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In: Rituals and Relations. Studies on the Society and Material Culture of the Baltic Finns. Edited by Sari Mäntylä. The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, humaniora 336. (2005).
Fennoscandia archaeology XXX
Examining the Topography and Social Context of Metal Age Artefact Finds in Northern Finland.Metal Age fi nd locations, especially contextless stray fi nds, in northern Finland have long remained a strange curiosity into which only few researchers have ventured. This is surprising, as starting from around AD 800 they form the largest archaeological group of an otherwise rather poorly known period. This paper approaches the subject through landscape archaeology and economic anthropology by seeking connections between fi nd locations, other archaeological sites and topographical elements. Our study shows that Metal Age fi nd locations are situated not only in a rich assemblage of sites stretching from the Stone Age to Historical times but also in a landscape with easily distinguishable landmarks such as islands and confl uences. This suggests that artefact deposition in these areas is intentional and should thus be regarded as evidence of more specifi c human activity than has been previously assumed.
Material culture can be viewed from many different angle, but to me the most intriguing angle is to view it as a form of social communication. In this paper I will examine,, with the aid of a theoretical framework heavily influenced by Pierre Bourdieu's work, the manner in which material culture has been used as a way of creating distinction amongst the elite members of society from the Pre-Roman Iron Age to the Merovingian Period (500 BC- AD 800) in Ostrobothnia, Finland and how this distinction reflects the development of social stratification and power structures of the elite.
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Statures of the Merovingian-period people buried in Levänluhta, Finland, are estimated by using equations calibrated for early medieval (AD 500–1000) Europeans. These new stature estimations (males 165.8 cm; females 153.4 cm) indicate that they were somewhat shorter than average for their period. This somewhat short stature may indicate impoverished living conditions and thus support a view that individuals buried in this marsh were slaves and/or poor. However, the possibility that these bones derive from human sacrifices or victims of an epidemic cannot be ruled out. In any event, due to phenotypic plasticity of stature, the Levänluhta people were not too short to be ancestors of the more recent inhabitants of Finland.
Weapons and other warrior attributes in the coastal areas around the north-east Baltic Sea were similar in the second half of the Viking Period. New finds from a sacrificial site of the 7–9th centuries at Viidumäe on the island of Saaremaa indicate that this common cultural sphere came into being considerably earlier, in the 8th century at the latest. This paper discusses contacts between Sweden’s Svealand region and Saaremaa as indicated by nine dress pins, of local overall design but decorated with Scandinavian animal art or simplified derivations.
Material culture can be viewed from many different angles, but to me the most intriguing angle is to view it as a form of social communication. In this paper I will examine, with the aid of a theoretical framework heavily infl uenced by Pierre Bourdieu’s work, the manner in which material culture has been used as a way of creating distinction amongst the elite members of society from the Pre-Roman Iron Age to the Merovingian Period (500 BC–800 AD) in Ostrobothnia, Finland and how this distinction refl ects the development of social stratifi cation and power structures of the elite.
Etnos ja kultuur. Uurimusi Silvia Laulu auks. Muinasaja Teadus 18. Valk. H. (ed.). Tartu-Tallinn..
" Stay Where you Have been Put! " The Use of Spears as Coffin Nails in Late Iron Age Finland2006 •
The article will address some peculiar inhumation graves dating to the end of the 11 th and the beginning of 12 th century in the Häme region in Finland. The inhumations mentioned in the article are located in the flat cremation cemeteries (AD 550–1150), and their coffins are nailed with spears or other weapons. The custom could be explained as a precautionary measure to prevent the dead from haunting, but alternative interpretations should also be taken into consideration. The peculiar graves could be interpreted as an expression of ancestor cult. Artikkel käsitleb mõningaid erilisi Häme laibamatuseid 11. sajandi lõpust ja 12. sajandi algu sest. Kõigi nende hauad on kaevatud läbi maa-aluste põletuskalmete kultuurkihi (550–1150 pKr) ja kirstude kinninaelutamiseks on kasutatud odasid või muid relvi. Kommet võib seletada kui ettevaatusabinõud surnu tõkestamiseks, kuid arvestama peab ka alternatiivsete tõlgendustega. Erilisi haudu võib seostada esivanematekultusega.
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A New Treatment on Settlement Archaeology in SW FINLAND12008 •
Archaeological studies in Finland were recently supplemented by a comprehensive doctoral thesis on settlement archaeology in the Kemiönsaari region, written by Henrik Asplund (University of Turku). This region is located in south-westernmost corner of Finland and covers both ...
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