”Missä on ihmisiä, siellä on esineitä, sanotaan.” Näin toteaa Samuel Beckett romaanissaan Sanoink... more ”Missä on ihmisiä, siellä on esineitä, sanotaan.” Näin toteaa Samuel Beckett romaanissaan Sanoinkuvaamaton*. Arkeologinen kulttuuriperintö ympäröi meitä jokaista. Siihen kietoutuu yhteinen ja jaettu menneisyytemme. Sen perusteella voimme tutkia ihmiskunnan historiaa, ymmärtää paremmin itseämme ja toisiamme – olla osa jatkumoa. Yhdessä jaamme vastuun kulttuuriperinnön edistämisestä ja säilymisestä.
This paper presents the FindSampo system for analyzing and disseminating archaeological object fi... more This paper presents the FindSampo system for analyzing and disseminating archaeological object finds made by the public. The system is based on Linked Open Data (LOD), and consists of a web portal and an open data service. The underlying knowledge graph contains data of some 3000 archaeological object finds catalogued in the archaeological collection of the Finnish Heritage Agency (FHA) from 2015 to 2020. The portal and LOD service have been open to public use since May 2021.
This paper presents and demonstrates how FindSampo, a Linked Open Data (LOD) service and semantic... more This paper presents and demonstrates how FindSampo, a Linked Open Data (LOD) service and semantic portal, can be used for Digital Humanities research, based on Finnish Citizen Science archaeological data integrated with GIS services. The system has been in public use since May 2021.
This paper introduces the FindSampo Reporter and Portal platforms for reporting and studying arch... more This paper introduces the FindSampo Reporter and Portal platforms for reporting and studying archaeological finds on the Semantic Web, respectively. FindSampo brings together members of the public, scientists, cultural heritage managers, and archaeologists utilising citizen science mediated by Linked Open Data and emerging Web development technologies. Our focus is on reporting technical results on designing the user interfaces and on evaluating the Reporter part in a field test.
Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the arc... more Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the archaeological collections of the National Museum of Finland during the years 2011–2014. The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.
In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked... more In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta – SuALT), including the reasons why this citizen science project is underway. SuALT will be a digital web service catering for discoveries of archaeological material made by the public; especially, but not exclusively, metal-detectorists. SuALT engages the citizens by providing them access to contextualized data about other related finds by linking data from different data sources in Finland and beyond. SuALT is a collaborative consortium project. The project team members work in three sub-projects, each led by a different organization and thus represents a broad interdisciplinary group, that combines specialisms from archaeology, semantic computing, cultural heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management. Subproject 1, which is based at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, focuses on...
Metal-detecting in Finland is growing in popularity, and with responsible metal-detectorists wish... more Metal-detecting in Finland is growing in popularity, and with responsible metal-detectorists wishing to report their finds to the authorities, so also grows the pressure on the heritage sector to respond. But recording finds made by metal-detectorists is not merely a matter of providing a service to a certain group of enthusiasts; research in Finland and elsewhere shows that the archaeological data uncovered by non-professionals can have a big impact on archaeological knowledge production if the right fields of data and metadata are recorded. In this article we present the SuALT project (Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta the Finnish Archaeological Finds Linked Open Database), intended as a solution for making the most of the increasing number of artefacts found by metal-detectorists and other members of the public. This is a four-year project carried out in collaboration between the University of Helsinki, Aalto University and the Finnish Heritage Agency, wit...
FindSampo fosters collecting, sharing, publishing and studying archaeological finds discovered by... more FindSampo fosters collecting, sharing, publishing and studying archaeological finds discovered by the public. The framework includes the following: a mobile find-reporting system; a semantic portal for researchers, the public and collection managers to use; and a Linked Open Data service for creating custom data analyses and for application developers.
Monttu auki - Arkeologisia kenttätutkimuksia 2, 2019
A penannular brooch with enamel decorations: a Roman-era find from Northern Savonia
In summer 20... more A penannular brooch with enamel decorations: a Roman-era find from Northern Savonia
In summer 2016, a metal detectorist found half of a penannular brooch with enamel decorations in Lapinlahti, Northern Savonia. This brooch type is shaped like a horseshoe, and it was once an impressive object with its colourful enamel decorations. The group of brooches is assumed to have been made in the ancient county of Vironia in Estonia. In Finland, this type of brooch was used at the turn of the early Roman period and Migration Period, in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The brooch found in Lapinlahti was decorated with smelted dark red, blue and black enamel. What makes this find significant is that no other objects dating back to the early Iron Age have previously been found in the area of Northern Savonia.
