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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:

Kaliff, A. & Østigård, T. 2025. Odens jakt. En uråldrig indoeuropeisk myt. Carlssons Bokförlag. Stockholm. 219 pages.

Kaliff, A. & Oestigaard, T. 2025. Early Indo-European Silk Roads: Ecologies of Cattle, Waterways and Winter Migrations. OPIA 90. Uppsala, 122 pages.