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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.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
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.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
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.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Buckle, iron. Perhaps part of bridles. This type of buckles usually includes a simple iron belt strap. They have been found mainly in stone graves and are not dated more precisely.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
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.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
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.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Buckle, iron. Perhaps part of bridles. This type of buckles usually includes a simple iron belt strap. They have been found mainly in stone graves and are not dated more precisely.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
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.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
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