Unit of Forensic Anthropology

Research output

Research output per year 1990 1997 2002 2003 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2019

• 255 Journal article
• 108 Book chapter
• 13 Report chapter
• 7 Article in proceedings
• 26 More
  • 5 Book
  • 4 Letter
  • 4 Review
  • 3 Poster
  • 2 Conference abstract for conference
  • 2 Conference article
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Ph.D. thesis
  • 1 Comment
  • 1 Preface/postscript
  • 1 Conference abstract in journal
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2007

  Mummies

  Lynnerup, N., 2007, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl 45, p. 162-90 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Mummies 100%
  • funeral 71%
  • ritual 67%
  • key technology 43%
  • cultural history 39%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• New Information on the Stone Age Graves at Dragsholm, Denmark

  Petersen, E. B., Ambrose, S. H., Bennike, P., Heinemeier, J., Noe-Nygaard, N., Vang Petersen, P., Price, T. D. & Richards, M. P., 2007, In: Acta Archaeologica. 78, 2, p. 193-219 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Population plasticity in Southern Scandinavia -from oysters and fish to gruel and meat248

  Bennike, P., Alexandersen, V., Cohen, M. N. & Crane-Kramer, M. M., 2007, Ancient Health. Skeletal indicators of Agricultural and Economical Intensification. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, p. 130-148 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• The Composition of Mesolithic Food. Evidence From the Submerged Settlement on the Argus Bank, Denmark250

  Fischer, A., Richard, M., Olsen, J., Robinson, D., Bennike, P., Kubiak-Martens, L. & Heinemeier, J., 2007, In: Acta Archaeologica. 78, 2, p. 163-178 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  15 Citations (Scopus)

• The last Viking King: A royal maternity case solved by ancient DNA analysis

  Dissing, J., Binladen, J., Hansen, A. J., Sejrsen, B., Willerslev, E. & Lynnerup, N., 2007, In: Forensic Science International. 166, 1, p. 21-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  20 Citations (Scopus)

• The survival of PCR-amplifiable DNA in cow leather15

  Vuissoz, A., Worobey, M., Odegaard, N., Bunce, M., Machado, C. A., Lynnerup, N., Peacock, E. E. & Gilbert, T., 2007, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 34, 5, p. 823-829 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Variability of bodily measures of normally dressed people using PhotoModeler® Pro

  Larsen, P. K., Lynnerup, N., Hansen, L. & Simonsen, E. B., 2007, Videometrics IX (Proceedings of SPIE). Beraldin, J. A., Remondino, F. & Shortis, M. R. (eds.). SPIE, p. 6491 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Visualiseringsteknikker i biomekanikken244

  Lynnerup, N., Simonsen, E. & Hansen, L. K., 2007, Lærebog i biomekanik. København: Handelshøjskolens Forlag, p. 173-179 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
• 2006

  Ancient Trepanations and Differential Diagnoses- A Re-evaluation of Skeletal Remains from Denmark

  Bennike, P., Piek, J. & Terberger, T., 2006, Frühe Spuren der Gewalt - Schädelverletzungen und Wundversorgung an prähistorischen Menschenresten aus interdisciplinärer Sicht.. Scwerin, p. 107-114 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Assessment of age at death by microscopy: Unbiased quantification of secondary osteons in femoral cross sections

  Lynnerup, N., Frohlich, B. & Thomsen, J. L., 15 May 2006, In: Forensic Science International. 159 Suppl 1, p. 100-3 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Haversian System 100%
  • quantification 74%
  • Microscopy 55%
  • Thigh 53%
  • death 48%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Biomechanical analysis of rollator walking

  Alkjaer, T., Larsen, P. K., Pedersen, G., Nielsen, L. H. & Simonsen, E. B., 1 Jan 2006, In: BioMedical Engineering Online. 5, p. 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Walking 100%
  • Healthy Volunteers 19%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparison of handmarks in manual strangulation: an experimental study

  Kristensen, M. E., Lynnerup, N. & Sejrsen, B., 2006, In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. 51, 2, p. 381-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Hand 100%
  • Neck 40%
  • Paint 33%
  • Police 30%
  • Fingers 24%

• Diameter of the human internal acoustic meatus and sex determination

  Lynnerup, N., Schulz, M., Madelung, A. & Graw, M., 2006, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 16, 2, p. 118-123 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluation of post-mortem estimated dental age versus real age: a retrospective 21-year survey

  Reppien, K., Sejrsen, B. & Lynnerup, N., 15 Apr 2006, In: Forensic Science International. 159 Suppl 1, p. 84-8 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Tooth 100%
  • evaluation 63%
  • death 25%
  • Color 22%
  • restoration 8%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Human Ecology: A question of Balance! Interaction between Health and Environment - Past and Present.

