Author: Jonas M. Nordin

Magdalena Naum is a postdoctoral research fellow at Mc Donald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Her previous and current research focuses on late medieval migration in the Baltic Sea area and 17th c European colonies in Northern America, particularly New England and New Sweden. She is interested in organization of colonial settlements, in perception of America among the settlers and their homemaking practices. Jonas M Nordin is a researcher at the National Historical Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. His research focuses on relationship between early modern globalization, rise of capitalism and colonialism in Sweden. He is also studying the impact of trans-continental expansion and encounters with the New World on artefact collecting and early museums in Sweden.