Publications

Related publications by members of the group/project

2023

Moilanen U, Paasikivi S. Source discrepancies in post-medieval archaeology – a case study of crypt burials at Seili church, Finland. Mortality, doi:10.1080/13576275.2023.2174840, 2023.

Peltola S, Majander K, Makarov N., Dobrovolskaya M., Nordqvist K, Salmela E. & Onkamo P. Genetic admixture and language shift in the medieval Volga-Oka interfluve. Current Biology 33(1), 174-182.e10, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.036, 2023.

2022

Moilanen U, Kirkinen T, Saari N-J, Rohrlach AB, Krause J, Onkamo P & Salmela E. A Woman with a Sword? – Weapon grave at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, Finland. European Journal of Archaeology, 25(1), 42–60, https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2021.30, 2022.

Moilanen U, Juhola T, Pätsi S, Vanhanen S, Alenius T. The Color of the Grave is Green’ – Moss and Juniper in Early Medieval Graves at Toppolanmäki, Finland. Environmental Archeology, epub ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2022.2083927, 2022.

Scott A, Reinhold S, Hermes T, Kalmykov AA, Belinskiy A, Buzhilova A, Berezina N, Kantorovich AR, Maslov VE, Guliyev F, Lyonnet B, Gasimov P, Jalilov B, Eminli J, Iskandarov E, Hammer E, Nugent S, Hagan R, Majander K, Onkamo P, Nordqvist K, Shishlina N, Kaverzneva E, Korolev AI, Khokhlov AA, Smolyaninov RV, Sharapova SV, Krause R, Karapetian M, Stolarzyk E, Krause J, Hansen S, Haak W, Warinner C. Emergence and intensification of dairying in the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6, 813–822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01701-6, 2022.

2021

Kocher A, Papac L, Barquera R, Key FM, Spyrou MA, Hübler R, Rohrlach AB, Aron F, Stahl R, Wissgott A, van Bömmel F, Pfefferkorn M, Mittnik A, Villalba-Mouco V, Neumann GU, Rivollat M, van de Loosdrecht MS, Majander K,… Krause J, Kühnert D. Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution. Science 374, Issue 6564, pp. 182-188. DOI: 10.1126/science.abi5658, 2021.

Moilanen U, Pesonen P, Norvik M, Saipio J, Vesakoski O, Immonen V, Onkamo P. New tools for studying Finnish archaeology and Uralic languages. Antiquity, 95(383). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.113, 2021.

2020

Lindstedt JS, Salmela E. Migrations and language shifts as components of the Slavic spread. In: New Perspectives on the Early Slavs and the Rise of Slavic – Contact and Migrations. Klír T, Boček V, Jansens N (eds.), pp. 275-299. Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2020, 351 p. ISBN 978-3-8253-7751-9 (electronic), 978-3-8253-4707-9 (hardcover), 2020.

Majander K, Pfrengle S, Neukamm J, Kocher A, du Plessis L, Pla-Díaz M, Arora N, Akgül G, Salo K, Schats R, Inskip S, Oinonen M, Valk H, Malve M, Kriiska A, Onkamo P, González-Candelas F, Kühnert D, Krause J, Schuenemann VJ. Ancient bacterial genomes reveal a high diversity of Treponema pallidum strains in early modern Europe. Current Biology, 30(19), 3788–3803.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.058, 2020.

Oinonen M, Alenius T, Arppe L, Bocherens H, Etu-Sihvola H, Helama S, Huhtamaa H, Lahtinen M, Mannermaa K, Onkamo P, Palo J, Sajantila A, Salo K, Sundell T, Vanhanen S, Wessman A. Buried in water, burdened by nature – Resilience carried the Iron Age otherworld through Fimbulvinter. PloS One, 15(4), e0231787–e0231787. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231787, 2020. 

2019

Översti SMajander KSalmela ESalo KArppe LBelskiy SEtuSihvola HLaakso VMikkola EPfrengle SPutkonen MTaavitsainen J-PVuoristo KWessman ASajantila AOinonen MHaak WSchuenemann VJKrause JPalo JUOnkamo PMitochondrial DNA lineages in IronAge Fennoscandia suggest incipient admixture and eastern introduction of farmingrelated maternal ancestry. Scientific Reports 9(1), 16883–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51045-8, 2019.

