This volume is dedicated to the historiography and analysis of the present state of Estonian archaeology. Part I (articles by Valter Lang and Marge Konsa) provides a review of the general development of archaeological research in Estonia from the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century, focusing on institutional changes and advances in theoretical thinking and approaches. Part II includes articles by Aivar Kriiska, V. Lang, Andres Tvauri, Heiki Valk, Ain Mäesalu, Anton Pärn, Erki Russow and Arvi Haak on the previous research into the prehistoric and historical periods. In Part III, A. Tvauri and Mauri Kiudsoo discuss the formation and present situation of the archaeological and numismatic collections, and the establishment and development of archaeological heritage protection. Part IV discusses some more specific areas of research in Estonian archaeology, such as application of methods from the natural sciences in archaeology (A. Kriiska), settlement archaeology (V. Lang), underwater archaeology (Maili Roio), and connections between archaeology and oral tradition (H. Valk).
Nevertheless, at the root of the huaca concept was animation, its camac, reflected in communication: in essence the huacas' ability to impart wisdom and oracular divination. The relationship between people and huacas (and by implication ...
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The History of Archaeological Research (up to the Late 1980s). – Lang, V. & M. Laneman (eds) Archaeological Research in Estonia 1865–2005. (Estonian Archaeology 1). Tartu University Press, Tartu, 13–40. Lang, V. 2007.
Medieval archaeology of the European context: towns, churches, monasteries and castles. In Lang, V. and Laneman, M. (eds.) Archaeological Research in Estonia 1865–2005, 159–192. Estonian Archaeology 1, Tartu. Ryder, M. 2000.
Riga was elevated to an archbishopric in the middle of the thirteenth century, and its church province consisted of Prussia and Livonia, with the sole exception of the diocese of Tallinn, which belonged to the metropolis of Lund.4 As ...
Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 17, Leeds. ... Cambridge Archaeological Unit, East Anglian Archaeology Report 131. Lucy, S. et al. 2009b. 'The burial of a princess? ... Archaeological Research in Estonia 1865-2005.
'The Conservation of Archaeological Heritage in Estonia', in Valter Lang and Margot Laneman (eds), Archaeological Research in Estonia 1865–2005. Tartu: Tartu University Press, 2006, 247–66. Üprus, H[elmi].
Harlow, U.K., and New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005. Crouch, David. Tournament. London: Hambledon, 2005. Curnow, P. E. “Some Developments in Military Architecture c. 1200: Le Coudray-Salbart.” In AngloNorman Studies II: Proceedings of the ...
Furniture and furnishing Nowhere in Europe has a furnished medieval room been preserved. Most surviving medieval buildings have undergone extensive rebuilding and/or heavy restoration. However, it is still possible to deduce in general ...
Cultural Interaction Between East and West: Archaeology, Artefacts and Human Contacts in Northern Europe