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Medieval Monasticism in Northern Europe (Religions 2021, 12, 406), 2021
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages (Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 53), 2021
Kieliä ja kohtaamisia Turun historiassa: Näkökulmia monikielisyyteen (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia 1475), 2021
Antiquity, 2020
This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, ... more This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, focusing on wood-use in North-eastern Europe within the period AD 1100–1600. The authors approach wood within the framework of object biographies and link the study of wooden artefacts with broader archaeological understandings of formation processes and environmental reconstruction.
Karhunhammas, 2019
Puukenkien kopinaa on juhlakirja filosofian tohtorille, dosentti Henrik Asplundille. Kirjan kaikk... more Puukenkien kopinaa on juhlakirja filosofian tohtorille, dosentti Henrik
Asplundille. Kirjan kaikki artikkelit liittyvät tavalla tai toisella hänen
monipuoliseen ja mittavaan uraansa arkeologina, opettajana ja
tutkijana. Ne valaisevat kiinnostavia arkeologisia tutkimuskysymyksiä
ulottuen esihistorian hämärästä myöhäiselle historialliselle ajalle.
Käsittelyssä ovat niin kalmistot, keramiikka, elinkeinot, muinaiskasvit ja
luututkimus kuin muinaismuistohallinto, uskomukset ja arkeologian
hyödyntämät uusimmat teknologiat. Artikkelien kirjoittajiksi on
valikoitunut kollegoita ja yhteistyökumppaneita Henrik Asplundin
pitkän uran eri vaiheista. Valokuvien ja anekdoottien kautta saadaan
välähdys myös Henrik Asplundin työ- ja siviilipersoonasta.
Turun Historiallinen Arkisto, 2018
Turun Koroistenniemi on ainutlaatuinen kohde Suomen historiassa. Siellä sijaitsi 1200-luvun toise... more Turun Koroistenniemi on ainutlaatuinen kohde Suomen historiassa. Siellä sijaitsi 1200-luvun toiselta neljännekseltä aina 1300-luvun taitteeseen asti Suomen ensimmäinen kirkollinen keskus, tuomiokirkko ja piispallinen asunto. Sieltä käsin johdettiin maamme kristillistymistä ja kirkollisen hallinnon muovautumista.
Monitieteisessä teoksessa hahmotellaan laajan asiantuntijajoukon voimin Koroisten käyttöhistoriaa ennen kirkollisen hallinnon saapumista, piispanistuimen perustamista, alueen käytön muutoksia 1200-luvulta keskiajan loppuun sekä niemen käytön hiipumista ja myöhempää hyödyntämistä.
Teoksen uudet tulkinnat eivät luo kuvaa ainoastaan yhdestä yksittäisestä kohteesta ja sen historiasta, vaan Koroisten valtavan varhaishistoriallisen merkityksen vuoksi tulokset laajentavat nykyisiä käsityksiä esihistoriallisen ja historiallisen ajan taitteesta sekä kristillisen kulttuurin vakiintumisesta Suomeen.
This book represents the outcome of the “Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Regio... more This book represents the outcome of the “Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region” held in August 2013 in Turku, Finland, which, in turn, had its roots in the long tradition of Scandinavian Symposia for Nordic Church Archaeology, started in 1981 in Denmark.
During the past few decades, the scope of church archaeology has expanded immensely and can presently be described as a multifaceted field of research. This book represents a convincing testament to this development. Every chapter gives a distinctive perspective on the theme of sacred monuments and practices written by leading experts in this field. As such, this volume offers unique insights into the study of religious life and its material aspects in the Baltic Sea Region, made available for English-readers for the first time.
Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae , 2016
In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the ... more In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the village was called, had been a prosperous dwelling place since the 13th century, but all this changed when king Gustav Vasa decided to found a royal demesne nearby and incorporated the fields of Mankby in the new estate. During a rapid desertion process, the peasants moved to new homes, and the old village plot became uninhabited until this day.
