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Christian Horn

Professor

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 a professor of archaeology, the vice director of the Swedish Rock Art Research Archives, and a senior lecturer in archaeological sciences.

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)