Corded Ware Culture in Northern Finland

It is well known that the Corded Ware ( or Battle-Axe) Culture spread to Finland ca. 3200 calBC. It was soon established in the SW part of the country and a sharp cultural border developed against northeastern hunting and fishing communities. However, Corded Ware influence leaked northwards along coastal Ostrobothnia and also influence from the part of the Swedish Battle-Axe culture were felt in the north. This paper is an experiment in the dating and chronology of the Finnish Corded Ware Culture on the one hand and a limited examination of the Corded Ware Culture material of northern Finland

Environment, Archaeology and Radiocarbon Dates: Notes from the Inari Region, Northern Finnish Lapland

This paper presents an attempt in correlating the Holocene environmental development with the archaeological phases in the lnari region, northern Finnish Lapland, based on radiocarbon dates. The paper begins with a brief review of the Holocene environment in lnari ( Lake lnarijärvi, vegetation, fauna). The archaeological topics include a discussion on early human presence, a review of the Stone Age in lnari (the Mesolithic, Sär I Ware, Kierikki Ware) and a presentation of special problems concerning the older Early Metal Age in lnari and the whole of northern Fennoscandia (periodization and terminology, Lovozero Ware, North Scandinavian Impressed Ware). Every now and then archaeologists mention the 'old wood effect' on radiocarbon dates of charcoal from fire places although they don't make serious efforts to find out to what degree this is a real problem and if so how to settle it. This paper ends with a short discussion of the matter and a tentative suggestion in the light of cases from Inari

On the history and recent studies of the 'Antrea Net Find'

In 1913, in connection with the draining of a wetland, a number of Stone Age objects were found in the former Finnish Municipality of Antrea in the Karelian Isthmus. During the investigations carried out in 1914 , more objects were discovered, including the unique remains of a fishing net. A column of the sediment profile was taken and a phytopalaeontological analysis indicated that the context had sunk in the channel which had connected the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga early in the Ancylus phase. The 'Antrea Net Find' immediately triggered an animated and, at times, passionate discussion about the typology, cultural relationship and chronological position of the artefacts and the context as a whole. After more than 90 years, this discussion is still going on. However, the ethnographic reconstruction of the find presented by Sakari Pälsi right after his excavation at the find spot appears to have found continuous acceptance. In 1998, a workgroup from the Department of Archaeology, the Department of Geology and Palaeontology and the Dating Laboratory, University of Helsinki, visited the site and took a new sample column of the sediment profile aiming at a fresh examination applying a variety of current methods not available in the early years. The results of these studies are presented elsewhere in this volume (Miettinen et al. 2008). This article is divided into four sections: 'On the Antrea Net Find and the work of Sakari Pälsi ', 'A history of opinions and studies', 'A reassessment of the 'Antrea Net Find': environment and archaeology' and 'Concluding remarks'

The Early in the North Project – Background and Objectives

A brief history of archaeological study in northern Finland leads to the description of the Early in the North Project – background, project plan, financing, results – and a short introduction to this volume as a part of the Project

The early in the North project at the University of Helsinki Department of Archaeology

The paper gives a short account of the history of archaeological research in northern Finland, which consists of the Provinces of Oulu and Lappi (north of 64°N lat). A huge material, virtually unknown for Finnish as well as for foreign archaeologists, has been collected. In 1995 a three year archaeological project called Early in the North was launched in order to organize the materia!. The project includes the following programs: (1) a database program, (2) a dating program, (3) an archaeo-osteological program, (4) a palaeoecological program, and (5) a publishing program. Formally the Early in the North project will continue tili the end of 1997. International cooperation in archaeological research activities covering the whole of the so-called Barents Cooperation Territory in the North of Europe is recommended

Eurooppalaisten juurilla

Kalevi Wiik: Eurooppalaisten juuret. Atena, Jyväskylä 2002. Sid. 503 s

Arkeologiset löydöt aikaportaina

Aineisto on Opiskelijakirjaston digitoimaa ja Opiskelijakirjasto vastaa aineiston käyttöluvist

Archaeology in the former municipality of Johannes

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