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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- Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Non-Normative Burials in Finland in the Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries AD (2020) The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange. Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials Moilanen Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Udmurttien esivanhemmat – Kaman ja Permin alueiden rautakautisia kulttuureja (2020)
- Kalmistopiiri
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Alustavia tuloksia kalmistokaivauksista Valkeakoskella 2017-2018 (Preliminary results from cemetery excavations at Valkeakoski in 2017-2018) (2019)
- Pirkanmaan Alta: Arkeologisia Tutkimuksia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - En dukat funnen vid byn Kauttua i Eura sn - ett guldmyntsfynd från Satakunta (2019)
- Myntstudier: Mynttidskriften på Internet
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Karva- ja turkisjäänteitä Tampereen Vilusenharjun haudasta II (Hair and fur remains from grave II at Vilusenharju cemetery in Tampere) (2019)
- Pirkanmaan Alta: Arkeologisia Tutkimuksia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kuolema ja tuonpuoleinen (2019) Suomalaisen kuoleman historia Koski Kaarina, Moilanen Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Rautakautisten hautojen pääsiäissuuntaus on ylitulkintaa : [keskustelua] (2019)
- Muinaistutkija
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Terveyslähteet historiallisen ajan muinaisjäännöksinä (2019)
- Suomen Museo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Yleisökaivauksen suunnittelun ja toteutuksen hyvät käytännöt (2019)
- Muinaistutkija
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Facing the Earth for Eternity? Prone Burials in Early Medieval and Medieval Finland (c. AD 900 – 1300) (2018)
- Archaeological Review from Cambridge
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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