Ulla Nordfors
ulla.nordfors@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4213-4061 |
Areas of expertise
Expertise in Late Iron Age, Medieval, and Early Modern burial customs and mortuary culture. Viking Age, Medieval and Post-Medieval Period. Interdisciplinary archaeology and scientific methods in archaeology.
Expertise in Late Iron Age, Medieval, and Early Modern burial customs and mortuary culture. Viking Age, Medieval and Post-Medieval Period. Interdisciplinary archaeology and scientific methods in archaeology.
Research community or research topic
I lead the KAROL project, which investigates an anatomical collection of human remains repatriated from Sweden to Finland using multidisciplinary methods.
I lead the KAROL project, which investigates an anatomical collection of human remains repatriated from Sweden to Finland using multidisciplinary methods.
Biography
PhD, Title of Docent in Bioarchaeology
(In 2024, my surname changed to a name that comes from my mother's side of the family.)
Publications 
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- Archaeogenetics reveals fine-scale genetic continuity and patterns of kinship and health in medieval Finland (2025)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Arkeogenetiikka yksilöllisten ominaisuuksien jäljillä (2025) Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen Nordfors, Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Early childhood diets in medieval and Post-Medieval Pälkäne, Finland: Insights from stable isotope analysis (2025)
- Journal of archaeological science : reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Haploryhmät – äiti- ja isälinjat kaukaa menneisyydestä (2025) Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen Onkamo, Päivi; Nordfors, Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Johdanto: Arkeogenetiikassa tiede, historia ja inhimillisyys yhdistyvät – mutta eivät ilman haasteita (2025) Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen Nordfors, Ulla; Meriluoto, Maj
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen (2025)
- Tietolipas
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Muinais-DNA osana terveyden ja sairauden monitieteistä arkeologista tutkimusta (2025) Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen Nordfors, Ulla; Paasikivi, Sofia
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Multi-isotopic evidence reveals the emergence of a cosmopolitan community at the Luistari cemetery in Eura, Finland, during the early Medieval period (600–1130 CE) (2025)
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Proteiinien tutkimus täydentää muinais-DNA:sta saatavaa tietoa (2025) Muinais-DNA: Avain menneisyyteen Nordfors, Ulla; Paasikivi, Sofia
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The Origins of Viking Age Dogs in Luistari, Eura, Finland (2025)
- International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA) (2024)
- Scientific Data
(A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal) - Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA (2024)
- Nature Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring materiality and sensory experience through Viking Age reenactment (2024)
- Time and Mind
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Näkökulmia keskiajan hautaustapojen variaatioon – Esimerkkinä Hämeenkosken Pyhän Laurin kirkko, Pälkäneen Pyhän Mikaelin kirkko ja Kökarin fransiskaanikirkko (2024)
- Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Sankasolki: Raudantyöstäjien symboli? - Ett bågformat järnspänne: en symbol för järnarbetare? (2024) Luihin ja ytimiin - Tutkimuksia ja tulkintoja Euran Luistarin kalmistosta / I märg och ben - Studier och tolkningar kring Luistari gravfält i Eura Moilanen Ulla
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Source discrepancies in post-medieval archaeology – a case study of crypt burials at Seili church, Finland (2024)
- Mortality
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Archaeology of Human–Animal Relations in Nineteenth- to Mid-Twentieth-Century Finland: Horse Burials and Cemeteries in Agrarian Landscapes (2024)
- Historical Archaeology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The inscribed silver disc brooch from the Tuukkala cemetery in Mikkeli (2024) Runes in Finland Moilanen, Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Tulkinta vs. todistusaineisto: Rautakauden ruumishaudat Eurassa - Tolkning vs bevismaterial: Skelettgravar från järnåldern i Eura (2024) Luihin ja ytimiin - Tutkimuksia ja tulkintoja Euran Luistarin kalmistosta / I märg och ben - Studier och tolkningar kring Luistari gravfält i Eura Moilanen Ulla
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Bonded by Pieces: Fragments as means of affirming kinship in Iron Age Finland (2023) Broken Bodies, Places and Objects: New Perspectives on Fragmentation in Archaeology Moilanen Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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