The closest findspots representing the same period are in Viitasaari and Konnevesi, Central Finland. The findspot has been inspected, but without excavation it is not possible to say whether this is an individual artefact or an indication that the custom of burying bodies with objects had spread to the wilderness of Northern Savonia.
In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked... more In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (Suomen arke-ologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta-SuALT), including the reasons why this citizen science project is underway. SuALT will be a digital web service catering for discoveries of archaeological material made by the public; especially, but not exclusively, metal-detectorists. SuALT engages the citizens by providing them access to contextualized data about other related finds by linking data from different data sources in Finland and beyond. SuALT is a collaborative consortium project. The project team members work in three sub-projects, each led by a different organization and thus represents a broad interdisciplinary group, that combines specialisms from archaeology, semantic computing, cultural heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management. Subpro-ject 1, which is based at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, focuses on user needs research and on the public Cultural Heritage interactions. Subproject 2, based in both Aalto University and in Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki, is specializing on the technology and implementation of the SuALT prototype. Subproject 3 works with ensuring the sustainability of SuALT at the Finnish Heritage Agency, the organization that will manage the database after the end of this project in 2021.
Maan pinnan alla värähtelee, muuttuvan magneettikentän signaalit vaihtelevat eri taajuuksilla, os... more Maan pinnan alla värähtelee, muuttuvan magneettikentän signaalit vaihtelevat eri taajuuksilla, oskillaattori tuottaa korkeampia ja matalampia ääniä, piippauksia, jotka kertovat jotain löytyneen. Metallinetsin, -ilmaisin, -paljastin tai piippari on laite, joka mahdollistaa metalliesineiden havaitsemisen maan povesta. Metallintunnistus on nykyään hyvin yleistä. Se on monelle tuttu hetki lentokenttien turvatarkastuksesta. Arkipäivää on myös metallinetsintä, maan pinnan alle unohtuneiden metalliesineiden etsiminen. Uusien metallinilmaisinlöytöjen myötä käsityksemme menneisyydestä on rikastunut ja tieto yhteisestä kulttuuriympäristöstämme lisääntynyt.
Metallinilmaisin, -etsin, -paljastin, piippari – suositulla laitteella on monta nimeä. Metallinet... more Metallinilmaisin, -etsin, -paljastin, piippari – suositulla laitteella on monta nimeä. Metallinetsinnän suosio on kasvanut 2010-luvun alusta alkaen. Harrastajien määrä on moninkertaistunut ja toiminta on ollut vuosi vuodelta aktiivisempaa kuin ennen. Metallinetsintä on mahdollistanut arkeologian ja historian harrastamisen uudella tavalla. Harrastajat ovat tehneet useita merkittäviä löytöjä, jotka ovat kartuttaneet tietoa kulttuuriperinnöstämme. Toiminnassa keskeisessä asemassa on ammattilaisten ja harrastajien välinen yhteistyö. Tärkeää on harrastajilta saatava tieto, joka pala palalta täydentää historian kokonaiskuvaa.
Brooches at the Vainionmäki Viking Age cremation burial ground in Laitila
A cremation burial gro... more Brooches at the Vainionmäki Viking Age cremation burial ground in Laitila
A cremation burial ground is considered collective and complex, the internal structures of which is sporadic, and the burials of individual deceased cannot be distinguished from the structure of the site. The objects of this investigation are the brooches from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) cremation burial ground at Vainionmäki (excavated 2004-2011), in Laitila, and their horizontal distribution along the stone structures of the burial ground. Based on the distrubution and typological datings of the brooches, it can be considered whether differences in the location of the male and female deceased from different periods can be observed between the various parts of the burial ground. The chronological distribution of the brooches indicates that the burial ground has been used actively throughout its entire time of use, and that several deceased persons have probably been buried in the same locations. Based on the distribution of men's and women's brooches, it is possible to observe that there are differences relating to the gender of the deceased in various parts of the burial ground. The men's brooches were distributed over the entire burial ground, but the women's brooches were concentrated around the central area, apart from the eastern and south eastern parts of the site. It is likely that these areas were only reserved for male deceased. It is likely that the distribution of the brooches, along with the stone structures in the burial ground, signifies the burials of the deceased, which brings into question the concept of a cremation burial ground as a burial complex without structure.
Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the ar... more Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the archaeological collections of the National Museum of Finland during the years 2011–2014.
The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.
