Category: Archaeological sites of Saaremaa

Lepna materials

https://youtu.be/KEEWcGjBgso For English subtitles, click on the CC button:  This video presents the Lepna mortuary house in Saaremaa, which dates from the 5-6th century and is rich in finds. The...

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Käku materials

Saage, R.; Peets, J.; Kulu, P.; Peetsalu, P.; Viljus, M. (2017). Metallographic investigation of iron blooms and bars from the smithy site of Käku, Estonia. Fennoscandia Archaeologica, XXXIV,...

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Karja materials

https://youtu.be/ulMujSvaGm0 For English subtitles, click on the CC button:  The video introduces the early medieval cemetery of Karja in Saaremaa and discusses how Christianity may have spread in...

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Piila grave materials

Mägi, M.; Rudi, A. (1999). New Stone Circle Graves at Piila Cemetery, Saaremaa. In: Archeological fieldwork in Estonia = Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis 1998 (39−49). Tallinn:...

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Piila graves

Stone kerb of grave V with a sector of grave VII and the limestone pavement between the graves, seen from NE. The best-known and most researched Viking Age grave site in Saaremaa, Piila is located in...

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Viltina grave

The Viltina stone grave in Southern Saaremaa was excavated in 1940 ahead of the planned construction work of a Soviet military base. As a result, the dig was hurried: over the period of just two...

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Pöide church

Constructional stages of the Pöide church. Screenshot from the documentary ’Pöide, vaikiv tunnistaja“. The Pöide church is one of the oldest stone churches in Estonia, probably built in the...

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Bronze Age connections across the Baltic Sea. Discussing metalwork as source of maritime contacts in prehistory.

Sperling, U. (2016). Bronze Age Connections across the Baltic Sea: Discussing Metalwork as Source of Maritime Contacts in Prehistory. In: Hein Bjartmann Bjerck (Ed.). Marine Ventures –...

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Excavations at Pöide Stronghold have been finished.

Lõugas, V.; Lõugas-Mägi, M. (1994). Excavations at Pöide Stronghold have been finished. Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia toimetised, Humanitaar- ja sotsiaalteadused, 43/4, 390-392. Read the article (RUS...

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Investigation of Ancient Monuments at Pöide 1991-1992.

Lõugas, V.; Lõugas-Mägi, M. (1994). Investigation of Ancient Monuments at Pöide 1991-1992. Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia toimetised, Humanitaar- ja sotsiaalteadused, 43, 27-33. Read the article (RUS...

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