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Aleksandra Laura Pach, PhD Fellow

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I investigate the computational approaches for inferring dietary signals from aDNA samples. Part of the ERC project “AlpGen”.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, diet/food/foodways, digital archaeology, technology, human evolution

Amalie Skovmøller, Associate Professor

Art history, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies

My research centers on sculpture, white marble, aesthetics and whiteness in the reception of Antiquity from the 18th century onwards.

Keywords: art/aesthetics, material culture, experimental archaeology, inequality

Anders Johannes Hansen, Professor, Head of Department

Geogenetics, Globe Institute

Applying DNA techniques on complex sample types and ancient specimens to disclose evolutionary, forensic and archaeological questions.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, environmental archaeology, health/disease

Anne Jörgensen-Lindahl, PhD Fellow

Centre for the Study of Early Agricultural Societies, Department of Cross Cultural and Regional Studies

Keywords: material culture, technology, experimental archaeology, quantitative archaeology

Annette Rathje, Associate Professor Emeritus

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

My research focuses on interconnection, interaction and communication among peoples of the Mediterranean in the ninth to sixth centuries BCE.

Keywords: architecture, material culture, visual culture

Asta Salicath Halvorsen, PhD Fellow

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

My research focuses on worked bone, perishable materials, and gender in prehistoric Southwest Asia.

Keywords: archaeological theory, material culture, palaeoarchaeology, technology, textiles/cloth culture

Aurore Monnereau, MSCA Postdoc

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

MSCA Postdoc fellow of ‘THAIS’ project, looking at the impact of the Greek colonisation / aDNA, Human populations history, Mediterranean

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human remains, health/disease, human evolution, ethics

Birgit Anette Rasmussen, Professor

Indo-European, Roots of Europe, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

Indo-Europeanist interested in archaeolinguistics, textile and dairy terminology, IE religion, family and social structure.

Keywords: archaeolinguistics, manuscripts/ancient text, textiles/cloth culture

Camilla Mazzucato, Postdoc

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Anthropologist and archaeologist working with Network Science methods in the Neolithic of Southwest Asia.

Keywords: digital archaeology, archaeological theory, material culture, quantitative archaeology

Chiara Villa, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Advanced Imaging and 3D modelling, Department of Forensic Medicine

I study human bones to interpret how they change with age, diseases and traumas using 3D imaging techniques and quantitative methods.

Keywords: osteoarchaeology, human remains, technology, digital archaeology

Christophe Helmke, Associate Professor

Native American Languages and Culture, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies

Focused on Mesoamerican writing systems, speleoarchaeology and settlement archaeology

Keywords: manuscripts/ancient texts, material culture, digital archaeology, landscapes, archaeolinguistics

Eline Lorenzen, Professor

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

Faunal diversity and dynamics, and human-faunal interactions, using palaeogenomics and stable isotope analysis of zooarchaeological remains

Keywords: zooarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology

Elsa Yvanez, Associate Professor

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo Institute

Textile production, dress practices and funerary use of textiles in ancient Egypt and Sudan. PI of Fashioning Sudan, ERC 101039416.

Keywords: textiles/cloth culture, technology, material culture, mortuary archaeology

Emma Vitale, PhD Fellow

Geogenetics, Globe Institute and Department of Health and Nature, University of Greenland

My research focuses on the long-term human exploitation of the domesticated dog in Greenland and the dog sledding culture.

Keywords: material culture, technology, experimental archaeology, heritage studies

Eva Andersson Strand, Professor

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo institute

Research based on recording and analyses of prehistoric cloth-cultures combined with context analyses and experimental/digital methods

Keywords: textiles/cloth culture, environmental archaeology, digital archaeology, experimental archaeology

Evan Levine, PhD Fellow

Biblical Exegesis, Faculty of Theology

Landscape archaeology of Aegean islands, focusing on long-term occupation, resource exploitation, and material culture of unfree populations

Keywords: landscapes, digital archaeology, inequality, archaeological theory, material culture

Felicia Fricke, Postdoc

Archaeology and History, Saxo Institute

Archaeology and history of the eastern Caribbean with specialisations in osteology, excavation, ethics, and (postcolonial) theory.

Keywords: osteoarchaeology, ethics, archaeological theory, inequality

Fernando Racimo, Associate Professor

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I work at the intersection of evolutionary genomics, statistics, ecology and archaeology, with an emphasis on spatio-temporal modelling.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human evolution, quantitative archaeology, digital archaeology, mobilities

Florian Wöller, Associate Professor

Church History, Faculty of Theology

I study written, visual, and archeological evidence of urban ritual movement (e.g. processions) and its ‘spacing’ of urbanity between 300 and 700 CE.

