Armstrong Oma, KristinDr. Kristin Armstrong Oma is associate professor of archaeology at the Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger, Norway. She holds a PhD from the University of Southampton. Her main research focus is human-animal relationships in past societies, and she works in the cross-disciplinary field of Human - Animal Studies in order to study interactions between humans and animals from a perspective of time depth. She has published two books and a number of articles, and co-edited several books.

Berglund, BirgittaDr. philos. Birgitta Berglund is professor of archaeology at the University Museum, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Her research interests are primarily North-European coastal rural Settlements, outfield resources and burial practices AD 0-1800, the relation between archaeological and written sources, the early history of archaeology, and the material culture of religion, including the Sami. She has published in national and international journals.

Bremer, TimoTimo Bremer, M.A., finished his PhD in Pre- and Early historical archaeology in 2015 and currently holds a position as senior research assistant (Akademischer Rat) at University of Bonn. His research interests are medieval archaeology in Germany, landscape archaeology, rural space and Settlement structures, castle research, social structures, archaeological methods, pottery research and computer applications in archaeology. He has published several papers.

Carlisle, TimothyTimothy Carlisle has recently completed his PhD dissertation at the University of Aberdeen. During his time at the University of Aberdeen, he has undertaken undergraduate teaching responsibilities, fieldwork, and presented at international Conferences in both the UK and USA.

Dommasnes, Liv HelgaDr. philos. Liv Helga Dommasnes is a professor of archaeology at the University Museum, University of Bergen, Norway, working mainly on the Early Middle Age (Migration Period through the Viking Age). She has published widely on burial rites and religion, feminist/women's archaeology and archaeology and children.

Gutsmiedl-Schümann, DorisDr. Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann is currently assistant professor at the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. From 2011 to 2016 she was research associate and study program manager at the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Bonn, and contracted lecturer at Leuphana university Lüneburg and at Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, where she teaches introductory courses in prehistoric archaeology. Her research interest are lifeworlds, gender roles and identity; the Justinian plaque; visual representations of the past; the archaeology of death and burial; chronology as well as statistical methods and databases in archaeology. She is mainly working in Iron Age Scandinavia; Roman Period; Migration Period as well as Merovingian Period and younger Early Middle Ages.

Hommedal, Alf ToreAlf Tore Hommedal, magister artium (Mag. art.), holds a position as associate professor of medieval archaeology at the University Museum, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on various Subjects mostly related to the Middle Ages, mainly concerning the archaeology of buildings such as churches and monastic sites in medieval Norway.

Milek, KarenDr. Karen Milek completed her PhD at Newnham College and the Department of Archaeology, Cambridge. She is currently senior lecturer in archaeology in the School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, where she specialises in Viking Age Settlement archaeology and geoarchaeology.

Nordström, EmmaEmma Nordström is currently a PhD candidate in archaeology at the University of Gothenburg. Her dissertation deals with Iron Age keys and locks in Sweden, and the many meanings keys and locks may have had in Iron Age society. Before starting her research, she worked as a field archaeologist in England and Sweden.

Storli, IngerDr. art. Inger Storli holds a position as professor of archeology at Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway. She has published works on various Subjects related to the Norse/Norwegian as well as Sàmi population during the Viking Period and Early Middle Ages.