Category: Archaeological sites of Saaremaa

Report. Archaeological excavations in Valjala hillfort in 1962.

Kustin, A. (1962). Report. Archaeological excavations in Valjala hillfort in 1962. (EST: Aruanne. Valjala maalinna arheoloogilistest kaevamistest 1962. a.) Read the report: 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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Kaali: the legends and the findings

Lõugas, V. (1979). Kaali: the legends and the findings. (EST: Kaali: legendid ja leiud.) – Horisont, 9, 13-17. Read the article (EST): here....

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Bone artefacts at Latest Iron Age hillforts: on the basis of finds from Lõhavere, Soontagana, Varbola and Valjala

Luik, H. (2004). Bone artefacts at Latest Iron Age hillforts: on the basis of finds from Lõhavere, Soontagana, Varbola and Valjala. (EST: Luuesemed hilisrauaaja linnamägedel Lõhavere, Soontagana,...

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Viltina materials

Mägi, M. (2008). Facing the sea. In: Lilja, S. (Ed.). Leva vid Östersjöns kust. En antologi om naturförutsätningar och resursutnyttjande pa bada sidorav Östersjön ca 800-1800. (82−103)....

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Viidumäe materials

https://youtu.be/Mj9T-JSv1K4 For English subtitles, click on the CC button:  The video introduces the Viidumäe sacrificial site in Saaremaa, where both objects and people were sacrificed. ...

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Tornimäe harbour site materials

Luik, H.; Maldre, L. (2020). Animal Bones and Bone Artefacts from the Viking Age Site of Tornimäe in Saaremaa. Archaeologia Lituana, 21, 41−58. DOI: 10.15388/ArchLit.2019.21.3. Read the article:...

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Saunamäe materials

https://youtu.be/APZ-TRlqGeI For English subtitles, click on the CC button:  The video introduces the archaeological sites at Tuulingumäe and Saunamäe in Tõnija. These were both burial and sacred...

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Salme ship burials materials

On the 10th of November 2023a new book published by the Archaeological Research Collection of Tallinn University: The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island,...

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Pöide hillfort

Pöide hillfort by the drawing of F. Kruse in 1842. Pöide hill-fort was one of the biggest prehistoric and medieval fortifications in Saaremaa. The present height of the walls is 5-6 m from the...

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