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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- 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) - (2024)
- Nature CommunicationsMortality
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
- Time and MindHistorical Archaeology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Näkökulmia keskiajan hautaustapojen variaatioon – Esimerkkinä Hämeenkosken Pyhän Laurin kirkko, Pälkäneen Pyhän Mikaelin kirkko ja Kökarin fransiskaanikirkkoThe inscribed silver disc brooch from the Tuukkala cemetery in Mikkeli2024
- 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)
(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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (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)
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