Keywords: rituals, visual culture, material culture, mobilities, manuscripts/ancient texts

Frederik Valeur Seersholm, Assistant Professor

Geogenetics, Globe Institute

I study the spread and diversity of ancient humans and their pathogens with a focus on kinship patterns, familial relations and plague transmission routes in the Neolithic.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, health/disease, human evolution, zooarchaeology

Frido Welker, Associate Professor

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

My research focuses on studying human evolution across the last one million years through the study of ancient proteins and associated biomolecules.

Keywords: human evolution, biomolecular archaeology, zooarchaeology, human remains

Gabriele Scorrano, Assistant Professor

Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Globe Institute

I am a molecular anthropologist who studies the evolution of our species by the analysis of ancient biomolecules: DNA and proteins.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human evolution, diet/food/foodways, mobilities

Gabriella Cirucci, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Greek and Roman Sculpture; Reuse and Collecting in Classical Antiquity; History of Collections; Marble provenance

Keywords: visual culture, art/aesthetics, heritage studies, digital archaeology

Gustav Hejlesen Solberg, PhD Fellow

Saxo Institute and Nationalmuseet, Vikingeborgen Trelleborg

Historian and Archaeologist studying the use and development of weapon technologies in Viking Age Denmark

Keywords: experimental archaeology, technology, manuscripts/ancient texts

Guus Kroonen, Professor (mso)

Indo-European, Roots of Europe, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

I study the Indo-European language family, also focusing on interdisciplinary aspects such as the relevant archaeology and genetics.

Keywords: archaeolinguistics, biomolecular archaeology

Hannes Schroeder, Associate Professor

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

Ancient genomics, bioarchaeology, and the history of human infectious diseases. PI of the ERC project “AlpGen”.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, health/disease, human remains, ethics

Henriette Roued, Associate Professor

Galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM), Department of Communication

Researching digital heritage: Intersecting heritage practice communities, open data and digitisation in the GLAM sector

Keywords: digital archaeology, heritage studies, ethics, inequality

Ida Hornung, PhD Fellow

Art history and visual culture, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies

My project From Gold to Oblivion and Back examines the dynamic and temporary nature of monuments via a site and surface sensitive approach.

Keywords: visual culture, art/aesthetics, mobilities, material culture, heritage studies

Jan Dekker, PhD Fellow

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I investigate the proteins preserved in charred food residues as a way to learn more about diet in the past.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, diet/food/foodways

Jane Fejfer, Associate Professor

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

I work on visual culture and the role of imagery as a high register narrative in Roman society.

Keywords: visual culture, art/aesthetics , material culture, manuscripts/ancient texts

Joe Roe, External Researcher

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Computational archaeologist interested in the cultural evolution, economics and archaeoecology of the first farmers of Southwest Asia.

Keywords: digital archaeology, quantitative archaeology, environmental archaeology, palaeoarchaeology

Jonas Holm Jæger, PhD Fellow

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo Institute and Geobiology, Globe Institute

I study Viking Age sheep husbandry and wool production by combining zooarchaeology, palaeoproteomics and aDNA.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, zooarchaeology, textiles/cloth culture

Julia Heinen, Postdoc

Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe institute

Human-driven extinctions and introductions of animals and plants on tropical islands worldwide. Historical descriptions, excavations.

Keywords: diet/food/foodways, manuscripts/ancient texts, mobilities, zooarchaeology

Kathrin Gabler, Associate Professor

Egyptology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

I am an Egyptologist specialized in the Late Bronze Age, and the ancient worker’s village of Deir el-Medina.

Keywords: material culture, manuscripts/ancient texts, digital archaeology

Kristina Winther-Jacobsen, Associate Professor

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Cypriot archaeology, ceramics technology and use, mortuary practices, settlement ecology, resource strategies, early Athenian democracy

Keywords: material culture, landscapes, environmental archaeology, technology, quantitative archaeology

Laura Viñas Caron, Postdoc

Geobiology, Globe Institute and CTR, Saxo

Biomolecular archaeologist working with ancient DNA, proteins and isotopes interested in past diets and plant-animal domestication

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, zooarchaeology, textiles/cloth culture, diet/food/foodways

Laurits Skov, Assistant Professor

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I study present-day and ancient human genomes. I am interested in the parts of our genomes that we inherited from Neanderthals/Denisovans

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, health/disease, human evolution, human remains, palaeoarchaeology

Leire Torres Iglesias, Postdoc

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

My research focuses on studying Palaeolithic human subsistence strategies by combining zooarchaeology and ancient protein analysis.

