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Magnus Odebäck Ljunge is a Researcher at Stockholm University's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Culture and concurrently serves as a researcher and project manager at Dalarnas Museum since autumn 2019.
He earned his Phil. Dr. (PhD equivalent) in archaeology from Stockholm University in 2015 with the dissertation Beyond the Image: The Materiality of South Scandinavian Rock Art, which critically examines how contemporary perspectives on imagery distort interpretations of prehistoric rock art by overemphasizing symbolism while neglecting physical context.
His research focuses on deconstructing the rigid hunter-farmer dichotomy in Scandinavian prehistory, particularly during the Bronze Age (1700-500 BCE). Key interests include:
- Material analysis of rock art traditions
- Human-animal relationships in subsistence strategies
- Landscape archaeology of central Scandinavian hinterlands
- Challenging national romantic narratives of agricultural landscapes
- Variations in post-agricultural hunting practices
He currently leads the Wallenberg Foundation-funded project Hunters as farmers, farmers as hunters - animals, people and landscapes in the central Scandinavian hinterland 1000 BC E-500 CE (2020-2022), collaborating with Uppsala University to investigate how forest-dwelling communities integrated hunting, fishing, and early farming beyond simplistic categorizations.
His work demonstrates how archaeological evidence—including rock art hunting scenes and animal bone fragments—reveals persistent hunting practices even during peak agricultural periods, arguing that the agricultural revolution manifested differently across Scandinavia's ecological zones.