”Missä on ihmisiä, siellä on esineitä, sanotaan.” Näin toteaa Samuel Beckett romaanissaan Sanoink... more ”Missä on ihmisiä, siellä on esineitä, sanotaan.” Näin toteaa Samuel Beckett romaanissaan Sanoinkuvaamaton*. Arkeologinen kulttuuriperintö ympäröi meitä jokaista. Siihen kietoutuu yhteinen ja jaettu menneisyytemme. Sen perusteella voimme tutkia ihmiskunnan historiaa, ymmärtää paremmin itseämme ja toisiamme – olla osa jatkumoa. Yhdessä jaamme vastuun kulttuuriperinnön edistämisestä ja säilymisestä.
This paper presents the FindSampo system for analyzing and disseminating archaeological object fi... more This paper presents the FindSampo system for analyzing and disseminating archaeological object finds made by the public. The system is based on Linked Open Data (LOD), and consists of a web portal and an open data service. The underlying knowledge graph contains data of some 3000 archaeological object finds catalogued in the archaeological collection of the Finnish Heritage Agency (FHA) from 2015 to 2020. The portal and LOD service have been open to public use since May 2021.
This paper presents and demonstrates how FindSampo, a Linked Open Data (LOD) service and semantic... more This paper presents and demonstrates how FindSampo, a Linked Open Data (LOD) service and semantic portal, can be used for Digital Humanities research, based on Finnish Citizen Science archaeological data integrated with GIS services. The system has been in public use since May 2021.
This paper introduces the FindSampo Reporter and Portal platforms for reporting and studying arch... more This paper introduces the FindSampo Reporter and Portal platforms for reporting and studying archaeological finds on the Semantic Web, respectively. FindSampo brings together members of the public, scientists, cultural heritage managers, and archaeologists utilising citizen science mediated by Linked Open Data and emerging Web development technologies. Our focus is on reporting technical results on designing the user interfaces and on evaluating the Reporter part in a field test.
Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the arc... more Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the archaeological collections of the National Museum of Finland during the years 2011–2014. The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.
In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked... more In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta – SuALT), including the reasons why this citizen science project is underway. SuALT will be a digital web service catering for discoveries of archaeological material made by the public; especially, but not exclusively, metal-detectorists. SuALT engages the citizens by providing them access to contextualized data about other related finds by linking data from different data sources in Finland and beyond. SuALT is a collaborative consortium project. The project team members work in three sub-projects, each led by a different organization and thus represents a broad interdisciplinary group, that combines specialisms from archaeology, semantic computing, cultural heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management. Subproject 1, which is based at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, focuses on...
Metal-detecting in Finland is growing in popularity, and with responsible metal-detectorists wish... more Metal-detecting in Finland is growing in popularity, and with responsible metal-detectorists wishing to report their finds to the authorities, so also grows the pressure on the heritage sector to respond. But recording finds made by metal-detectorists is not merely a matter of providing a service to a certain group of enthusiasts; research in Finland and elsewhere shows that the archaeological data uncovered by non-professionals can have a big impact on archaeological knowledge production if the right fields of data and metadata are recorded. In this article we present the SuALT project (Suomen arkeologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta the Finnish Archaeological Finds Linked Open Database), intended as a solution for making the most of the increasing number of artefacts found by metal-detectorists and other members of the public. This is a four-year project carried out in collaboration between the University of Helsinki, Aalto University and the Finnish Heritage Agency, wit...
FindSampo fosters collecting, sharing, publishing and studying archaeological finds discovered by... more FindSampo fosters collecting, sharing, publishing and studying archaeological finds discovered by the public. The framework includes the following: a mobile find-reporting system; a semantic portal for researchers, the public and collection managers to use; and a Linked Open Data service for creating custom data analyses and for application developers.
Monttu auki - Arkeologisia kenttätutkimuksia 2, 2019
A penannular brooch with enamel decorations: a Roman-era find from Northern Savonia
In summer 20... more A penannular brooch with enamel decorations: a Roman-era find from Northern Savonia
In summer 2016, a metal detectorist found half of a penannular brooch with enamel decorations in Lapinlahti, Northern Savonia. This brooch type is shaped like a horseshoe, and it was once an impressive object with its colourful enamel decorations. The group of brooches is assumed to have been made in the ancient county of Vironia in Estonia. In Finland, this type of brooch was used at the turn of the early Roman period and Migration Period, in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The brooch found in Lapinlahti was decorated with smelted dark red, blue and black enamel. What makes this find significant is that no other objects dating back to the early Iron Age have previously been found in the area of Northern Savonia.
