Database
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. 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.
Valjala hillfort
Drawknife or leather tanning tool.
Drawknife or leather tanning tool (Vasks 2010). Dated according to the find contect.
Literature:
Vasks, A. 2010. Slīmests vai ādu apstrādes rīks. – Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls, 2, 5–13.
Trapezoid comb. Similar ones have been in Estonia found in Otepää and Tartu, in Latvia in Riga (Luik 1998, 49-55; Tilko 2000). Seem to date mainly to the 13th century, perhaps also to the 12th century.
Literature:
Luik, H. 1998. Muinas- ja keskaegsed luukammid Eestis. Muinasaja teadus, 6. Tallinn.
Tilko, S. 2000. Rīgas 12.- 14. gadsimta viengabala kaula ķemmes. – Senā Rīga 2, 101-112.
Valjala hillfort
Spiral.
Valjala hillfort
Penannular brooch pin, copper alloy.
Valjala hillfort
Fragment of bronze spiral bracelet.
Valjala hillfort
Fragment of bronze spiral bracelet, re-used as finger-ring.
Valjala hillfort
Crossbow bolt, iron. Crossbow bolt with a pyramid-shaped tip. The bolt has a wider part at the base, just before the socket.
Crossbow bolt, iron. Crossbow bolt with a pyramid-shaped tip. The bolt has a wider part at the base, just before the socket. Mäesalu´s type A I Crossbow were taken into use in the Eastern Baltic as early as in the end of the 12th century, but heads of such type are in Estonia dated mainly to the first half of the 13th century (Mäesalu 1991). In Latvia they are datef from the end of the 12th century to the early 14th century (Mugurēvičs 2008, 202).
Literature:
Mäesalu, A. 1991. Otepää linnuse ammunooleotsad. Eds. L. Jaanits & V. Lang. (Muinasaja teadus, 1). Agu, Tallinn.
Mugurēvičs, Ē. 2008. Viduslaiku ciems un pils Salaspils novadā. Rīga, 112, 202.
Potsherd.