2018

Lamnidis TC*, Majander K*, Jeong C, Salmela E, Wessman A, Moiseyev V, Khartanovich V, Balanovsky O, Ongyerth M, Weihmann A, Sajantila A, Kelso J, Pääbo S, Onkamo P, Haak W, Krause J, Schiffels S. The ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe. Nature Communications, 9(1), 5018–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07483-5, 2018.

2017

Översti S, Onkamo P, Stoljarova M, Budowle B, Sajantila A, Palo JU. Identification and analysis of mtDNA genomes attributed to Finns reveal long-stagnant demographic trends obscured in the total diversity. Scientific Reports 7(1), 6193–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05673-7, 2017.

2015

Neuvonen A, Putkonen M, Översti S, Sundell T, Sajantila A, Onkamo P, Palo JU. Vestiges of an ancient border in the contemporary genetic diversity in North-Eastern Europe. PloS One10(7), e0130331–e0130331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130331, 2015.

2014

Cramp L, Evershed R, Lavento M, Halinen P, Mannermaa K, Oinonen M, Kettunen J, Perola M, Onkamo P, Heyd V. Neolithic dairy farming at the extreme of agriculture in northern Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences281(1791), 20140819–20140819. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0819, 2014.

Bos KI, Harkins KM, Herbig A, Coscolla M, Weber N, Comas I, Forrest SA, Bryant JM, Harris SR, Schuenemann VJ, Campbell TJ, Majander K, Wilbur AK, Guichon RA, Wolfe Steadman DL, Cook DC, Niemann S, Behr MA, Zumarraga M, Bastida R, Huson D,  Nieselt K, Young D, Parkhill J, Buikstra JE, Gagneux S, Stone AC, Krause J. Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis. Nature (London), 514(7253), 494–497. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13591, 2014.

Sundell T, Kammonen J, Halinen P, Pesonen P, Onkamo P. Archaeology, genetics and a population bottleneck in prehistoric Finland. Antiquity 88(342), 1132–1147. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00115364, 2014.

Oinonen M, Pesonen P, Alenius TH, Heyd V, Holmqvist-Saukkonen E, Kivimäki S-M, Sundell T, Nygren T, Onkamo P. Event reconstruction through Bayesian chronology: Massive mid-Holocene lake-burst triggered large-scale ecological and cultural change. Holocene (Sevenoaks), 24(11), 1419–1427. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614544049, 2014.

Salmela, E. The (im)possibilities of genetics in studies of population history. In Fibula Fabula Fact: Defining and Contextualizing the Viking Age in Finland, pp. 347-360. Studia Fennica Historica, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki, 2014, 519 p. ISBN 978-952-222-603-7, 2014.

Prior to 2014 (selection)

Onkamo P, Kammonen J, Pesonen P, Sundell T, Moltchanova E, Oinonen M, Haimila M. Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis of radiocarbon dates from Eastern Fennoscandia. Radiocarbon 54(3-4), 649-659. doi:10.1017/S0033822200047329, 2014.

 

Non-refereed scientific publications

Moilanen U., Paasikivi S. Seilin kirkon hautakammio arkeologisten ja kirjallisten lähteiden valossa. Kalmistopiiri, 17.5.2023.

Salmela, E. Olenko sukua Euran emännälle? Kalmistopiiri, 23.8.2022.

Peltola, S. Mikä ihmeen muinais-DNA? – Monitieteisen menetelmän perusteita. Kalmistopiiri, 12.4.2022.

Salmela, E. Ruhtinas ja ruhtinaan pojat – paljastavatko geenit Venäjän perustajana pidetyn Rurikin alkuperän? Kalmistopiiri, 27.10.2021.

Salmela E, Översti S. Muinais-DNA:n käyttö menneisyyden tutkimiseen. [Using ancient DNA to study the past.] To appear in: Luihin ja ytimiin – Tutkimuksia Luistarin kalmistosta (in press). Etu-Sihvola H, Moilanen U, Therus J (eds). Sigillum, Turku.

