wˈɜːsɑː hæd bˈɪlt hɪz wˈɜːk ɔnðə faʊndˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈɛvɪdənsbˈeɪst kɹənˈɑːlədʒi baɪ kɹˈɪstʃən jˈuːədʒˌɛnsən tˈɑːmsən, hˌuːz ɡˈaɪdlaɪn tə skˌændɪnˈeɪviən æntˈɪkwᵻɾi lˈɛdɪtɹˌɑːd tˈɪl nˈoːɹdɪsk ˈoʊldkɪndˌɪɡd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɪks, wʌz nˌɑːt pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ʌntˈɪl wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt.
Worsaae had built his work on the foundation of evidence-based chronology by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, whose Guideline to Scandinavian Antiquity (Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed) (1836), was not published in English until 1848.