This thesis investigates the skin and fur finds which have been excavated from Iron Age (500 BC – AD 1200/1300) and historical (1200/1300–1700) burials in eastern Fennoscandia during the past 130 years. The research material is unique in Europe, as fur remains usually decompose in archaeological contexts. For eastern Fennoscandian Iron Age research, this study brings new information on the roles that animal skins and wild animals held in societies, which produced furs both for domestic use and for the international fur trade. The main questions of this thesis are 1) How can archaeological fur remains be studied? What information do they provide? 2) What kinds of furs have been discovered in the graves? 3) Why were the furs placed in the gr...
In this article, zooarchaeological evidence from 37 medieval and early modern sites in Estonia were ...
In this dissertation the structure, practices and evolution of a single Pitted Ware Culture site, Aj...
Iron Ornaments in the Culture of East Lithuania Burial Mounds (according to the Data from Burial Sit...
This paper presents the results of a unique fur garment from the megalithic tomb of a rich man in th...
During the last few decades, fur farming has stirred fierce debate in Finland. The fur industry has ...
Animal remains from twelve Iron Age (ca. 500 BC-1200/1300AD) sites from Southern and Western Finland...
The Late Neolithic Corded Ware Culture (c. 2800–2300 BC) of Northern Europe is characterised by spec...
The role of dogs and cats in the history of the human-animal relationship has been variable. They ha...
The paper discusses the remains of domestic animals showing signs of ritual deposition at the settl...
The aim of this report is to describe the ten animal skin fragments and artefacts, and to discuss th...
Abstract The dissertation examines the settlement and interactions of the Late Iron Age communities...
Late Iron Age and medieval trade in northern Fennoscandia has arguably often thought to have been pr...
Animal furs have been used in various manners through human history. Early humans cut crude shawls f...
The study of animal and plant fibers related to grave furnishing, garments, and grave goods in thous...
In this article, we combine zooarchaeological, ethnological and folk-belief material to study the de...
In this article, zooarchaeological evidence from 37 medieval and early modern sites in Estonia were ...
In this dissertation the structure, practices and evolution of a single Pitted Ware Culture site, Aj...
Iron Ornaments in the Culture of East Lithuania Burial Mounds (according to the Data from Burial Sit...
This paper presents the results of a unique fur garment from the megalithic tomb of a rich man in th...
During the last few decades, fur farming has stirred fierce debate in Finland. The fur industry has ...
Animal remains from twelve Iron Age (ca. 500 BC-1200/1300AD) sites from Southern and Western Finland...
The Late Neolithic Corded Ware Culture (c. 2800–2300 BC) of Northern Europe is characterised by spec...
The role of dogs and cats in the history of the human-animal relationship has been variable. They ha...
The paper discusses the remains of domestic animals showing signs of ritual deposition at the settl...
The aim of this report is to describe the ten animal skin fragments and artefacts, and to discuss th...
Abstract The dissertation examines the settlement and interactions of the Late Iron Age communities...
Late Iron Age and medieval trade in northern Fennoscandia has arguably often thought to have been pr...
Animal furs have been used in various manners through human history. Early humans cut crude shawls f...
The study of animal and plant fibers related to grave furnishing, garments, and grave goods in thous...
In this article, we combine zooarchaeological, ethnological and folk-belief material to study the de...
In this article, zooarchaeological evidence from 37 medieval and early modern sites in Estonia were ...
In this dissertation the structure, practices and evolution of a single Pitted Ware Culture site, Aj...
Iron Ornaments in the Culture of East Lithuania Burial Mounds (according to the Data from Burial Sit...