Our database is free to use for all history and archaeology enthusiasts. If you use our database, please do not forget to cite correctly:
Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra; Niinesalu-Moon, Maris; Rannaäär, Karin; Leiman, Lisanna Lee. Archaeological Artefacts of Saaremaa. Foundation Osiliana / Tallinn University. Accessed: date.
The Osiliana Archaeological Database presents artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
The database contains mainly Iron Age and Medieval finds that can be classified.
Undated metal or other pieces were generally excluded from the database.
Ceramics are represented by isolated examples.
The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Bead, copper alloy. Bronze beads of this type have been found in stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 13: 19–21) as well as inhumation burials dating to the 12th – 13th centuries (see Spirģis 2008, 421). In Estonia they are usually associated with belt ornaments.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Spirģis, R. 2008. Bruņrupuču saktas ar krūšu važiņrotām un lībiešu kultūras attīstība Daugavas lejtecē 10.–13. gadsimtā. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, Rīga.
Bead with gold foil, glass.
Bead, copper alloy. Bronze beads of this type have been found in stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 13: 19–21) as well as inhumation burials dating to the 12th – 13th centuries (see Spirģis 2008, 421). In Estonia they are usually associated with belt ornaments.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Spirģis, R. 2008. Bruņrupuču saktas ar krūšu važiņrotām un lībiešu kultūras attīstība Daugavas lejtecē 10.–13. gadsimtā. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, Rīga.
bead, glass
Bead, copper alloy. Bronze beads of this type have been found in stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 13: 19–21) as well as inhumation burials dating to the 12th – 13th centuries (see Spirģis 2008, 421). In Estonia they are usually associated with belt ornaments.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Spirģis, R. 2008. Bruņrupuču saktas ar krūšu važiņrotām un lībiešu kultūras attīstība Daugavas lejtecē 10.–13. gadsimtā. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, Rīga.
Bead, copper alloy. Bronze beads of this type have been found in stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 13: 19–21) as well as inhumation burials dating to the 12th – 13th centuries (see Spirģis 2008, 421). In Estonia they are usually associated with belt ornaments.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Spirģis, R. 2008. Bruņrupuču saktas ar krūšu važiņrotām un lībiešu kultūras attīstība Daugavas lejtecē 10.–13. gadsimtā. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, Rīga.
Bead, copper alloy. Bronze beads of this type have been found in stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 13: 19–21) as well as inhumation burials dating to the 12th – 13th centuries (see Spirģis 2008, 421). In Estonia they are usually associated with belt ornaments.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Spirģis, R. 2008. Bruņrupuču saktas ar krūšu važiņrotām un lībiešu kultūras attīstība Daugavas lejtecē 10.–13. gadsimtā. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, Rīga.
Bead with gold foil, glass.
Bead with gold foil, glass. This bead is unusual because gold foil was most commonly used with white or yellow transparent glass, whereas in this case bluish glass was used.
Fragment of a neck ring, copper alloy.
Fragment of a neck ring, copper alloy. Fragments of neck rings made of several twisted wires are common finds in Saaremaa stone graves with cremations. Since it is normally not possible to determine the exact type of these neck-rings, they can be dated to the whole period from the 10th to the 13th century (see also: Mägi 2002, 107).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
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