Astrid A. Noterman completed her PhD on Merovingian reopened graves from northern France in 2016 at the Centre for Medieval Studies (CESCM) at the University of Poitiers in France. Her approach to early medieval grave reopening includes archaeology, mortuary studies and early medieval written sources.
She is particularly interested in reconstructing the chronology of reopenings through the archaeothanatological approach to disturbed graves. She is currently working on bone surface modifications and bone fractues associated with the reopening practice.
From 2018, she was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University, and worked on a project project funded by the Swedish Research Council on ‘Interacting with the dead. Belief and conflict in Early Medieval Europe (AD 450-750)’ and led by Alison Klevnäs.
She is currently working on three research projects at Stockholm University and Uppsala University:
- Olle Engkvists stiftelse funded project ‘The Sleeping Dead. An archaeological and emotional reading of bed inhumations in Europe from the 6th to 10th centuries CE’.
- Marcus & Amalia Wallenbergs Minnesfond funded project ‘Collecting the dead: life course and kin relations in the transition to churchyard burial on Gotland (c. 950-1250 AD)’, and led by Alison Klevnäs.
- ERC funded project ‘The Present Dead: Investigating interactions with the dead in early medieval central and eastern Europe from 5th to 8th centuries CE’, and led by Edeltraud Aspöck.
She is also a Affiliate member of CESCM, and member of Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet.
