Clara Alfsdotter
Doctoral StudentClara Alfsdotter is researcher at Grasca – graduate school in contract archaeology.
Research
My research focuses on the disposal of the dead, both past and recent. The licentiate thesis, 'Bad Death at Sandby borg: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses' investigates an Iron Age massacre from different human remains aspects. Papers include trauma and modus operandi of the killing, the social aspects of leaving corpses unburied, and what taphonomic studies can add to our understanding of how the dead were disposed.
The PhD research include studies related to forensic archaeology and body disposal. Current studies include human decomposition studies (human taphonomy) that aim to further our knowledge of body disposal from osteological material, as well as the current state and possible developments of forensic archaeology in Sweden. With this interdisciplinary focus, I hope to strengthen collaborations between forensic and archaeological functions in Sweden.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Alfsdotter, C. (2021). Forensic archaeology and forensic anthropology within Swedish law enforcement : current state and suggestions for future developments. Forensic Science International: Reports. 3.
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Alfsdotter, C., Petaros, A. (2021). Outdoor human decomposition in Sweden : A retrospective quantitative study of forensic-taphonomic changes and postmortem interval in terrestrial and aquatic settings. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 66 (4). 1348-1363.
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Högberg, A., Alfsdotter, C., Dutra Leivas, I., Eboskog, M., Engström, E., et al. (2021). Uppdragsarkeologiska möjligheter : Nya sätt att tänka om en samtidsverksamhet i en framtidsbransch. In Situ Archaeologica. 15. 5-30.
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Alfsdotter, C., Kjellström, A. (2020). A Taphonomic Interpretation of the Postmortem Fate of the Victims Following the Massacre at Sandby Borg, Sweden. Bioarchaeology International. 3 (4). 262-282.
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Alfsdotter, C., Kjellström, A. (2019). The Sandby Borg Massacre : Interpersonal Violence and the Demography of the Dead. European Journal of Archaeology. 22 (2). 210-231.
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Alfsdotter, C. (2019). Social implications of unburied corpses from intergroup conflicts : postmortem agency following the Sandby borg massacre. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 29 (3). 427-442.
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Alfsdotter, C., Papmehl-Dufay, L., Victor, H. (2018). A moment frozen in time : evidence of a late fifth-century massacre at Sandby borg. Antiquity. 92 (362). 421-436.
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Article in journal (Other academic)
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Alfsdotter, C., Kjellström, A. (2017). Evidence of an Iron Age Massacre at the Sandby borg Ringfort. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162. 97-97.
Status: Published
Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Alfsdotter, C. (2021). The Corporeality of Death : Bioarchaeological, Taphonomic, and Forensic Anthropological Studies of Human Remains. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 93.
Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Alfsdotter, C. (2018). Bad Death at Sandby borg : A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses. Licentiate Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 28.
Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
- Alfsdotter, C., Veltri, M., Crabb, C., Wescott, D. Human decomposition and disarticulation in a coffin : an experimental taphonomic study with emphasis on archaeothanatology.