During seven years of excavations, 2007–2013, archaeologists from Helsinki University and Espoo City Museum have unveiled remains of the village of Mankby. This volume presents the results of this research, shedding light on many different aspects of medieval life. The main excavated structures, the results of the scientific analyses and the artefacts found during the excavations are presented in this volume, as well as the medieval settlement structure of the region and its prehistoric predecessors.
Mankby has shown to be one of the best preserved village sites in Southern Finland, and the research on this site has updated our view on medieval peasants and their life conditions. The studies discuss new aspects on dwellings, contacts, trade, subsistence, diet and social structures. The village and its rich find material reflects the historic phenomena of its time: the medieval Swedish colonisation of the Finnish coast, the influence of the Hanseatic League and the dawn of early modern society. The results of the research in Mankby offer both micro-historic glimpses into the past and insights into the larger picture of history.
What were the shoe styles like and where did the fashions come from? What kind of footwear did ch... more What were the shoe styles like and where did the fashions come from? What kind of footwear did children have? How were feet shod in winter or when walking on muddy streets? How did the constructions of medieval shoes differ from post-medieval types? What kind of evidence is there of local shoemaking?
In this study, we are led into the history of shoes and their manufacture. The book is based on the author’s thorough survey and analysis of archaeological finds related to footwear and shoemaking in the town of Turku, Finland, and the nearby Turku Castle. It covers the period from the foundation of Turku in the late 13th century to the dawn of the Early Modern Period in the first half of the 16th century. In treating its theme in this extent and depth, the study is the first of its kind in Finland.
The study is a part of the project Medieval Urban Life in Motion – Challenges and Possibilities for Archaeological Understanding of a Town (Turku, Finland), funded by the Academy of Finland in 2004-2006. It was carried out in the School of Cultural Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Turku, Turku Provincial Museum and Aboa Vetus Museum. This book is the fifteenth volume in the Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae series, publications of the Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland. It can be recommended for archaeologists, historians, re-enactors and anyone interested in shoes and their cultural history.
This book offers a glimpse on the material culture of medieval Turku, the most important town of ... more This book offers a glimpse on the material culture of medieval Turku, the most important town of Finland in the Middle Ages. In this archaeological study, there are presented and discussed the knife sheaths, sword scabbards and grip coverings from swords or daggers found in archaeological surveys and excavations carried out during the last hundred years in the town of Turku and at Turku Castle. The objects of this study were manufactured of leather, a significant raw material often called ‘the plastic of the Middle Ages’. The whole research material is comprised of 224 artefacts, dated to 14th-16th centuries.
As personal equipment accompanying the owner, the artefacts of this study inevitably reflect the mentality and aesthetic values of their period and society. These have been viewed by studying the decoration of the artefacts. It is also asked where and by whom the objects were made, and who the users were.
All the artefacts have been individually described in text and pictures in the catalogue section of the book. Besides the medieval material, there’s been included a short introduction to Iron Age sheaths and scabbards in Finland in the light of the present knowledge.
The study is a part of the project ‘From Village into Town – Changing Ways of Life in Southwestern Finland from the 10th to the 16th century’. The project was funded by the Academy of Finland in 2001-2003 and carried out in the Department of Archaeology, University of Turku and Turku Provincial Museum.
Papers by Janne Harjula
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages, 2021
Lund Archaeological Review, 2016
The article reexamines the remains of medieval buildings located on the river bank at the Cape of... more The article reexamines the remains of medieval buildings located on the river bank at the Cape of Koroinen in Turku, where the episcopal see of Finland was located in the 13th century. We take a new look at the structures with a special focus on the use of brick. It seems that a stone keep with a brick floor and a small brick house with grand brick decorations as well as a large wooden house with a heat-storage hypocaust were constructed before 1429. The stone keep and the wooden house with a hypocaust appear to date from the 13th to early 14th century. Another large wooden building preceding the keep may be one of the bishop's first buildings, or it might even be older than that. The masonry buildings suffered from tilting, which may be the reason they were not repaired after a possible fire.
