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I am a Docent and senior lecturer in archaeology at the Department of Cultural Sciences at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden.

In the period 2006-2019, I worked mainly with the Nile basin countries and conducted fieldworks in Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Previous to my research in Africa, I conducted contemporary and archaeological fieldworks in Bangladesh, Greece, Jordan, India, Nepal, Palestine as well as in Scandinavia.

After several years with a primary focus abroad, I have returned to Scandinavian archaeology, Indo-European questions and the fascinating and rich empirical world in the north, which includes Nordic ethnology and its relevance for archaeology. My recent works include:

Østigård, T. & Kaliff, A. 2024. Helhesten, kirkegrimer og dødsdans. Dyrestil og drager, følgesvenner til dødsrikene og dødens beskyttere. OPIA 82. Uppsala, 256 pages.

Håga and King Björn’s Mound, Uppsala, Sweden, 2019.