Author: piia2

11. august 2024

The first week of excavations in Pöide hillfort has yielded finds of mainly 13th-14th century buildings, one of which has a well-preserved base of an oven. There is no doubt that the hillfort was in...

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7. august 2024

The excavations in the courtyard of Pöide hillfort have begun especially heart-warmingly! What do you think it could be? Heart? An arrowhead? A summer stone ? The correct answer is: a potsherd....

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A silver treasure was found under the floor during the renovation of a house in Rahu village in Saaremaa.

In the village of Rahu in Saaremaa, a hobby detectorist Roland Pärn discovered under the floor of his house during renovations silver coins from the 11th and 12th centuries, which Marika Mägi...

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Randvere burial site in Saaremaa

Kustin, A. (1962). Randvere burial site in Saaremaa. (EST: Randvere kivikalmistu Saaremaal.) – Muistsed kalmed ja aarded. Arheoloogiline kogumik II. (toim.) Harri Moora.   Read the...

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Bettany Hughes: Treasures of the World

Gold ring from Ure, Saaremaa. For more information, look: here. Photos are from: here. We are very glad to have been part of the filming the third season of the documentary series “Treasures of...

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Medieval well found in a wall of Kuressaare prince-bishop’s castle

Püüa, G. (2023). Medieval well found in a wall of Kuressaare prince-bishop’s castle, Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia, 2022, 99−106. Read the article: here....

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Excavations at the Tuiu iron-smelting site, Saaremaa

Unt, A.; Saage, R.; Oks, K.; Peets, J. (2023). Excavations at the Tuiu iron-smelting site, Saaremaa. Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia, 2022, 99−106. Read the article: here....

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Archaeological and ground penetrating radar investigations around three Saaremaa hill-forts – Valjala, Pöide and Kaarma

Mägi, M.; Tõnisson, H.; Harjo, O. (2023).Archaeological and ground penetrating radar investigations around three Saaremaa hill-forts – Valjala, Pöide and Kaarma. Arheoloogilised välitööd...

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2022

Mägi, M.; Tõnisson, H.; Harjo, O. (2023). Archaeological and ground penetrating radar investigations around three Saaremaa hill-forts – Valjala, Pöide and Kaarma. Arheoloogilised välitööd...

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Scandinavian chieftains in Saaremaa? Archaeological investigations in Ure, a probable Roman Period sacrificial place.

Mägi, M. (2021). Scandinavian chieftains in Saaremaa? Archaeological investigations in Ure, a probable Roman Period sacrificial place. Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia, 73−90. Read the...

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