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages, 2021
Religions, 2021
This article analyses modern interpretations of the medieval plan of the Bridgettine Monastery of... more This article analyses modern interpretations of the medieval plan of the Bridgettine Monastery of Naantali, Finland. Instead of seeing the distinct spatial organisation as deviation from the Bridgettine norm, we consider it as an expression of a medieval process, by which monastic principles were re-conceptualised in order to be realised in material form. This perspective builds on the shift in thinking that has taken place in the study of medieval urban planning. Instead of being ‘organic’, meaning disorganised, medieval urban development has come to be considered as intentional, guided by general principles, although not in a manner that is always obvious to the modern mind. We concur that models such as St Bridget’s visions and the plan of Vadstena Abbey are important tools for reconstructing medieval monastic plans. Meanwhile, we propose that such models can also add latent and counterproductive baggage to this field of study by encouraging modern expectations of regularity with...
Everyday Products in the Middle Ages, 2015
In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the ... more In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the village was called, had been a prosperous dwelling place since the 13th century, but all this changed when king Gustav Vasa decided to found a royal demesne nearby and incorporated the fields of Mankby in the new estate. During a rapid desertion process, the peasants moved to new homes, and the old village plot became uninhabited until this day. During seven years of excavations, 2007–2013, archaeologists from Helsinki University and Espoo City Museum have unveiled remains of the village of Mankby. This volume presents the results of this research, shedding light on many different aspects of medieval life. The main excavated structures, the results of the scientific analyses and the artefacts found during the excavations are presented in this volume, as well as the medieval settlement structure of the region and its prehistoric predecessors. Mankby has shown to be one of the best preserved village sites in Southern Finland, and the research on this site has updated our view on medieval peasants and their life conditions. The studies discuss new aspects on dwellings, contacts, trade, subsistence, diet and social structures. The village and its rich find material reflects the historic phenomena of its time: the medieval Swedish colonisation of the Finnish coast, the influence of the Hanseatic League and the dawn of early modern society. The results of the research in Mankby offer both micro-historic glimpses into the past and insights into the larger picture of history.
Post-Medieval Archaeology, 2019
In this article we examine and interpret a cattle-bone assemblage from the small town of Rauma, F... more In this article we examine and interpret a cattle-bone assemblage from the small town of Rauma, Finland, dating to the early 18th century, exhibiting evidence for large-scale raw bone material collection and preparation. Sawn ends of bovine metapodials originating from at least 230 individuals were found in shallow pits near the town border. Bones from adult male cattle dominated the sample. The uniformity of the craft process, careful selection of the bones and the concentrated deposition of the waste indicate a professional large-scale operation aimed at preparation of half-finished products. The shafts were probably not worked further at this site. It is likely that metapodial shafts were exported to larger cities, such as Stockholm, because Rauma, or possibly even the whole of 18th-century Finland, would not have had the markets for such a large number of end products.
Medieval Monasticism in Northern Europe (Religions 2021, 12, 406), 2021
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages (Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 53), 2021
Kieliä ja kohtaamisia Turun historiassa: Näkökulmia monikielisyyteen (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia 1475), 2021
Antiquity, 2020
This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, ... more This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, focusing on wood-use in North-eastern Europe within the period AD 1100–1600. The authors approach wood within the framework of object biographies and link the study of wooden artefacts with broader archaeological understandings of formation processes and environmental reconstruction.
Karhunhammas, 2019
Puukenkien kopinaa on juhlakirja filosofian tohtorille, dosentti Henrik Asplundille. Kirjan kaikk... more Puukenkien kopinaa on juhlakirja filosofian tohtorille, dosentti Henrik
Asplundille. Kirjan kaikki artikkelit liittyvät tavalla tai toisella hänen
monipuoliseen ja mittavaan uraansa arkeologina, opettajana ja
tutkijana. Ne valaisevat kiinnostavia arkeologisia tutkimuskysymyksiä
ulottuen esihistorian hämärästä myöhäiselle historialliselle ajalle.
