Archaeology in the former municipality of Johannes
Abstract
The article summanzes the survey conducted during four days of field work in May 2002 in the area of the former municipality of Johannes (Ru. Sovetskij) on the western shore of the Karelian Isthmus. A total of 22 sites were surveyed. Seven Stone Age sites were already known in the River Rokkalanjoki (Ru. reka Gorohovka) area. In the study area, 10 new Early Mesolithic and Neolithic dwelling sites as well as two Iron Age or Medieval cup-marked stones were found. Three sites with Stone Age house depressions were discovered. The shores of the lagoon that filled the Rokkalanjoki river valley were the most densely populated areas; in the Middle Neolithic, the population reached its peak. Three categories of functionally different Stone Age dwelling sites could be distinguished: long-term extended activity sites with heavy fixed dwellings at high locations, long-term extended activity sites on low islands and capes, and short-term limited activity sites by the open sea.
