Christian Koch Madsen
Østrigsgade 9, 4. sal,
2300 København S
Current employment:
Ph.D.-fellow at the National Museum of Denmark/University of Copenhagen until 12.07.2014.
Education:
08.04.2010: MA in prehistoric archaeology, Saxo-Institute, University of Copenhagen
16.07.2004: BA in prehistoric archaeology, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of
Copenhagen.
Area of expertise:
North Atlantic/Greenlandic medieval settlement and landscape archaeology, reconnaissance and
DGPS-surveying, Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
International relations:
North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO), Research and Management of Archaeological
Sites in a changing Environment and Society (REMAINS), The Long-term Vulnerability and
Transformation Project (LTVTP)/NABO collaboration, Global Human Ecodynamics Alliance
(GHEA).

Articles, peer-reviewed:
Bishop, Rosie R., Church, Mike J., Dugmore, Andrew J., Madsen, Christian Koch, Møller, Niels
A., 2013: A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: evidence for vegetation burning during the
Norse landnám ? Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.40, issue 11, p.3890-3902.
Book chapter, peer-reviewed:
Madsen, Christian K., in press: Norse Pastoral Farming and Settlement in the Vatnahverfi
Peninsula, Publication of the Northern Worlds Conference held at the National Museum of
Denmark, Copenhagen, 27.-30. November 2012 , 22p.
Articles:
Madsen, C.K, 2008: Får, geder og folde i det norrøne Vatnahverfi,
Tidskriftet Grønland
, nr.1 (2008) p.4-14.
Møller, N.A. & Madsen, C.K, 2007: Med friske skridt i forgængeres fodspor, Tidsskriftet Grønland
, nr. 5-6 (2007): p.306-314.
Monographs:
Madsen, Christian Koch & Appelt, Martin, 2010:
Meldgaard’s Vínland Vision
. Special-Trykkeriet
Viborg a-s. Viborg: 49p.
Proceedings:
Madsen, Christian Koch, 2012: Pasture Found… Farming in Greenland (re)introduced. In: Gulløv,
Hans Christian, Toft, Peter Andreas, and Hansgaard, Caroline Polke (eds.), Challenges and solutions, Northern Worlds - Report from workshop 2 at the National Museum, 1. November 2011 ,
Rosendahls-Schultz Grafisk, Copenhagen, p.142-166.
Madsen, Christian K., 2011: Landskab og levevej, økonomi og hierarki: pastoralt landbrug i det norrøne Grønland. In: Gulløv, H.C., Paulsen, C., & Rønne, B.(eds.), Ændringer og udfordringer:
Rapport fra workshop 1 på Nationalmuseet 29. September 2010, Rosendahls-Schultz Grafisk,
København, p.71-77.
Book chapters:
Dugmore, Andrew J., McGovern, Thomas H., Streeter, Richard S., Madsen, Christian Koch,
Smiarowski, Konrad, and Keller, Christian, 2013: ‘Clumsy solutions’ and ‘elegant failures’: lessons on climate change adaptation from the settlement of the North Atlantic islands. In: Sygna, Linda,
O´Brien, Karen, Wolf, Johanna (eds.),
A Changing Environment for Humans Security:
Transformative approaches to research, policy and action , Routledge, New York, p.435-451.