Käsittelyssä ovat niin kalmistot, keramiikka, elinkeinot, muinaiskasvit ja
luututkimus kuin muinaismuistohallinto, uskomukset ja arkeologian
hyödyntämät uusimmat teknologiat. Artikkelien kirjoittajiksi on
valikoitunut kollegoita ja yhteistyökumppaneita Henrik Asplundin
pitkän uran eri vaiheista. Valokuvien ja anekdoottien kautta saadaan
välähdys myös Henrik Asplundin työ- ja siviilipersoonasta.
Turun Historiallinen Arkisto, 2018
Turun Koroistenniemi on ainutlaatuinen kohde Suomen historiassa. Siellä sijaitsi 1200-luvun toise... more Turun Koroistenniemi on ainutlaatuinen kohde Suomen historiassa. Siellä sijaitsi 1200-luvun toiselta neljännekseltä aina 1300-luvun taitteeseen asti Suomen ensimmäinen kirkollinen keskus, tuomiokirkko ja piispallinen asunto. Sieltä käsin johdettiin maamme kristillistymistä ja kirkollisen hallinnon muovautumista.
Monitieteisessä teoksessa hahmotellaan laajan asiantuntijajoukon voimin Koroisten käyttöhistoriaa ennen kirkollisen hallinnon saapumista, piispanistuimen perustamista, alueen käytön muutoksia 1200-luvulta keskiajan loppuun sekä niemen käytön hiipumista ja myöhempää hyödyntämistä.
Teoksen uudet tulkinnat eivät luo kuvaa ainoastaan yhdestä yksittäisestä kohteesta ja sen historiasta, vaan Koroisten valtavan varhaishistoriallisen merkityksen vuoksi tulokset laajentavat nykyisiä käsityksiä esihistoriallisen ja historiallisen ajan taitteesta sekä kristillisen kulttuurin vakiintumisesta Suomeen.
This book represents the outcome of the “Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Regio... more This book represents the outcome of the “Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region” held in August 2013 in Turku, Finland, which, in turn, had its roots in the long tradition of Scandinavian Symposia for Nordic Church Archaeology, started in 1981 in Denmark.
During the past few decades, the scope of church archaeology has expanded immensely and can presently be described as a multifaceted field of research. This book represents a convincing testament to this development. Every chapter gives a distinctive perspective on the theme of sacred monuments and practices written by leading experts in this field. As such, this volume offers unique insights into the study of religious life and its material aspects in the Baltic Sea Region, made available for English-readers for the first time.
Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae , 2016
In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the ... more In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the village was called, had been a prosperous dwelling place since the 13th century, but all this changed when king Gustav Vasa decided to found a royal demesne nearby and incorporated the fields of Mankby in the new estate. During a rapid desertion process, the peasants moved to new homes, and the old village plot became uninhabited until this day.
During seven years of excavations, 2007–2013, archaeologists from Helsinki University and Espoo City Museum have unveiled remains of the village of Mankby. This volume presents the results of this research, shedding light on many different aspects of medieval life. The main excavated structures, the results of the scientific analyses and the artefacts found during the excavations are presented in this volume, as well as the medieval settlement structure of the region and its prehistoric predecessors.
Mankby has shown to be one of the best preserved village sites in Southern Finland, and the research on this site has updated our view on medieval peasants and their life conditions. The studies discuss new aspects on dwellings, contacts, trade, subsistence, diet and social structures. The village and its rich find material reflects the historic phenomena of its time: the medieval Swedish colonisation of the Finnish coast, the influence of the Hanseatic League and the dawn of early modern society. The results of the research in Mankby offer both micro-historic glimpses into the past and insights into the larger picture of history.
What were the shoe styles like and where did the fashions come from? What kind of footwear did ch... more What were the shoe styles like and where did the fashions come from? What kind of footwear did children have? How were feet shod in winter or when walking on muddy streets? How did the constructions of medieval shoes differ from post-medieval types? What kind of evidence is there of local shoemaking?