  Bennike, P., Bodzsar, E. B. & Zsakai, A., 2006, Man and Environment: Trends and Challenges in Anthropology. Bucdapest, p. 11-22 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Rebellion, Combat and Massacre: A Medieval Mass Grave at Sandbjerg near Næstved in Denmark

  Bennike, P., Otto, T., Thrane, H. & Vandkilde, H., 2006, Warfare and Society. Archaeological and Social Anthropological Perspectives. 1 ed. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, Vol. 21. p. 305-318 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Shkârat Msaied: The 2005 Season of Excavations. A Short Preliminary Report

  Hermansen, B. D., Thuesen, I., Jensen, C. H., Kinzel, M., Petersen, M. B., Jørkov, M. L. S. & Lynnerup, N., 2006, In: Neo-Lithics. A newsletter of southwest Asian lithics research. 1, 06, p. 3-7 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• The effect of unbalanced demographic structure on marriage and fertility patterns in isolated populations: the case of Norse settlements in Greenland

  Bacco, M. D., Panta, L. D., D'Amore, P. F. G. & Lynnerup, N., 2006, In: Genus. LXII, 1, p. 97-119 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• The last Viking King: a royal maternity case solved by ancient DNA analysis

  Dissing, J., Binladen, J., Hansen, A., Sejrsen, B., Willerslev, E. & Lynnerup, N., 2006, In: Forensic Science International. 166, 1, p. 21-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • genetic test 82%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 49%
  • Mothers 29%
  • reasonable doubt 22%
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  A historical skull collection and its use in forensic odontology and anthropology

  Sejrsen, B., Lynnerup, N. & Hejmadi, M., 2005, In: Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology. 23 (2), p. 40-44

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  7 Citations (Scopus)

• An historical skull collection and its use in forensic odontology and anthropology

  Sejrsen, B., Lynnerup, N. & Hejmadi, M., 2005, In: Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology. 23, 2, p. 40-44 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Forensic Anthropology 100%
  • Skull 76%
  • Tooth 31%
  • Teaching 19%
  • Forensic Medicine 13%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Rudbeck, L., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Smith, C., Penkman, K. E. H., Prangenberg, K., Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Jans, M. E., Arthur, P., Lynnerup, N., Turner-Walker, G., Biddle, M., Kjolbye-Biddle, B. & Collins, M. J., 2005, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 32, 5, p. 785-793

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  86 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparison of Child Morbidity in Two Contrasting Medieval Cemeteries from Denmark

  Bennike, P., Lewis, M. E., Schutkowski, H. & Valentin, F., 2005, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128 (4), p. 734-746

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Contact, Cotinuity, and Collapse: The Norse Colonization of the North Atlantic

  Lynnerup, N., 2005, Contact, Cotinuity, and Collapse: The Norse Colonization of the North Atlantic. 41 (1) ed. Turnhout, Belgien, p. 67-69

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Hellegård - en gravplads fra omkring år 500 f.kr.

  Hornstrup, K. M., Overgaard, K. G., Andersen, S., Bennike, P., Mikkelsen, P. H. & Malmros, C., 2005, Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie 2002. p. 83-162

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Lateral angle: a method for sexing using the petrous bone

  Norén, A., Lynnerup, N., Czarnetzki, A. & Graw, M., 2005, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128, 2, p. 318-23 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Petrous Bone 100%
  • Body Remains 29%
  • Bone and Bones 14%
  • Temporal Bone 13%
  • acoustics 12%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• mtDNA analysis of human remains from an early Danish Christian cemetery

  Rudbeck, L., Gilbert, M. T. P., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Lynnerup, N., Christensen, T. & Dissing, J., 2005, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128, 2, p. 424-9 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Cemeteries 100%
  • cemetery 84%
  • Body Remains 80%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 66%
  • Scandinavia 26%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Person identification by gait analysis and photogrammetry

  Lynnerup, N. & Vedel, J., 2005, In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. 50, 1, p. 112-8 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Photogrammetry 100%
  • Gait Analysis 81%
  • Gait 62%
  • Leg 26%
  • Software 24%
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Radiocarbon dating of human remains in a forensic medical context

  Lynnerup, N., Bentzer, K. & Heinemeier, J., 2005, In: Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science. 11, p. 11-14

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Særling fra Sejrø?

