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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- Rautakautisia löytöjä Hämeen museon kokoelmissa (2022)
- Pirkanmaan Alta: Arkeologisia Tutkimuksia
(E1 Popularised article) - ‘The Color of the Grave is Green’ – Moss and Juniper in Early Medieval Graves at Toppolanmäki, Finland (2022)
- Environmental Archaeology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Toppolanmäki – Pienen yhteisön kalmisto 1100–1200-luvulta (2022)
- Sääksmäki
(E1 Popularised article) - Lectio praecursoria: Arkeologinen hautatutkimus monisyisen menneisyyden jäljillä (2021)
- Thanatos - Suomalaisen Kuolemantutkimuksen Verkkojulkaisu
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Mitä tarkoittaa ihmisjäännösten kunnioittava kohtelu? (2021)
- Muinaistutkija
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Muinaismuistomatkailua Huittisissa: Hirvenpään kotikonnuilta kirkollisille kohteille (2021)
- Kalmistopiiri
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - New tools for studying Finnish archaeology and Uralic languages (2021)
- Antiquity
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Nykypäivän tasa-arvokysymysten ja arkeologisen tutkimuksen yhtymäkohdassa (2021)
- Muinaistutkija
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Variations in Inhumation Burial Customs in Southern Finland (AD 900–1400) : Case studies from Häme and Upper Satakunta (2021) Moilanen Ulla
(G5 Article dissertation ) - An Early Medieval sword with unique inlays from Finland (2020)
- Fennoscandia Archaeologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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