In this study, we are led into the history of shoes and their manufacture. The book is based on the author’s thorough survey and analysis of archaeological finds related to footwear and shoemaking in the town of Turku, Finland, and the nearby Turku Castle. It covers the period from the foundation of Turku in the late 13th century to the dawn of the Early Modern Period in the first half of the 16th century. In treating its theme in this extent and depth, the study is the first of its kind in Finland.
The study is a part of the project Medieval Urban Life in Motion – Challenges and Possibilities for Archaeological Understanding of a Town (Turku, Finland), funded by the Academy of Finland in 2004-2006. It was carried out in the School of Cultural Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Turku, Turku Provincial Museum and Aboa Vetus Museum. This book is the fifteenth volume in the Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae series, publications of the Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland. It can be recommended for archaeologists, historians, re-enactors and anyone interested in shoes and their cultural history.
This book offers a glimpse on the material culture of medieval Turku, the most important town of ... more This book offers a glimpse on the material culture of medieval Turku, the most important town of Finland in the Middle Ages. In this archaeological study, there are presented and discussed the knife sheaths, sword scabbards and grip coverings from swords or daggers found in archaeological surveys and excavations carried out during the last hundred years in the town of Turku and at Turku Castle. The objects of this study were manufactured of leather, a significant raw material often called ‘the plastic of the Middle Ages’. The whole research material is comprised of 224 artefacts, dated to 14th-16th centuries.
As personal equipment accompanying the owner, the artefacts of this study inevitably reflect the mentality and aesthetic values of their period and society. These have been viewed by studying the decoration of the artefacts. It is also asked where and by whom the objects were made, and who the users were.
All the artefacts have been individually described in text and pictures in the catalogue section of the book. Besides the medieval material, there’s been included a short introduction to Iron Age sheaths and scabbards in Finland in the light of the present knowledge.
The study is a part of the project ‘From Village into Town – Changing Ways of Life in Southwestern Finland from the 10th to the 16th century’. The project was funded by the Academy of Finland in 2001-2003 and carried out in the Department of Archaeology, University of Turku and Turku Provincial Museum.
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages, 2021
Lund Archaeological Review, 2016
The article reexamines the remains of medieval buildings located on the river bank at the Cape of... more The article reexamines the remains of medieval buildings located on the river bank at the Cape of Koroinen in Turku, where the episcopal see of Finland was located in the 13th century. We take a new look at the structures with a special focus on the use of brick. It seems that a stone keep with a brick floor and a small brick house with grand brick decorations as well as a large wooden house with a heat-storage hypocaust were constructed before 1429. The stone keep and the wooden house with a hypocaust appear to date from the 13th to early 14th century. Another large wooden building preceding the keep may be one of the bishop's first buildings, or it might even be older than that. The masonry buildings suffered from tilting, which may be the reason they were not repaired after a possible fire.
Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages, 2021
Religions, 2021
This article analyses modern interpretations of the medieval plan of the Bridgettine Monastery of... more This article analyses modern interpretations of the medieval plan of the Bridgettine Monastery of Naantali, Finland. Instead of seeing the distinct spatial organisation as deviation from the Bridgettine norm, we consider it as an expression of a medieval process, by which monastic principles were re-conceptualised in order to be realised in material form. This perspective builds on the shift in thinking that has taken place in the study of medieval urban planning. Instead of being ‘organic’, meaning disorganised, medieval urban development has come to be considered as intentional, guided by general principles, although not in a manner that is always obvious to the modern mind. We concur that models such as St Bridget’s visions and the plan of Vadstena Abbey are important tools for reconstructing medieval monastic plans. Meanwhile, we propose that such models can also add latent and counterproductive baggage to this field of study by encouraging modern expectations of regularity with...
