockholm has been replacing one of the region’s most important communication hubs, the so-called Slussen (The Lock). This enormous building site is situated within the historical city area of Stockholm. For this reason, archaeologists have been involved throughout the process, mapping a giant historic topographic jigsaw puzzle. This paper is a meta-study of the archaeological project. The focus is on the challenges of conducting archaeological excavations within a huge ongoing development spanning over several years. Alongside this, there is a brief presentation of some of the archaeological results. The expansive building project has presented many challenges from an archaeological perspective. It has involved... (More)
- Since 2016, the city of Stockholm has been replacing one of the region’s most important communication hubs, the so-called Slussen (The Lock). This enormous building site is situated within the historical city area of Stockholm. For this reason, archaeologists have been involved throughout the process, mapping a giant historic topographic jigsaw puzzle. This paper is a meta-study of the archaeological project. The focus is on the challenges of conducting archaeological excavations within a huge ongoing development spanning over several years. Alongside this, there is a brief presentation of some of the archaeological results. The expansive building project has presented many challenges from an archaeological perspective. It has involved excavating and documenting an extensive historical landscape, on land and in water, at the same time as working in tandem with the ongoing construction. This has resulted in a great demand for close cooperation between the authorities, the developer, and the archaeological contractor. There has been both formal and informal communication, continuous reporting regarding the archaeological process, and ongoing discussions about history and archaeology. These have created good conditions for collaboration between all parties involved in the project. The archaeologists have become a natural element on the building site throughout the years. One of the great achievements of the excavations is the discovery of a 13th-century suburb – in earlier historical research debated, but very uncertain. And between the city and the suburb we have been able to excavate and document a historical landscape emerging in the shadow of The New Lock. At first, it was a heavily fortified isthmus with some civil elements and later a communication hub between the local, regional and international trading routes. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Since 2016, the city of Stockholm has been replacing one of the region’s most important communication hubs, the so-called Slussen (The Lock). This enormous building site is situated within the historical city area of Stockholm. For this reason, archaeologists have been involved throughout the process, mapping a giant historic topographic jigsaw puzzle. This paper is a meta-study of the archaeological project. The focus is on the challenges of conducting archaeological excavations within a huge ongoing development spanning over several years. Alongside this, there is a brief presentation of some of the archaeological results. The expansive building project has presented many challenges from an archaeological perspective. It has involved... (More)
- Since 2016, the city of Stockholm has been replacing one of the region’s most important communication hubs, the so-called Slussen (The Lock). This enormous building site is situated within the historical city area of Stockholm. For this reason, archaeologists have been involved throughout the process, mapping a giant historic topographic jigsaw puzzle. This paper is a meta-study of the archaeological project. The focus is on the challenges of conducting archaeological excavations within a huge ongoing development spanning over several years. Alongside this, there is a brief presentation of some of the archaeological results. The expansive building project has presented many challenges from an archaeological perspective. It has involved excavating and documenting an extensive historical landscape, on land and in water, at the same time as working in tandem with the ongoing construction. This has resulted in a great demand for close cooperation between the authorities, the developer, and the archaeological contractor. There has been both formal and informal communication, continuous reporting regarding the archaeological process, and ongoing discussions about history and archaeology. These have created good conditions for collaboration between all parties involved in the project. The archaeologists have become a natural element on the building site throughout the years. One of the great achievements of the excavations is the discovery of a 13th-century suburb – in earlier historical research debated, but very uncertain. And between the city and the suburb we have been able to excavate and document a historical landscape emerging in the shadow of The New Lock. At first, it was a heavily fortified isthmus with some civil elements and later a communication hub between the local, regional and international trading routes. (Less)
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- Kockum, Jan LU
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- 2025
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- Urban archaeology, stadsarkeologi
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- Nordic Urban Archaeology : Experiences and New Directions: Conference proceedings from the first meeting in Network of Urban Archaeology - NUA23 - at Copenhagen City Hall 10-12 May 2023 - Experiences and New Directions: Conference proceedings from the first meeting in Network of Urban Archaeology - NUA23 - at Copenhagen City Hall 10-12 May 2023
- series title
- Kulturhistoriske studier i centralitet/Archaeological & Historical Studies in Centrality
- editor
- Haase, Kirstine ; Dahlström, Hanna ; Haggrén, Georg ; Kjellberg, Joakim and McLees, Chris
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- 10
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- 204 - 213
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- Forskningscenter Centrum – Museum Odense – University Press of Southern Denmark
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author = {{Kockum, Jan}},
booktitle = {{Nordic Urban Archaeology : Experiences and New Directions: Conference proceedings from the first meeting in Network of Urban Archaeology - NUA23 - at Copenhagen City Hall 10-12 May 2023}},
editor = {{Haase, Kirstine and Dahlström, Hanna and Haggrén, Georg and Kjellberg, Joakim and McLees, Chris}},
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pages = {{204--213}},
publisher = {{Forskningscenter Centrum – Museum Odense – University Press of Southern Denmark}},
series = {{Kulturhistoriske studier i centralitet/Archaeological & Historical Studies in Centrality}},
title = {{Mellan stad och förstad : Framväxten av ett historiskt landskap i skuggan av Slussen i Stockholm}},
url = {{https://download.museumodense.dk/files/publikationer/Nordic%20Urban%20Archaeology%20Vol.%2010%202025.pdf#page=204}},
volume = {{10}},
year = {{2025}},
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