Keywords: zooarchaeology, human evolution, biomolecular archaeology, diet/food/foodways

Liam Thomas Lanigan, Postdoc

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I apply biomolecular approaches (aDNA, proteomics, and lipids) primarily to palaeopathology in the framework of culture contact.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human remains, health/disease

Lisa Yeomans, Associate Professor

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Zooarchaeologist with expertise in mammals, birds and fish. Also worked extensively as a field archaeologist across SW Asia and beyond.

Keywords: zooarchaeology, environmental archaeology, digital archaeology, quantitative archaeology

Louise Le Meillour, Postdoc

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I am a biomolecular archaeologist focusing on past human populations subsistence strategies in constrained arid environments.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, diet/food/foodways, zooarchaeology, human evolution

Luise Ørsted Brandt, Associate Professor

Geobiology, Globe Institute

I am trained in Scandinavian archaeology and specialised in the analysis of textiles, skin, fur and bones by biomolecular and archaeological methods.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, textiles/cloth culture, zooarchaeology, heritage studies, material culture

Mads Kildegaard Nielsen, PhD Fellow

Greenlandic and Arctic Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

My research focuses on the impact of sociopolitical and theoretical dynamics in the study of arctic cultures.

Keywords: archaeological theory, heritage studies, material culture, ethics

Magdalena Wozniak, Postdoc

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo Institute

Textile production and consumption, visual expression of identity in the Middle Nile Valley. Funerary textiles. Chemical analyses.

Keywords: textiles/cloth culture, material culture, mortuary archaeology, landscapes, experimental archaheology

Magie Aiken, PhD Fellow

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

My research interests center around biomolecular analyses of animal remains to examine exploitation and ecosystem changes.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, zooarchaeology, diet/food/foodways, environmental archaeology

Margaréta Hanna Pintér, PhD Fellow

Prehistoric Archaeology, Centre for Sustainable Futures, Saxo Institute

I study the naturecultures of the Scottish island of North Ronaldsay through a critical heritage studies and speculative care ethics lens.

Keywords: heritage studies, ethics, landscapes, archaeological theory, material culture

Marie Louise S. Jørkov, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Biological Anthroplogy, ArchaeoScience, Globe Institute

I study and interpret human remains with particular focus on health, disease and trauma (palaeopathology) as well as dietary studies.

Keywords: human remains, health/disease, osteoarchaeology, diet/food/foodways, biomolecular archaeology

Marie-Louise Bech Nosch, Professor

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo Institute

Professor in ancient Greek history, specialized in Aegean scripts and textiles

Keywords: manuscripts/ancient texts, textiles/cloth culture, technology

Marie-Louise Jahn Hansen, PhD Fellow

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

The city Soli, Cyprus, as gateway of trade during the Hellenistic and Roman period via ceramics from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition.

Keywords: material culture, heritage studies, diet/food/foodways, mobilities

Matthew Collins, Professor

Geobiology, Globe Institute

Ancient proteins and how to use them to explore aspects of diagenesis, survival, of past lives, diets, health and craft

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, manuscripts/ancient texts, diet/food/foodways, health/disease

Matthew Larsen, Associate Professor

Biblical Exegesis, Faculty of Theology

I research early Christians in the Roman world, especially the archaeology of prisons and incarceration.

Keywords: material culture, mobilities, digital archaeology, architecture

Mikkel Holger Strander Sinding, Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

Addressing interdisciplinary questions across natural and cultural history combines genetics with paleontology, archaeology, and ecology, providing insights into species' responses to changes in culture or nature.

Keywords: textiles/cloth culture, material culture, biomolecular archaeology, zooarchaeology

Mikkel Johansen Nørtoft, Postdoc

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Combining archaeology, DNA, linguistics. Online multidisciplinary atlases. PhD: quantitative modelling of prehistoric grave wealth

Keywords: quantitative archaeology, archaeolinguistics, mortuary archaeology, inequality, mobilities, textiles/cloth culture

Miren Iraeta Orbegozo, PhD Fellow

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

Archaeogeneticist interested in integrating biomolecular and archaeological data to understand changes in social organisation, kinship practices and mobility patterns

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human remains, mobilities, ethics

Niels Lynnerup, Professor, Head of Department

Department of Forensic Medicine

My research areas are human skeletons, mummies and bog bodies: reconstructing past peoples and populations and their health and diseases

Keywords: osteoarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, human remains, biomolecular archaeology

Per Ole Rindel, Associate Professor

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Settlement archaeology within the Iron Age in Southern Scandinavia: settlement dynamics, fortifications and boarders in the landscape.

