An international standard database for environmental archaeology data is under development at the Environmental Archaeology Lab (MAL), in collaboration with HUMlab, at Umeå University, Sweden.

The system will allow the online storage, extraction, analysis and visualisation of data on past climates, environments and human impacts, and will form part of an international network of research infrastructure for environmental archaeology and Quaternary palaeoecology.

Our mission is to provide online tools to aid international researchers in these tasks, and to provide access to data that are currently not accessible online. Please click the links above for more information...

SEAD is financed by The Swedish Research Council and Umeå University Faculty of Humanities and Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.

SEAD is always interested in hearing from students wishing to undertake projects involving the database. See people for more information.