In 536–541 AD a short-term and sudden cooling took place in the northern hemisphere.
Archaeological and palynological data reveal that this event caused crop failure and …

Objects imported over long distances often have rich biographies, not least a collection of
bronze objects found in a peat bog in Estonia that included an elaborate lamp of Roman …

This paper discusses the importance of the terminology used to describe deliberately
concealed separate artefact deposits. It is based on material from the eastern Baltic (Estonia …

This PhD thesis discusses the practices of wealth depositing in the 1st–9th century AD
eastern Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Wealth deposits are one or more valued object/s …

Kohtla sacrificial site is a unique deposit of Iron Age weapons and tools concealed in watery
context, located in north-eastern Estonia. It was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2013 …

This article analyses the concepts of sacrifice and offering, with a further aim to discuss how
to decode and differentiate these practices in archaeological material. The main criteria for …

Throughout the history of religion in Estonia various holy places with different meanings and
purposes have been used. In some cases the importance of a particular site has been …

In August 2013 metal detectorists Mikhail Stadnik and Eduard Kessel reported a find of tens
of iron artefacts in Kohtla Vanaküla, Lüganuse municipality, IdaViru County. A month later …

Ever since its discovery on the site of an Iron-Age stronghold, in 1939, the Jägala fibula has
been treated as evidence of the contacts with the Slavs and, at the same time, of a seventh …

During the investigations of Kohtla-Vanaküla, 140 spearheads or fragments of spearhead
blades were collected. All spearheads from Kohtla are socketed and have a pointed-oval …