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Hello! The guidelines say "If you would like to introduce yourself, do so in the Pub Talk forum", so here I am. Much thanks for the administrators for letting me in.
I'm Anton, and as my username indicates I am a Swedish archaeologist (although, ever since I specialized in historical archaeology, my employment seems to be mainly as an archival researcher...). I live in Gothenburg, but was born and raised in Uddevalla, along the western coast in the province of Bohuslän. My main area of research is the 18th century herring industry, but I've worked with everything from Neolithic villages and Finnish Viking Age feast-halls to early medieval Christian cemeteries and World War 2-era military sites.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in my subject, halfway through my Master's at the moment, which I'm pursuing alongside professional, project-based employment at various museums and commercial companies, as well as volunteering in several historical societies. My interests are, well, rather vague and generic, beyond my research - travelling, maybe (I've been to North Korea/the DPRK, in 2013, among other more odd places).
My interest in "Ripperology" is quite recent, and comes from my 18th century herring industry research. As it happens, a certain village - Stora Tumlehed - was not only the site of one of "my" late 1700s-era factories, but also the birthplace of Elizabeth Stride (née Gustafsdotter, born 1843), one of the canonical five victims of Jackie-boy. It's not far from my home, although I live on the other side of Gothenburg. Plus, we used to go there back in Archaeology 101, because literally right next to the old farmsteads there's Western and Southern Sweden's only well-preserved prehistoric rock painting, namely a scene in red ochre depicting a deer, a few fish, ships, wave-lines, and some type of magical net. Mesolithic dating for it. Plus there's a whole bunch of little croft ruins and Stone Age campsites in the vicinity. So that caught my attention, when I found out.
I've managed to locate all the relevant church records and personal details of Stride during her childhood, and her family history, etc. Some property charts that show her family's property, her father's signature, etc. I've also had a look at how the Gothenburg newspapers reported on the Ripper, and on Stride once she was identified, and located a quite in-depth story on her background, with information provided by old acquintances and such. I had in mind to publish a brief, not very academically centred article on it in the local student archaeological journal or some such, but if anyone has suggestions for a medium where I could reach an audience more actively interested in "Ripperology", let me know!
If anyone wants photos of Elizabeth Stride's birthplace, its surroundings, the church where she'd have been baptised, or other locations in Gothenburg (could possibly locate her later residences here), let me know! Would be happy to go on a photography hunt for free, and publish some photos into the public domain.
I'm Anton, and as my username indicates I am a Swedish archaeologist (although, ever since I specialized in historical archaeology, my employment seems to be mainly as an archival researcher...). I live in Gothenburg, but was born and raised in Uddevalla, along the western coast in the province of Bohuslän. My main area of research is the 18th century herring industry, but I've worked with everything from Neolithic villages and Finnish Viking Age feast-halls to early medieval Christian cemeteries and World War 2-era military sites.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in my subject, halfway through my Master's at the moment, which I'm pursuing alongside professional, project-based employment at various museums and commercial companies, as well as volunteering in several historical societies. My interests are, well, rather vague and generic, beyond my research - travelling, maybe (I've been to North Korea/the DPRK, in 2013, among other more odd places).
My interest in "Ripperology" is quite recent, and comes from my 18th century herring industry research. As it happens, a certain village - Stora Tumlehed - was not only the site of one of "my" late 1700s-era factories, but also the birthplace of Elizabeth Stride (née Gustafsdotter, born 1843), one of the canonical five victims of Jackie-boy. It's not far from my home, although I live on the other side of Gothenburg. Plus, we used to go there back in Archaeology 101, because literally right next to the old farmsteads there's Western and Southern Sweden's only well-preserved prehistoric rock painting, namely a scene in red ochre depicting a deer, a few fish, ships, wave-lines, and some type of magical net. Mesolithic dating for it. Plus there's a whole bunch of little croft ruins and Stone Age campsites in the vicinity. So that caught my attention, when I found out.
I've managed to locate all the relevant church records and personal details of Stride during her childhood, and her family history, etc. Some property charts that show her family's property, her father's signature, etc. I've also had a look at how the Gothenburg newspapers reported on the Ripper, and on Stride once she was identified, and located a quite in-depth story on her background, with information provided by old acquintances and such. I had in mind to publish a brief, not very academically centred article on it in the local student archaeological journal or some such, but if anyone has suggestions for a medium where I could reach an audience more actively interested in "Ripperology", let me know!
If anyone wants photos of Elizabeth Stride's birthplace, its surroundings, the church where she'd have been baptised, or other locations in Gothenburg (could possibly locate her later residences here), let me know! Would be happy to go on a photography hunt for free, and publish some photos into the public domain.
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