Fennoscandia Archaeologica
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica
<p>The aim of the Fennoscandia Archaeologica is to encourage discussion within the discipline of archaeology and to improve the standard of archaeological research by contacts on the interdisciplinary and international levels.<br />Fennoscandia archaeologica has been published annually since 1984.</p>
The Archaeological Society of Finland
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Fennoscandia Archaeologica
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Jonas M. Nordin: The Scandinavian Early Modern World, a Global Historical Archaeology. Routledge, London and New York 2020
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/130761
<p>Jonas M. Nordin. The Scandinavian Early Modern World, a Global Historical Archaeology. Routledge, London and New York 2020. ISBN 978-0-367-34807-6. 308 pp. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429328176</p>
Risto Nurmi
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Anna-Elisabeth Jensen: Freunde und Feinde. Dania Slavica. Südseeland, Lolland-Falster und Møn in der Wikingerzeit und Hochmittelalter. Aarhus University Press 2023
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/141127
<p>Anna-Elisabeth Jensen. Freunde und Feinde. Dania Slavica. Südseeland, Lolland-Falster und Møn in der Wikingerzeit und Hochmittelalter. Aarhus University Press 2023. ISBN 978-87-7219-320-5. 357 pp. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429328176</p>
Anna Wessman
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Gavin Lucas: Archaeological Situations: Archaeological Theory from the Inside Out. Routledge, 2023
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/141668
<p>Gavin Lucas. Archaeological Situations: Archaeological Theory from the Inside Out. Routledge, 2023. ISBN 978-0-367-56545-9 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-367-56010-2 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-003-09829-4 (ebk) 208 pp. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003098294</p>
Sanna Lipkin
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Two Microparticle Analyses of Stone Age Quartz Tools in Finland
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Petro Pesonen
Tuija Kirkinen
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The Urheilupuisto House and Other Corded Ware Houses from Finland
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/129430
<p>Although numerous settlement sites of Corded Ware culture have been discovered in Finland, only a few houses have been identified. This is in stark contrast to the abundant number of pithouses of local hunter-gatherers. This paper takes a closer look at the houses associated with Corded Ware culture, first, by introducing a recently excavated Corded Ware house from southern Finland and other houses connected to Corded Ware culture from Finland and the Karelian Isthmus, Russia, and second, by outlining the various types of Corded Ware houses around the Baltic Sea. After that, the emerging picture suggesting interaction between the regional variants of Corded Ware culture as well as between Corded Ware cultures and local hunter-gatherers will be discussed. Even if the remains of Corded Ware houses are few and often quite ambiguous, it will be concluded that several types of houses have existed in the area north of the Gulf of Finland, and the contacts between cultural traditions affected settlement types and house structures in each party involved in the process. </p>
Teemu Mökkönen
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Introducing Children to Archaeology
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/130633
<p>This paper introduces a case study from Oslo, Norway, where two outreach programmes aimed at local children have been carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) as part of development-led archaeological investigations relating to the construction of the new Medieval Park (Middelalderparken). The first programme involved inviting younger children from four local kindergartens to site, whereas the second programme involved archaeologists visiting fourth graders at school. Both programmes had a clear pedagogical element at their core. The programmes are discussed in relation to both previous work we have done with children, and to the broader literature on archaeology, history, and education.</p>
Mark Oldham
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019
<p>The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between beavers and humans in the prehistoric times. This is studied through animal bone assemblages excavated from two multi-period settlement sites in Northern Savonia and North Karelia, Finland, and is supplemented with ethnographic and folklore material. The theoretical framework uses perspectives from social zooarchaeology, relational ontology and multispecies archaeology and the research questions are answered with zooarchaeological analysis, age estimates and beaver ethology. This study shows that the hunted beavers were adults who could have established their own colonies, modified the landscape to suit their needs and had their first litter. Beavers had different ways of being, engaging and being present in a world that sometimes led to direct and indirect encounters between humans and beavers. The hunters had knowledge that based on the behaviour of beavers, and they used it to find the animals to engage with them.</p>
Emilia Jääskeläinen
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Combining Residue and Macroscopic Use-wear Analysis of Quartz Objects in Kraakanmäki 3 Late Neolithic Settlement Site, Western Finland
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/130079
<p>Microscopic remains of plants, hairs, blood, bone, and sinew have been detected on Stone Age implements as evidence of the ways the tools were used. Together with use-wear analysis, microresidues enable us to obtain additional information of artefact biographies. However, the preservation of residues is not a straightforward issue. Although bones, plant matter, and wood have a tendency to decompose rapidly in acidic podzol soils, the acidity favours the preservation of keratinous tissues such as hairs and feathers. Because the analysis of microresidues has not been applied on Finnish quartz artefacts, this paper presents a preliminary testing of the method in a Late Stone Age settlement site in Kraakanmäki 3, western Finland. As a result, we found microscopic remains of hairs, feathers, and plants, which enable us to speak for the careful handling of quartz and stone tools at the excavations for further analyses.</p> <p><br /><br /></p>
Tuija Kirkinen
Tytti Juhola
Olli Eranti
Teemu Väisänen
Johanna Seppä
Vesa Laulumaa
Copyright (c) 2023 Tuija Kirkinen, Tytti Juhola, Olli Eranti, Teemu Väisänen, Johanna Seppä, Vesa Laulumaa
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Towards a Growing Interest in the Urban Archaeology of Early Modern Towns in Finland
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/131413
<p>Research in historical periods has always had a strong tradition in Finnish archaeology. Past studies and archaeological fieldwork have mostly focused on medieval times; however, in the past 20 years, investigations of early modern towns (1520–1721 AD) have taken place more often in Finland and have changed the tide. Most archaeological excavations in Finland are currently carried out owing to infrastructure and construction projects and can therefore be regarded as contract archaeology. First, this article aims to examine and provide an overview of past research in Finnish urban archaeology focused on early modern towns. Second, current research trends are discussed with an emphasis on the possibilities offered by multidisciplinary approaches. Recent research conducted in Turku serves as a case study to illustrate these developments. The article concludes by touching upon the persistent challenges faced by research, primarily stemming from the contractual nature of most archaeological investigations.</p>
Tia Niemelä
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Cemetery Considerations
https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/131323
<p>Finnish cairn sites are typically defined through the concepts of ‘grave’ or ‘cemetery’, their main purpose being associated with burials. However, when one examines cemetery-related contexts in Iron Age Finland, they exhibit a great deal of variation with regard to the existence of interments, how they can be identified, and how they correlate with other finds. The case study, a re-examination of Cairn 4 at Nokia Viik, excavated in 1986–1987, illustrates some of these issues. With a focus on understanding the chronology, osteology, formation, and more detailed spatial character of the cairn, it is revealed that the monument has been accumulated over several centuries and includes elements that cannot easily be explained as individual burials or even cremation remains in a collective grave context. The site’s timespan extends from the Late Roman Iron Age and the Migration Period to the Merovingian Period and the Viking Age, where especially the latter periods seem to include deposited materials not related to any actual or distinguishable funerals. One major issue addressed is how to interpret complex structures, where distinct burials are difficult to define, and human remains only occur as one component.</p>
Henrik Asplund
Jussi Moisio
Sanni Salomaa
Anne-Mari Liira
Saara-Veera Härmä
Auli Bläuer
Copyright (c) 2023 Henrik Asplund, Jussi Moisio, Sanni Salomaa, Anne-Mari Liira, Saara-Veera Härmä, Auli Bläuer
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