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Cecilie Cordua Mattsson returns to ADBOU as Research Assistant – Sara Næss Elleskov left her position in ADBOU. She is now a phd-student in Greenland. Rik...
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Main topic: Bioarchaeology – Excavation of skeletons – planning, potentials, methods, ethics – Place: U47, gydehutten campus (second tram stop...
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July 2023 Jesper L. Boldsen long time head and founder of ADBOU has retired. New head of the collection and research unit is Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen....
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April 2024 From July 2024 we will start the work on a larger project involving development and application of a database that will aid in the digitalization of ...
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April 2024 The cleaning and moving of all 9,000 boxes with skeletal remains in the ADBOU collection has come to and end. The skeletons have been moved from the ...
ADBOU is the Unit of Anthropology at the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark in Odense. We are one of two state institutions in Denmark that curates human skeletal remains from archaeological excavations. In the collection we store more than 16,000 skeletons from all time periods with focus on medieval to early modern times (approx. AD 800 – 1800).
At ADBOU we offer advice before, during and after the excavation of skeletons. We examine skeletons for basic data collection and as part of research projects. We use the skeletons for teaching of students, school children and others with interest in human health, biology and life in the past. Furthermore, we handle the forensic anthropological cases brought to the Department of Forensic Medicine.
