The main carbohydrate in milk is lactose, which must be hydrolyzed to glucose and
galactose before the sugars can be digested. While 65% or more of the total human …

CONTEXT The escalating sustainability problems of the current agrifood regime call for a
radical, systemic transformation. Such a transformation implies a move into a new stability …

How could a woman be three times accused of witchcraft and go on running a successful
farmstead? Why would men use a frying pan for cattle magic? Why did witches keep talking …

Lack of documentation on past harvest fluctuations limits the exploration of long-term trends
in crop production and agricultural adaptation strategies. A long-term perspective is needed …

This article provides a novel method for estimating historical population development. We
review the previous literature on historical population time-series estimates and propose a …

Tutkimushankkeen tavoitteena oli kartoittaa ja luoda toimintamalleja alkuperäisten
kotieläinrotujen eli maatiaisrotujen säilyttämiseksi. Vastausta etsittiin kysymyksiin: millaisia …

This article aims to study the history of goats (Capra hircus) in Finland using a multisource
approach combining zooarchaeological data with evidence from written sources, the Silver …

This article examines the modernization of northern Finnish food culture, especially in 17th-
and 18th-century urban Oulu, by applying the methods of archaeology and history research …

This paper is a synthesis of zooarchaeological evidence from 27 medieval and post-
medieval sites from Finland. These faunal samples derive from rural, town, manor, castle …

This dissertation and the four separate articles contained therein examine Finnish pastors as
builders of the Swedish state from the 1550s to the 1610s. The subject is studied from three …