The closest findspots representing the same period are in Viitasaari and Konnevesi, Central Finland. The findspot has been inspected, but without excavation it is not possible to say whether this is an individual artefact or an indication that the custom of burying bodies with objects had spread to the wilderness of Northern Savonia.
In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked... more In this paper, we present an ongoing project called Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (Suomen arke-ologisten löytöjen linkitetty avoin tietokanta-SuALT), including the reasons why this citizen science project is underway. SuALT will be a digital web service catering for discoveries of archaeological material made by the public; especially, but not exclusively, metal-detectorists. SuALT engages the citizens by providing them access to contextualized data about other related finds by linking data from different data sources in Finland and beyond. SuALT is a collaborative consortium project. The project team members work in three sub-projects, each led by a different organization and thus represents a broad interdisciplinary group, that combines specialisms from archaeology, semantic computing, cultural heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management. Subpro-ject 1, which is based at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, focuses on user needs research and on the public Cultural Heritage interactions. Subproject 2, based in both Aalto University and in Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki, is specializing on the technology and implementation of the SuALT prototype. Subproject 3 works with ensuring the sustainability of SuALT at the Finnish Heritage Agency, the organization that will manage the database after the end of this project in 2021.
Maan pinnan alla värähtelee, muuttuvan magneettikentän signaalit vaihtelevat eri taajuuksilla, os... more Maan pinnan alla värähtelee, muuttuvan magneettikentän signaalit vaihtelevat eri taajuuksilla, oskillaattori tuottaa korkeampia ja matalampia ääniä, piippauksia, jotka kertovat jotain löytyneen. Metallinetsin, -ilmaisin, -paljastin tai piippari on laite, joka mahdollistaa metalliesineiden havaitsemisen maan povesta. Metallintunnistus on nykyään hyvin yleistä. Se on monelle tuttu hetki lentokenttien turvatarkastuksesta. Arkipäivää on myös metallinetsintä, maan pinnan alle unohtuneiden metalliesineiden etsiminen. Uusien metallinilmaisinlöytöjen myötä käsityksemme menneisyydestä on rikastunut ja tieto yhteisestä kulttuuriympäristöstämme lisääntynyt.
Metallinilmaisin, -etsin, -paljastin, piippari – suositulla laitteella on monta nimeä. Metallinet... more Metallinilmaisin, -etsin, -paljastin, piippari – suositulla laitteella on monta nimeä. Metallinetsinnän suosio on kasvanut 2010-luvun alusta alkaen. Harrastajien määrä on moninkertaistunut ja toiminta on ollut vuosi vuodelta aktiivisempaa kuin ennen. Metallinetsintä on mahdollistanut arkeologian ja historian harrastamisen uudella tavalla. Harrastajat ovat tehneet useita merkittäviä löytöjä, jotka ovat kartuttaneet tietoa kulttuuriperinnöstämme. Toiminnassa keskeisessä asemassa on ammattilaisten ja harrastajien välinen yhteistyö. Tärkeää on harrastajilta saatava tieto, joka pala palalta täydentää historian kokonaiskuvaa.
Brooches at the Vainionmäki Viking Age cremation burial ground in Laitila
A cremation burial gro... more Brooches at the Vainionmäki Viking Age cremation burial ground in Laitila
A cremation burial ground is considered collective and complex, the internal structures of which is sporadic, and the burials of individual deceased cannot be distinguished from the structure of the site. The objects of this investigation are the brooches from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) cremation burial ground at Vainionmäki (excavated 2004-2011), in Laitila, and their horizontal distribution along the stone structures of the burial ground. Based on the distrubution and typological datings of the brooches, it can be considered whether differences in the location of the male and female deceased from different periods can be observed between the various parts of the burial ground. The chronological distribution of the brooches indicates that the burial ground has been used actively throughout its entire time of use, and that several deceased persons have probably been buried in the same locations. Based on the distribution of men's and women's brooches, it is possible to observe that there are differences relating to the gender of the deceased in various parts of the burial ground. The men's brooches were distributed over the entire burial ground, but the women's brooches were concentrated around the central area, apart from the eastern and south eastern parts of the site. It is likely that these areas were only reserved for male deceased. It is likely that the distribution of the brooches, along with the stone structures in the burial ground, signifies the burials of the deceased, which brings into question the concept of a cremation burial ground as a burial complex without structure.
Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the ar... more Metal detecting finds and metal-detector users – A review of the metal detecting finds in the archaeological collections of the National Museum of Finland during the years 2011–2014.
The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.
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In summer 2016, a metal detectorist found half of a penannular brooch with enamel decorations in Lapinlahti, Northern Savonia. This brooch type is shaped like a horseshoe, and it was once an impressive object with its colourful enamel decorations. The group of brooches is assumed to have been made in the ancient county of Vironia in Estonia.
In Finland, this type of brooch was used at the turn of the early Roman period and Migration Period, in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The brooch found in Lapinlahti was decorated with smelted dark red, blue and black enamel. What makes this find significant is that no other objects dating back to the early Iron Age have previously been found in the area of Northern Savonia.
The closest findspots representing the same period are in Viitasaari and Konnevesi, Central Finland. The findspot has been inspected, but without excavation it is not possible to say whether this is an individual artefact or an indication that the custom of burying bodies with objects had spread to the wilderness of Northern Savonia.
A cremation burial ground is considered collective and complex, the internal structures of which is sporadic, and the burials of individual deceased cannot be distinguished from the structure of the site. The objects of this investigation are the brooches from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) cremation burial ground at Vainionmäki (excavated 2004-2011), in Laitila, and their horizontal distribution along the stone structures of the burial ground. Based on the distrubution and typological datings of the brooches, it can be considered whether differences in the location of the male and female deceased from different periods can be observed between the various parts of the burial ground. The chronological distribution of the brooches indicates that the burial ground has been used actively throughout its entire time of use, and that several deceased persons have probably been buried in the same locations. Based on the distribution of men's and women's brooches, it is possible to observe that there are differences relating to the gender of the deceased in various parts of the burial ground. The men's brooches were distributed over the entire burial ground, but the women's brooches were concentrated around the central area, apart from the eastern and south eastern parts of the site. It is likely that these areas were only reserved for male deceased. It is likely that the distribution of the brooches, along with the stone structures in the burial ground, signifies the burials of the deceased, which brings into question the concept of a cremation burial ground as a burial complex without structure.
The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.
In summer 2016, a metal detectorist found half of a penannular brooch with enamel decorations in Lapinlahti, Northern Savonia. This brooch type is shaped like a horseshoe, and it was once an impressive object with its colourful enamel decorations. The group of brooches is assumed to have been made in the ancient county of Vironia in Estonia.
In Finland, this type of brooch was used at the turn of the early Roman period and Migration Period, in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The brooch found in Lapinlahti was decorated with smelted dark red, blue and black enamel. What makes this find significant is that no other objects dating back to the early Iron Age have previously been found in the area of Northern Savonia.
The closest findspots representing the same period are in Viitasaari and Konnevesi, Central Finland. The findspot has been inspected, but without excavation it is not possible to say whether this is an individual artefact or an indication that the custom of burying bodies with objects had spread to the wilderness of Northern Savonia.
A cremation burial ground is considered collective and complex, the internal structures of which is sporadic, and the burials of individual deceased cannot be distinguished from the structure of the site. The objects of this investigation are the brooches from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) cremation burial ground at Vainionmäki (excavated 2004-2011), in Laitila, and their horizontal distribution along the stone structures of the burial ground. Based on the distrubution and typological datings of the brooches, it can be considered whether differences in the location of the male and female deceased from different periods can be observed between the various parts of the burial ground. The chronological distribution of the brooches indicates that the burial ground has been used actively throughout its entire time of use, and that several deceased persons have probably been buried in the same locations. Based on the distribution of men's and women's brooches, it is possible to observe that there are differences relating to the gender of the deceased in various parts of the burial ground. The men's brooches were distributed over the entire burial ground, but the women's brooches were concentrated around the central area, apart from the eastern and south eastern parts of the site. It is likely that these areas were only reserved for male deceased. It is likely that the distribution of the brooches, along with the stone structures in the burial ground, signifies the burials of the deceased, which brings into question the concept of a cremation burial ground as a burial complex without structure.
The metal detecting hobby in Finland has grown considerably in the past few years and the number of finds has increased exponentially. Metal detecting finds in the archeological collections indicate that the hobby is fairly common in all parts of Finland but significantly more dynamic in some separate areas in the southern parts. One tenth of the metal-detector users are notably more active than most of the other users who are mostly moderate with their action. When a metal-detector user discovers several finds from the same site a difficulty arises because the action should be stopped after the first find. The review predicts that the number of the metal detecting finds will keep increasing if the amount of the active metal-detector users rises.