Beschreibung:
<jats:p>The article, which is a biography of the Swedish archaeologist Mats P. Malmer, tries to identify some of the characteristics of Scandinavian archaeology. In particular, Malmer's discussion ofthe concept oftypology is of great importance for this tradition. Another intention ofthe article is to supplement the historiographic discussions in Swedish archaeology. In these discussions there is a significant need to investigate the ways in which we have come to think as archaeologists</jats:p>