Keywords: digital archaeology, environmental archaeology, landscapes

Pernille Bangsgaard, Research Consultant

Geogenetics, Globe Institute

Zooarchaeologist focusing on the relationships between human societies and the animals they hunted, kept and eat, working in Denmark and the Near East.

Keywords: zooarchaeology, rituals, diet/food/foodways, environmental archaeology

Rachele Pierini, Senior Researcher

Centre for Textile Research, Saxo Institute

Philologist and linguist, specialized in the Aegean scripts of the Bronze Age and the diachrony of the Greek language

Keywords: archaeolinguistics, manuscripts/ancient texts, textiles/cloth culture

Rasmus Christensen, PhD Fellow

History, Saxo Institute

I study the use and management of local marine resources in British, Danish, and Dutch Leeward Islands colonies from ca. 1700 to 1850.

Keywords: diet/food/foodways, inequality, manuscripts/ancient texts, landscapes

Rebecca Bristow, PhD Fellow

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

As part of the project "A World without Images", I study figurative representations in Neolithic Europe.

Keywords: material culture, digital archaeology, rituals, mobilities

Rune Iversen, Associate Professor

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Neolithic and earliest Bronze Age with focus on Scandinavian and European relations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. Co-editor of DJA.

Keywords: material culture, mobilities, archaeolinguistics, biomolecular archaeology

Scott Haddow, External Lecturer

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Bioarchaeologist conducting research on human skeletal remains and funerary practices in SW Asia, Egypt and Sudan.

Keywords: human remains, osteoarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, digital archaeology

Stefanie Langaa Jensen, PhD Fellow

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

As part of the project ‘The Timeline – Applied Archaeology in Køge Nord’ I study the social impact of development-led archaeology in Denmark.

Keywords: material culture, archaeological theory, ethics, experimental archaeology, art/aesthetics

Susanne Kerner, Associate Professor

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Role of ritual and food in times of (political and social) crisis; Questions of gender and inequality in late Prehistory; Pottery studies

Keywords: rituals, diet/food/foodways, archaeological theory, material culture

Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen, Researcher

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I am a bioarchaeologist interested in the Stone Age of Southern Scandinavia and my focus is on extracting ancient DNA from chewed tar.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, mobilities, technology, environmental archaeology

Thomas Olander, Associate Professor

Indo-European, Roots of Europe, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

Historical linguist interested in the prehistory of Indo-European languages and the link between languages, archaeology and genetics.

Keywords: archaeolinguistics, manuscripts/ancient texts

Tim Flohr Sørensen, Associate Professor

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

I am a reactionary archaeologist, primarily working within contemporary archaeology and epistemology in the humanities.

Keywords: archaeological theory, landscapes, art/aesthetics, material culture

Tobias Richter, Associate Professor

Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

My research focuses on the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic, southwest Asia, origins of agriculture, lithic technology, social archaeology, archaeology and politics.

Keywords: diet/food/foodways, landscapes, material culture, palaeoarchaeology, technology

Tuuli Kasso, Postdoc

Geobiology, Globe Institute and Church History, University of Helsinki

Heritage scientist; polychromy and ancient craft; the sourcing, trade and use of materials; from ancient Egypt to late Medieval

Keywords: heritage studies, material culture, technology, biomolecular archaeology

Valeska Becker, Postdoc

Prehistoric Archaeology, Saxo Institute

I am interested in human-animal interactions in prehistory and figural art. Currently Postdoc in the project "A World without Images".

Keywords: material culture, zooarchaeology, rituals, diet/food/foodways

Wolfgang Filser, Assistant Professor (TT)

Classical Archaeology, Saxo Institute

Ancient art and architecture, aesthetics, theory of art and the relations of Roman maritime architecture, landscape and visual arts.

Keywords: architecture, visual cultures, material culture, art/aesthetics

Zandra Fagernäs, Postdoc

Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute

I am an archaeological scientist, and my research focuses on developing palaeoproteomic methods for the study of Pleistocene skeletal proteomes.

Keywords: biomolecular archaeology, human evolution, human remains

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