A biomoleculare and digital analysis of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery of Newark Castle
The 80-90 Anglo-Saxon human skeletal remains curated at Newark and Sherwood county archive in Newark have been stored away in boxes since the early to mid 1990’s. These remains are now getting analysed to determine age, sex, stature and any trauma. After the initial analysis they will go through isotope analysis to determine diet and migrational patterns. However, this project also aims to create a new way of digitally exhibiting these remains to you, the public.
Picture: Freeboprich, via Wikimedia Commons
About the researcher
Tanja Karlsen is a Norwegian archaeologist and full-time PhD student at ARU in Cambridge. Originally from Tromsø, she now lives in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire with her husband and 8 year old daughter.
She completed her BA at The Arctic University of Norway in 2014, gained commercial field experience across the UK, and earned an MSc in Palaeopathology from Durham University in 2016. She now combines doctoral research with teaching support in the ARU anthropology labs.
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