The title of this licentiate thesis is: Urban contract archaeology, public outreach and schools. Beyond the horizons of history teaching.   The aim of my licentiate thesis is to investigate how educational programs for schools are implemented within the framework of contract archaeology. I study the underlying incentives that motivate public outreach within contract archaeology, who carries out the outreach and what impact educational programs have on schools. My research project also aims to explore how public outreach within contract archaeology can be organized to meet schools´ demand for knowledge and activities. With an interdisciplinary approach, taken from archaeology and educational sciences, the goal is to instigate a dialogue between the scientific community and contract archaeology, as well as between contract archaeology and schools. As a primary goal, midway into in my doctoral degree, I have chosen in this licentiate thesis to study the practices of public outreach on urban excavation sites in Sweden, specifically studying outreach practices towards schools. The research queries in the licentiate thesis are:   What are the purposes and objectives with public outreach in contract archaeology? What are the preconditions for working with public outreach in contract archaeology? How are the practices of public outreach aimed at schools conducted at urban excavation sites? How do educational programs within contract archaeology address the needs and goals of school education?   Based on these queries, I also discuss how contract archaeology in the future can make possible broader collaborations with schools. This serves as an introduction to how archaeo-didactics can evolve bringing together contract archaeology's goals and potential in an educational situation, with the needs and goals of school education.

<p>This thesis rewievs present day research on the settlement of Östra Aros in central Sweden. The thesis deals with the period from late Iron age to about 1270 AD, when the Swedish archdiocese moved to the already existing early-medieval settlement of Östra Aros, thus becoming the medieval town of Uppsala. The basis of the thesis is the study of a variety of source materials, such as artefact studies, runestones, topography and the prehistoric and early medieval hinterland. The thesis centers on archaeological excavation data and dating of settlement structures, particularly focusing on the settlements establishment. Through a critical review of primarily the written record and the archaeological data, the settlements characteristics and functions are discussed, emphasising when and if the settlement could be described as a town, central- or trading place.</p>

Il lavoro si inserisce nell’ambito del progetto di Archeologia Urbana a Lecce, denominato “Lecce Sotterranea”, e propone la classificazione della ceramica databile tra XII e XVII secolo proveniente dai contesti archeologici degli scavi di Piazzetta Santa Chiara e di Palazzo Vernazza. L’analisi dei contesti di provenienza e delle associazioni di materiali hanno consentito la realizzazione di una classificazione tipologica per le forme meglio rappresentate all’interno delle classi più comuni. In generale si fornisce un ampio catalogo di forme con riferimenti cronologici molto puntuali. Inoltre, l’approccio contestuale e lo studio sui fenomeni di residualità hanno spesso consentito di fare delle considerazioni più puntuali sulle dinamiche di frequentazione dell’insediamento. ingrandire La lettura delle sequenze stratigrafiche e lo studio della componente residuale all’interno degli strati di età normanna, hanno consentito di chiarire alcuni aspetti circa le modalità di abbandono e di successivo ripopolamento dell’insediamento tra Tardoantico e XI secolo. L’analisi di classi ceramiche particolarmente diagnostiche ha integrato i pochi dati storici noti per il periodo svevo di Lecce mentre, per il periodo angioino e quello aragonese, è stato possibile definire un quadro cronologico più preciso rispetto alle produzioni ceramiche locali e ad alcune forme del vivere quotidiano. Infine, l’occasione di studiare contesti di XVII secolo scavati stratigraficamente ha dato modo di definire la datazione di classi ceramiche locali finora semplicemente classificate come “postmedievali”. / The work is part of the project of Urban Archaeology in Lecce called “Lecce Sotterranea”, and proposes the classification of pottery dated between the XII and XVII century and coming from the archaeological contexts of Piazzetta S. Chiara and Palazzo Vernazza excavations. The analisys of the contexts of origin and of the associations of materials has allowed a typological classification for the most represented forms inside the most common classes. In general, a wide catalogue of forms is presented, with very precise chronological references. Moreover, the contextual approach and the study of residuality worked out a better understanding of the dynamics of settlement. By reading the stratigraphical sequences and studying the residuality component inside Norman Age layers strata, some light has been shed upon the settlement's abandonment and later repopulation between Late Antiquity and the XI century. The analysis of particularly diagnostic classes of pottery has reinforced the scarce known historical data for the Swabian period in Lecce, whereas for the Angevin and Aragonese ones a more precise chronological picture could be drawn regarding local pottery production and some forms of daily life. Lastly, studying XVII century contexts stratigraphically excavated has permitted a more precise dating for some local ceramical classes previously classified just as “postmedieval”.

This thesis rewievs present day research on the settlement of Östra Aros in central Sweden. The thesis deals with the period from late Iron age to about 1270 AD, when the Swedish archdiocese moved to the already existing early-medieval settlement of Östra Aros, thus becoming the medieval town of Uppsala. The basis of the thesis is the study of a variety of source materials, such as artefact studies, runestones, topography and the prehistoric and early medieval hinterland. The thesis centers on archaeological excavation data and dating of settlement structures, particularly focusing on the settlements establishment. Through a critical review of primarily the written record and the archaeological data, the settlements characteristics and functions are discussed, emphasising when and if the settlement could be described as a town, central- or trading place.

