The project explores early Medieval church architecture through a re-examination and virtual reconstruction of the archaeological remains of Hemse stave church. It is a collaboration between the University of Gothenburg (Gunnar Almevik, Jonathan Westin) and the Swedish History museum and will result in an interactive element in the new exhibition of the Viking age. The digital reconstruction functions as a virtual diorama to contextualize the diffused remains and contemporaneous religious artefacts. The aim is also methodological; to explore the uses of the digital artefact in the research process. The reconstruction is less of a static representation of our knowledge than a historical laboratory through which archive material can be activated and hypotheses can be tested. (project description via)
Publication: Almevik, Gunnar & Westin, Jonathan, “Hemse Stave Church Revisited”, Lund archaeological review 23 (2017), pp. 7-25.