  Fischer, A., Bennike, P. & Heinemeier, J., 2005, In: Beretning for Kalundborg og Omegns Museum. p. 64-68

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Skeletterne fra den middelalderlige ødekirkegård i Randers

  Harvig, L. L. & Bennike, P., 2005, Kulturhistorisk Museum Randers Årbog 2005.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• The Lateral Angle: A Method for Sexing Using the Petrous Bone

  Nóren, A., Lynnerup, N., Czarnetzki, A. & Graw, M., 2005, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128 (2), p. 318-323

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  36 Citations (Scopus)

• The Scientific Study of Mummies

  Lynnerup, N., 2005, The Scientific Study of Mummies. 32 (1) ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 88-89

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Thickness of the cranial trabecular bone layer in relation to age, sex and general body build

  Lynnerup, N., Astrup, J. G. & Sejrsen, B., 2005, In: Head & Face Medicine. 1, 13, p. 1-22

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Thickness of the human cranial diploe in relation to age, sex and general body build

  Lynnerup, N., Astrup, J. G. & Sejrsen, B., 2005, In: Head & Face Medicine. 1, p. 13 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Somatotypes 100%
  • Autopsy 32%
  • Weights and Measures 24%
  • Bone and Bones 22%
  • Skull 18%
  77 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Abscence of Yersinia pestis-specific dna in human teeth from five European excavations of putative plague victims

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Cuccui, J., White, W., Lynnerup, N., Titball, RW., Cooper, A. & Prentice, MB., 2004, In: Microbiology. 150, 2, p. 341-354

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  133 Citations (Scopus)

• Kirkegården i Kongemarken

  Christensen, T. & Lynnerup, N., 2004, Kristendommen i Danmark før år 1050. Roskilde: Roskilde Museum, p. 142-152

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Massegrave i Irak

  Jørkov, M. L. S., 2004, In: Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science. 10, 2, p. 45-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Massegrave i Irak

  Jørkov, M. L. S., 2004, In: Arkæologisk Forum. 11, p. 32-36

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Paleodemography of the Greenland Norse

  Lynnerup, N., 2004, Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the First Millenium. Canada: Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc. St. Johns, p. 133-144

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Response to Drancourt and Raoult

  Thomas, M., Gilbert, MTP., Cuccui, J., White, W., Lynnerup, N., Titball, RW., Cooper, A. & Prentice, MB., 2004, In: Microbiology. 150, p. 264-265

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Retsantropologi

  Lynnerup, N., 2004, Retsmedicin- Nordisk Lærebog. København: FADL's Forlag, p. 367-376

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education

• The effect of calcium and vitamin D3 supplementation on the healing of the proximal humerus fracture: a randomized placebo-controlled study

  Doetsch, A. M., Faber, J., Lynnerup, N., Wätjen, I., Bliddal, H. & Danneskiold-Samsøe, B., 2004, In: Calcified Tissue International. 75, 3, p. 183-8 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Cholecalciferol 100%
  • Humerus 96%
  • Vitamin D 60%
  • Placebos 59%
  • Calcium 59%
  96 Citations (Scopus)

• The Greenland Norse: Bones, graves, computers and dna

  Lynnerup, N. & Nørby, S., 2004, In: Polar Record. 40, 2, p. 107-111

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  6 Citations (Scopus)

• The Human Remains

  Bennike, P., 2004, Ribe Excavations 1970-76, vol 5. Højbjerg: Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab, p. 53-60

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• The variation of body proportions over a period of 7.000 years in Denmark

  Bennike, P., 2004, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. p. 62-62

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2003

  Age and Fractal Dimension of Human Sagittal and Coronal Sutures

  Lynnerup, N. & Brings Jakobsen, JC., 2003, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 121, p. 332-336

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Ancient Trepanations and Differential Diagnosis: A Re-Evaluation of Skeletal Remains from Denmark, Part 2: Trepanation in Europe

  Bennike, P., 2003, Trepanation, History, Discovery, Theory. Lisse, Abingdon, Exton(PA), Tokyo: Swets, p. 95-116

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Antropologiske undersøgelser 2001

  Bennike, P. & Lynnerup, N., 2003, Arkæologiske Udgravninger i Danmark 2001. København: Det arkæologiske Nævn, p. 343-350

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Bog Bodies: Bodies and skeletons from Danish Bogs. Do they tell the same story?

  Bennike, P., 2003, Mummies in a New Millenium. København: Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, p. 39 - 43

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research