New Sites, New Methods
The 14th Finnish-Russian Archaeological Symposium
Scientific sessions on Wednesday 19 November – Thursday 20 November 2014
Full-day excursion to Lahti and Hollola on Friday 21 November 2014
Helsinki Hall of Culture, Alvar Auditorium
street address: Sturenkatu 4
Organizers: The Finnish Antiquarian Society, National Board of Antiquities, Lahti City Museum
Co-organizers: University of Helsinki, University of Turku, University of Oulu
Program:
Oral presentations (20 papers à 30 min with discussion), 2-day poster session
Excursion guided by Hannu Takala, PhD, Lahti City Museum
Participation:
The Symposium is open to archaeologists, archaeology students, experts in
cultural heritage and related fields of study, and all those interested.
Participation fees:
Symposium fee 20 €, students 15 €
Pre-printed abstracts, coffee and social program included.
Excursion fee 30 €, students 20 €
Printed materials and lunch included.
Organizing Committee:
Pirjo Uino, National Board of Antiquities
Mika Lavento, University of Helsinki & Finnish Antiquarian Society
Juha Ruohonen, University of Turku
Kerkko Nordqvist, University of Oulu
Hannu Takala, Lahti City Museum
A.N. Kirpichnikov, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of
Sciences
E. N. Nosov, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of
Sciences
A. I. Saksa, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences
In cooperation with the Archaeological Society of Finland.
For more information and participation, please contact:
Symposium Secretary Mervi Suhonen, [email protected]
Head of Scientific Committee Pirjo Uino, [email protected]
PROGRAM
up-dated 19 November, 2014
Wednesday 19 November
9.00
Opening (Juhani Kostet, National Board of Antiquities)
Keynote lecture:
A. N. Kirpichnikov (St. Petersburg), Pirjo Uino (Helsinki) & E. N. Nosov (St. Petersburg)
Finnish-Russian scientific cooperation in the field of archaeology.
The results of the traversed path 1969–2014
Short break
10.00–12.00 Session 1
New Sites and Methods in the research of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic
Hannu Takala (Lahti) & M. M. Shahnovich (Petrozavodsk)
New Mesolithic sites from Lake Ladoga district
Kerkko Nordqvist & Teemu Mökkönen (Oulu)
The use of mineral raw materials in the Lake Saimaa area
during the Neolithic
V. M. Lozovskiy & O. V. Lozovskaya (St. Petersburg)
Wood as raw material in the Mesolithic-Neolithic of Eastern Europe:
from wooden implements to the reconstruction of paleo-landscape
Elisabeth Holmqvist (Helsinki)
Recent research in archaeometric artefact studies
12.00–13.00 Lunch break and poster session
13.00–15.00 Session 2
New Sites and Methods in the research of the Neolithic and Early Metal Age
V. M. Lozovskiy & O. V. Lozovskaya (St. Petersburg)
New investigations on the Stone Age peat-bog sites in Central Russia
V. Ya. Shumkin, A. I. Murashkin, E. M. Kolpakov & T. N. Sapelko (St. Petersburg)
Cultural and environmental factors of initial settling of Russian Lapland
Jarkko Saipio (Helsinki)
Ritual adaptation on the western edge of the Seima-Turbino phenomenon
M. A. Yushkova (St. Petersburg)
New group of sites of the 1st to 7th centuries AD in the south-west of
Leningrad Oblast
15.00–15.30 Coffee
15.30–16.30 Session 3
New materials and interpretations in the North
Petri Halinen (Helsinki)
The Sámi Society of northern Fennoscandia during the end of Iron Age and
Medieval period: an archaeological approach
E. M. Kolpakov , V. Ya. Shumkin & A. I. Murashkin (St. Petersburg)
Early Metal Age Dwellings in Eastern Lapland (investigations of Kola
archeological expedition IHMC in 2004–2014)
16.30–18.00
Guided visit to the archaeological collections of National Board of Antiquities
Thursday 20 November
9.30–11.30 Session 4
New Sites and Methods in Late Iron Age and Medieval studies
N. V. Khvoshchinskaya (St. Petersburg)
Modern views on the formation of Vod' tribe on the territory of North-West
of Novgorod Land
S. V. Bel’skiy (St. Petersburg)
New archaeological sites of Middle Ages on Karelian Isthmus
and Ladoga Karelia
Ville Laakso (Turku)
The later stages of Karelian Culture
Juha Ruohonen (Turku)
Cross on the Hill? Early Medieval Church of Ristimäki
in Ravattula in Kaarina
11.30–12.30 Lunch break and poster session
12.30–14.30 Session 5
New Sites and Methods in the research of historical times
Saksa A. I. (St. Petersburg) (Presentation in Finnish)
The early stages of the history of Vyborg
(the results of archaeological research 1998–2012)
N. F. Solov’yova & V. A. Lapshin (St. Petersburg)
Archaeological investigation of St. Petersburg
by the Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
Päivi Maaranen (Helsinki)
Metal detecting as archaeological activity: some notes concerning
development of a hobby and consequences of increasing public interest
in Finland
14.30–15.00 Coffee
15.00–16.00 Session 6
News in the fields of theory and research history
Timo Salminen (Helsinki)
M. A. Castrén’s archaeological research in Russia and Siberia,
preliminary results of an ongoing publication project
Slides and stories from Finnish-Russian archaeological symposia through decades
by Pirjo Uino, A. N. Kirpichnikov et al.
16.00 Concluding remarks
18.00–23.00
Symposium dinner
Venue: Pakin talo (street address Etupellontie 2, Helsinki (Pakila); public transport: bus 64)
THE POSTERS
D. V. Gerasimov (St. Petersburg), Kerkko Nordqvist (Oulu) & Oula Seitsonen (Helsinki)
Multilayered Stone Age sites in the Karelian Isthmus:
Chronological control, hiatuses and attachment to a place
Oula Seitsonen, Kerkko Nordqvist & D. V. Gerasimov
Prehistoric habitation and chronology in the eastern Karelian Isthmus:
Lake Pyhäjärvi – Ozero Otradnoe -project 2005–2008
Aivar Kriiska, D. V. Gerasimov, Kerkko Nordqvist, S. N. Lisitsyn, Sarita Sandell & M. A. Kholkina
Stone Age research in Narva-Luga Klint Bay area (2005–2014)
A.I. Murashkin, E. M. Kolpakov, V. Ja. Shumkin & V. I. Khartanovich (St. Petersburg)
Kola Oleny island cemetery as unique burial site in European Arctic
E. Yu. Girya (St. Petersburg), E. M. Kolpakov (St. Petersburg) & A. Yu. Tarasov (Petrozavodsk)
Traceologycal study of Karelia and Kola Peninsula petroglyphs
(how and by means of what masterpieces of petroglyphic art were created)
Friday 21 November 2014
Excursion day
10.00 Departure from Helsinki by coach
11.30 Guided visit to Lahti City Museum
 Introduction to the history of the museum collections
 City excavations 2013 and preservation policy of the archaeological find material
 Tour at the museum exhibitions
Departure to Hollola by coach
13.30 Lunch
 Restaurant Kunnantupa, Hollola
Guided tour in the medieval cultural landscape of Hollola
 Kapatuosia hillfort
 Medieval stone church
16.00 Departure from Hollola to Lahti
Departure of the Finnish participants to Helsinki by coach
Coffee break and free program in Lahti for the Russian guests
Departure of the Russian colleagues from Lahti to SPB by express train “Allegro”