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Christian Horn

Senior Lecturer

Department of Historical Studies
Telephone
+46 31-786 56 36
+46 766-18 56 36
Mail
christian.horn@gu.se
Visiting address
Renströmsgatan 6
41255 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 200
40530 Göteborg

Vice Director

Department of Historical Studies
Telephone
+46 31-786 56 36
+46 766-18 56 36
Mail
christian.horn@gu.se
Visiting address
Renströmsgatan 6
41255 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 200
40530 Göteborg

About Christian Horn

Christian primarily works with rock art research, the archaeology of warfare, Scandinavian prehistory, and digital archaeology. He is an associate professor in archaeology, the vice director for the Swedish Rock Art Research Archives, and employed as senior lecturer.

Research Areas

  • Scandinavian Neolithic and Bronze Age
  • Digital Archaeology
  • Rock art studies
  • 3D Documentation and visualisation
  • Metalwork wear analysis on copper alloy objects
  • Machine learning and deep learning for rock art

Degrees

  • Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg (2020)
  • PhD in Archaeology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2011)
  • Magister Artium in Prehistoric Archaeology, Ruhr-University-Bochum, Germany (2006)

Projects (selection)

  • “Maritime Encounters: A counterpoint to the dominant terrestrial narrative of European prehistory”, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2021-2026 (No. M21-0018; Co-PI with Prof. Johan Ling und Prof. John Koch)
  • “Tracing carvers on the rocks”, Swedish Research Council, 2021-2026, (No. 2020-03817; Co-PI with Prof. Johan Ling and Dr. Mark Peternell)
  • “Modelling Bronze Age societies” Swedish Research Council, 2021-2023 (No. 2020-01097; PI)
  • “Rock art in three dimensions”, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2019-2021, (No. IN18-0557:1)
  • “Rock art, Atlantic Europe, words, and warriors”, Swedish Research Council, 2019-2021 (No. 2018-01387; Co-PI with Prof. Johan Ling, Dr. Marta Guardamino Díaz and Prof. John Koch)