Översti S, Salmela E. Muinais-DNA-analyysin tuloksia Luistarista. [Ancient-DNA results from the Luistari burial site.] To appear in: Luihin ja ytimiin – Tutkimuksia Luistarin kalmistosta (in press). Etu-Sihvola H, Moilanen U, Therus J (eds). Sigillum, Turku.

Moilanen, U. Nykypäivän tasa-arvokysymysten ja arkeologisen tutkimuksen yhtymäkohdassa (Editorial). Muinaistutkija 3/2021: 1.

Peltola, S. Muinaista DNA:ta maaperästä. Kalmistopiiri, 5.12.2020.

Onkamo P, Majander K, Peltola S, Salmela E, Nordqvist K. Ancient human genes of North-Eastern Europe. Transactions of the Institute for the History of Material Culture 20: 25–34, 2019. DOI: 10.31600/2310-6557-2019-20-25-34.

 

Popular scientific writings

Salmela, E. Lukijan kysymys: Mitä DNA kertoo Suomen alueen varhaisimmista asuttajista? Kalmistopiiri, 26.7.2023.

Moilanen U, Salmela E. 2022. What can graves tell us about gender identity? Science Journal for Kids, 6/2022.

Peltola S, Salmela E. Tuloksia Suotniemen vainajien perimän analyyseistä. [Results from the genetic analyses of the ancient individuals from Suotniemi.] In Kotikylämme Suotniemi. Uotila M (ed.), pp. 69-71. Suotniemeläiset ry, Lahti 2021, 449 p. ISBN 978-952-94-5631-4.

Moilanen, U. Ensimmäisiä muinais-DNA-tutkimuksia Suomesta. Arkeologia NYT 2020: 15-17.

Peltola, S. Lukijan kysymys: Mistä kaikesta voisi saada ihmisen muinais-DNA:ta Suomessa? Kalmistopiiri, 13.12.2020.

Moilanen U, Salmela E. Lukijan kysymys: Onko geenitutkimusten perusteella alkuperäiskansoja? Kalmistopiiri, 17.10.2020.

Moilanen, U. Lukijan kysymys: Mikä on Mikkelin Tuukkalan kalmiston tutkimustilanne? Kalmistopiiri, 20.12.2019.

Salmela, E. Lukijan kysymys: Onko suomalaisten perimä lähimpänä Euroopan alkuperäisväestöä? Kalmistopiiri, 4.12.2019.

Onkamo, P. Mitä geenit kertovat suomalaisten alkuperästä? In: Kaikki vapaudesta, pp. 197-211. Gaudeamus, Helsinki, 2017.

 

Theses

Saari, N-J. The genetic makeup and social organisation in Early Medieval coastal Southwest Finland. Master’s thesis, accepted with the best possible grade in the University of Helsinki, 2022. The thesis work will also be published as an A1 Journal article.

Majander, K. Archaeogenetic Perspectives on Population History and Health in Northeastern Fennoscandia. PhD thesis, University of Tübingen, Germany, 2021.

Moilanen, U. Variations in Inhumation Burial Customs in Southern Finland (AD 900–1400): Case studies from Häme and Upper Satakunta. PhD thesis, University of Turku, 2021.

Översti, S. Bayesian adventures among human mitochondrial lineages. PhD thesis, University of Helsinki, 2021. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-7171-9.

Suhonen, S. Geneettisen sukulaisuuden määritysmenetelmät ja niiden soveltuvuus muinais-DNA-tutkimukseen. Bachelor’s thesis, University of Helsinki, 2020.

Peltola, S. Ancient DNA screening from Finnish Stone Age sediments. Master’s thesis, University of Helsinki, 2019.

d’Aurelio, A. Preliminary genetic analyses of ancient individuals from the archeological site of Luistari in South-Western Finland. Master’s thesis, University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, 2019.

Översti, S. Äitilinjojen fylogeneettinen hienorakenne suomalaisilla – metsästäjä-keräilijät vs. maanviljelijät. Master’s thesis, University of Turku, 2014.

Salmela, E. Genetic structure in Finland and Sweden: aspects of population history and gene mapping. PhD thesis (article-based), University of Helsinki, 2012, 136 p. ISBN 978-952-10-8191-0.

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