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New Iron Age Sites Discovered in Finland

Roman Iron Age artifacts and other finds may significantly alter the known history of an area near the northeastern shores of the Gulf of Finland.

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"The dating results show that the pyres burned about 895cal CE, not during the Crusader period," says Jouni Jäppinen, a key participant in the excavations.

...the most eye-opening finds come from a number of sites located in the area between the towns of Loviisa and Pyhtää near the northeastern shores of the Gulf of Finland, not far from the Ahvenkoski harbor discoveries.

There, they have located as many as twenty possible Roman Iron Age sites, with closer examination of ten. Of those more closely investigated, five revealed evidence of what the excavators interpret as early iron smelting furnaces and smithies. Two of the furnaces have been dated using AMS to between 204 BCE and 180 CE, within the Roman Iron Age period...

"Some of the objects found also relate to the Migration Period and Viking Age activity in the Kymi River area," says Jäppinen, "such as a casted bronze ”triangle legs buckle”, which is the first artifact found from the Migration Period in southeastern Finland.

Other artifacts are from the Roman Iron Age, and indicate a connection with Estonia and also Sweden. However, based on the asbestos ceramics found, there also appear to be connections to the inlands of Finland through the rivers."

"These discoveries will change the prevailing view about Iron Age settlements on the eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland," says  Jäppinen. Until now, this part of Finland was thought to be devoid of human settlement during that time period.


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http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/12012013/article/new-iron-age-sites-discovered-in-finland

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