L'objectif de ce travail est d'appréhender les processus de la formation du tissu urbain de l'agglomération de Châteauneuf, créée autour de la collégiale Saint-Martin au cours du Moyen Âge à l'ouest de la cité de Tours. La complexité de cet espace, la densité et la diversité de la population à cette période ainsi que la richesse architecturale identifiée dans cette zone en font un terrain privilégié d'analyse de la fabrique urbaine, c'est-à-dire des relations entre l'espace urbain et les sociétés qui l'ont produit. L'étude des vestiges architecturaux médiévaux en pierre, associée à celle de sources complémentaires comme les sources textuelles, permet de proposer à la fois une synthèse typologique sur les constructions médiévales et une réflexion à l'échelle du parcellaire et de l'agglomération, pour mettre en évidence les formes urbaines et leurs transformations du 10e au 14e siècle / The purpose of this thesis is to understand the processes of the urban fabric in the town of Châteauneuf, created in the Middle Ages around the St-Martin's basilica, near the city of Tours. The complexity and density of the settlement together with the diversity of the inhabitants make this place a preferential area in order to study urban fabric and relations between space and societies which created it. The architectural analysis of stone buildings, combined with other data such as historical sources, allows the creation of a typological synthesis of the medieval buildings but also the analysis of the urban forms and their evolution between the 10th and the 14th centuries

L’étude du fonctionnement et de la fabrique de Vendôme du 11e au début du 19e s. propose une lecture différente des villes intermédiaires en montrant toutes la complexité du phénomène urbain dans un type de ville très souvent réduit à son origine castrale. La ville résulte en fait d’une multitude de temporalités et de spatialités où le temps des acteurs et de leurs projets n’est pas celui des structures. Tout d’abord, une approche théorique présente les concepts et la modélisation de l'espace urbain utilisés dans ce travail (1ère partie). Puis, l’étude de Vendôme dans la longue durée met en évidence quatre grandes phases dans le fonctionnement urbain, durant lesquelles les fins poursuivies par les acteurs et leurs répercutions spatiales sont étudiées (2ème partie). Enfin, sont analysées les structures de la ville, tant morphologiques que fonctionnelles, grâce à une modélisation de l’espace urbain prenant en compte la multiplicité des objets de la réalité urbaine (parcelle, réseau de voies, domaine construit…) évoluant chacun dans leur temporalité propre mais interagissant entre eux (3ème partie) / The study of the functioning and of the urban fabric of Vendôme between the 11th and the beginning of the 19th century offers a different interpretation of small towns showing the great complexity of the urban phenomenon in a type of town often regarded as the simple result of the construction of a castle. As a matter of fact, a town is the result of a large number of time and space units in which the time of the people involved in various projects is not the same as the time of structures. To start with, the concepts and the modeling rules of urban fabric used in this research are defined (part 1). Then, the study of Vendôme in the longue durée allows to distinct four main phases in the urban functioning for which the projects fulfilled by various actors are analyzed as well as their impact on urban space (part 2). Finally, urban structures are considered both from a morphological and functional point of view through a model based on the diversity of urban objects such as plots, street system, buildings etc. which have their own timing but interact with each other (part 3)

Abstract This material culture study focuses on the residents of Oulu via small clothing-related items (buttons, buckles, pins). The source material is comprised of not only excavation material, but also of the probate inventories of the townsfolk. Gender archaeology, previously unused in Finnish urban archaeology, is used as the theoretical framework. This study discusses early modern clothing from the perspective of identity with particular emphasis on gender and class; why did townsfolk dress as they did in the 18th century Oulu? Although clothing was mainly tied to class and gender in early modern Oulu, on a personal level there was room for negotiation and transgression. Classes were an integral part of society in the 18th century, and the abolishment of the class system was still ahead. However, the signs of the formation of the middle class and the deterioration of the strict class boundaries are visible in the research material. Sumptuary laws notwithstanding, identity could be expressed through clothing, in particular with small details, and clothing gave people some leeway to negotiate their position in the community. / Tiivistelmä Valtaosassa 1700-luvun pukeutumista käsittelevässä suomalaisessa tutkimuskirjallisuudessa pukeutuminen jaetaan säätyläisten ja rahvaan pukuun. Tässä materiaalisesta kulttuurista ammentavassa historiallisen ajan arkeologian tutkimuksessa näkökulma on toinen; keskiössä on kaupunkilaisten pukeutuminen uuden ajan kynnyksellä. Tutkimus ei lähde liikkeelle säädyistä, vaan pukeutumisesta kertovasta kaivausaineistosta ja kaupunkilaisten perukirjoista. Tutkimus kohdentuu Suomen historiallisen ajan arkeologiassa vain vähän huomiota saaneisiin esineryhmiin (napit, neulat, soljet) yhdistäen arkeologisen ja dokumentaarisen lähdemateriaalin. Teoreettisena viitekehyksenä käytetään Suomen kaupunkiarkeologiassa aiemmin hyödyntämätöntä sukupuoliarkeologiaa. Tutkimus käsittelee varhaismodernia pukeutumista identiteetin näkökulmasta keskittyen erityisesti sukupuoleen ja luokkaan; miksi 1700-luvun Oulussa pukeuduttiin niin kuin pukeuduttiin? Vaikka varhaismodernissa Oulussa ihmisten pukeutuminen oli pitkälti sääty- ja sukupuolisidonnaista, henkilökohtaisella tasolla oli tilaa neuvottelulle ja rajanylityksille. Säädyt olivat 1700-luvulla olennainen osa yhteiskuntajärjestystä ja säätyjärjestelmän lakkauttamiseen oli vielä runsaasti aikaa, mutta merkit keskiluokan muodostumisesta ja tiukkojen säätyrajojen murenemisesta ovat havaittavissa tutkimusaineistossa. Ylellisyysasetuksista huolimatta omaa identiteettiä oli mahdollista ilmaista pukeutumisella, erityisesti pienillä yksityiskohdilla, ja pukeutumisen avulla ihmisten oli jossain määrin mahdollista neuvotella omasta asemastaan yhteisössä.