Rune Iversen

Primary fields of research

The Neolithic, Neolithic art, the third millennium BC, the Middle Neolithic, the Late Neolithic, earliest Bronze Age, material and cultural boundaries, continuity and change, cultural diversity and identity  

Current research

• Various aspects of Neolithic art based on finds from the rich Vasagård site on Bornholm, Denmark. The site holds a large number of unique Neolithic images in the form of engraved shale and sandstone plaques (so-called ‘sunstones’) in addition to the earliest rock art (cup marks) known from southern Scandinavia.

• The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in northern Europe and associated migration patterns.

• Introduction of Indo-European languages in the North European Neolithic. Research collaboration with Guus Kroonen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics/Leiden University.

• The Pitted Ware culture in Scandinavia, part of an international and interdisciplinary research project funded by the Velux foundation: CONTACT. The Pitted Ware Phenomenon in Djursland and Maritime Relations Across the Kattegat in the Middle Neolithic. 

CV

Co-editor: Danish Journal of Archaeology (2016-)

Member of Advisory Board, The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Ministry of Culture, Denmark (2016-)

Tenure Track Assistant Professor (2015-)

Postdoc (2015)

External lecturer/project-employed archaeologist at Museum Nordsjælland (2014)

PhD in archaeology (2014)

Curator at Kroppedal Museum (2007-2010)

Mag.art (MA) in Prehistoric Archaeology (2007)