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; 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.
Chatelaine rod fragment, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragments, 2, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chain fragments, 4, iron. A similar chain with 8-shaped links was found from Käku grave site (Mägi 2002, Pl. 14: 4) in Saaremaa. These chains have also been found in Salaspils Laukskola cemetery in Latvia where they occurred in mainly men´s graves dated to the 11th–13th centuries (Zarina 2006, 275–276).
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 Lukskolas kapulauks. 10.–13. gadsimts. Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds, Riga.
Chatelaine rod fragment, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragments, 2, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragments, 2, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragments, 3, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragment, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
Chatelaine rod fragment, iron. Chatelaines were worn by both men and women and were used to fasten various necessary items to the belt. Chatelaine rods have been found from many places in Estonia, including Saaremaa.
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.
Tamla, Ü. 2016. Ristimäe stone grave on the island of Muhu. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2015, 121–126.
