Digitizing images

The museum collections in Sweden hold thousands of various pictures taken in Gamla Uppsala. There are drawings, cadastral and other historical maps, paintings and photographs showing different parts of Gamla Uppsala from the late 17th century and onward.  These pictures deserve to be presented to a wider audience. During 2012-2013 has GUAM through the Uppland Museum so far digitized nearly 2,000 pictures. The photographs were taken at archaeological excavations conducted by Uppsala University during the 20th century.


Click the link, Digital Museum, to look at the collection of pictures from Gamla Uppsala.

Iron decoration spirals in situ. Photo by Else Nordahl during the 1992 excavation. 

The Uppland Museum is the copyright holder of the digital images while Uppsala University is the owner of the originals (photographs, negatives).

New thesis on Gamla Uppsala

In January, Hampus Bengtsson finished his bachelor thesis. It is a methodical attempt to combine different sources of archeology, ground penetrating radar, magnetometer and 17-19th century cadastral maps for a comprehensive interpretation.

Hampus Bengtsson - Det glömda Gamla Uppsala. En multivariabelundersökning med utgångspunkt i georadaranalys. (The forgotten Gamla Uppsala. A multi-variable examination on the basis of georadar analysis.)