Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
PhD
Biodiversity unit mialem@utu.fi +358 29 450 2114 +358 40 053 9279 Office: Herbarium ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-151X(external) |
Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Environmental history, Macrofossils, Cultivation history, Economic Plants, Barley, Rye, Middle Ages, Early Modern Period
I received my Master's degree in archaeology at University of Turku in 2008. I have worked as an archaeobotanist in the Archaeological museum at the University of Stavanger, Norway, during 2016-2019. I received my PhD in 2019. For the majority of my career I have worked as a grant researcher in research projects funded by various foundations and the Academy of Finland. My affiliations include the University of Turku (Department of Archaeology and Biodiversity unit), University of Stavanger and Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung. I am a post doc at Biodiversity unit at UTU. Currently I work as a Research coordinator at the Human Diversity consortium at UTU.
My research focuses especially on history of economic plants, cultivation, agriculture and biodiversity during Iron age and the Middle Ages from an archaeological and archaeobotanical point of view. Geographically my research covers Fennoscandia and Baltic regions. My research have included genetic studies of Finnish crop history, cultivation history of medieval rural villages, analyses of plants in graves, studies on diet and consumption from archaeological sites, analyses of wood species of medieval sculptures and coffins, waterlogged plant material from ship wrecks, and crime scene analysis.
I teach archaeobotany at the University of Turku for geology students. I supervise Master's theses and review them.
- Archaeobotanical remains from inhumation graves in Finland, with special emphasis on a 16th century grave at Kappelinmäki, Lappeenranta (2017)
- Journal of archaeological science : reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elämää Pirkanmaalla rautakaudella – ruokaa ja rohtoa (2017) Tursiannotko – tutkimuksia hämäläiskylästä viikinkiajalta keskiajalle Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The 18th century sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi, Kotkansaari in Finland : Archaeobotanical data of a log latrine (2017)
- Estonian Journal of Archaeology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tursiannotkon pelloilla viljeltiin ohraa ja hernettä (2017)
- Pirkanmaan Alta: Arkeologisia Tutkimuksia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ancient Fields in the Medieval Village of Mankby in Espoo (2016)
- Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Domestic Animals and Plants in Finnish Medieval Church Wall Paintings from zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical perspective (2016)
- Finskt Museum
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Patterns of Everyday life. Archaeobotanical Research in the Medieval Village of Mankby (2016) Mankby – A Deserted Medieval Village on the Coast of Southern Finland Lempiäinen-Avci Mia
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Sinebrychoffien empiresohva kätkee sisälleen merkittävää kasvihistoriaa (2016)
- Verhoilija : Suomen verhoilijamestarien liiton julkaisu
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Käymäläkaivaus – harvinaista herkkua. Uusia tutkimustuloksia Ruotsinsalmen historiaan (2014)
- Muinaistutkija
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Tattaria ja hirssiä sotilaiden ruokana 1790-luvun Ruotsinsalmen merilinnoituksessa (2014)
- Taapeli : Kymenlaakson museon tiedotuslehti
(E1 Popularised article) - Espoo Mankby, keskiaikaisen kylätontin kasvijäännetutkimukset (2013) Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
(Other publication) - Greece, Arachamiai Agia Paraskevi. Macrofossil analysis report (2013) Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
(Other publication) - Maatalouden historiaa arkeologisen eläinluututkimuksen ja kasvijäännetutkimuksen mukaan (2013)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pirkkala, Tursiannotko – Rautakauden asuinpaikan makrofossiilitutkimukset (2013) Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
(Other publication) - Saiganruokaa ja rikkaruohojen jälkeläisiä – Viljalajimme ovat alunperin Lähi-idän heiniä. Niiden kantalajeihin voi törmätä esimerkiksi lomamatkalla Turkissa (2013)
- Länsi-Suomi
(Other publication) - Vrouw Maria 1700-luvun hollantilainen kauppa-alus. Kasvijäännetutkimukset (2013) Mia Lempiäinen-Avci
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