Everyday Products in the Middle Ages, 2015
In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the ... more In August 1556 a village of six farms was abandoned in Espoo in Southern Finland. Mankby, as the village was called, had been a prosperous dwelling place since the 13th century, but all this changed when king Gustav Vasa decided to found a royal demesne nearby and incorporated the fields of Mankby in the new estate. During a rapid desertion process, the peasants moved to new homes, and the old village plot became uninhabited until this day. During seven years of excavations, 2007–2013, archaeologists from Helsinki University and Espoo City Museum have unveiled remains of the village of Mankby. This volume presents the results of this research, shedding light on many different aspects of medieval life. The main excavated structures, the results of the scientific analyses and the artefacts found during the excavations are presented in this volume, as well as the medieval settlement structure of the region and its prehistoric predecessors. Mankby has shown to be one of the best preserved village sites in Southern Finland, and the research on this site has updated our view on medieval peasants and their life conditions. The studies discuss new aspects on dwellings, contacts, trade, subsistence, diet and social structures. The village and its rich find material reflects the historic phenomena of its time: the medieval Swedish colonisation of the Finnish coast, the influence of the Hanseatic League and the dawn of early modern society. The results of the research in Mankby offer both micro-historic glimpses into the past and insights into the larger picture of history.
Post-Medieval Archaeology, 2019
In this article we examine and interpret a cattle-bone assemblage from the small town of Rauma, F... more In this article we examine and interpret a cattle-bone assemblage from the small town of Rauma, Finland, dating to the early 18th century, exhibiting evidence for large-scale raw bone material collection and preparation. Sawn ends of bovine metapodials originating from at least 230 individuals were found in shallow pits near the town border. Bones from adult male cattle dominated the sample. The uniformity of the craft process, careful selection of the bones and the concentrated deposition of the waste indicate a professional large-scale operation aimed at preparation of half-finished products. The shafts were probably not worked further at this site. It is likely that metapodial shafts were exported to larger cities, such as Stockholm, because Rauma, or possibly even the whole of 18th-century Finland, would not have had the markets for such a large number of end products.
Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, 2016
Genetics Selection Evolution, 2013
Background Several molecular and population genetic studies have focused on the native sheep bree... more Background Several molecular and population genetic studies have focused on the native sheep breeds of Finland. In this work, we investigated their ancestral sheep populations from Iron Age, Medieval and Post-Medieval periods by sequencing a partial mitochondrial DNA D-loop and the 5’-promoter region of the SRY gene. We compared the maternal (mitochondrial DNA haplotypes) and paternal (SNP oY 1) genetic diversity of ancient sheep in Finland with modern domestic sheep populations in Europe and Asia to study temporal changes in genetic variation and affinities between ancient and modern populations. Results A 523-bp mitochondrial DNA sequence was successfully amplified for 26 of 36 sheep ancient samples i.e. five, seven and 14 samples representative of Iron Age, Medieval and Post-Medieval sheep, respectively. Genetic diversity was analyzed within the cohorts. This ancient dataset was compared with present-day data consisting of 94 animals from 10 contemporary European breeds and with ...
Antiquity, 2020
This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, ... more This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, focusing on wood-use in North-eastern Europe within the period AD 1100–1600. The authors approach wood within the framework of object biographies and link the study of wooden artefacts with broader archaeological understandings of formation processes and environmental reconstruction.
Zeitschrift Fur Archaologie Des Mittelalters, 2004
In Europe, large numbers of finds related to literacy, dating from Antiquity to contemporary time... more In Europe, large numbers of finds related to literacy, dating from Antiquity to contemporary times have been uncovered in diverse archaeological contexts. Find categories include inscriptions on archaeological objects and structures, writing and reading implements, and components of books. Along with written sources, archaeological material is essential for studying and understanding literacy and its material aspects in different times, places and social and cultural contexts.1 Some of the find contexts of artefacts related to literacy can be broadly categorized as ecclesiastical in contrast to secular contexts. The former category includes the interiors and exteriors of churches, convents, monasteries, parsonages (a secular space with ecclesiastical connections) as well as their broader surroundings. In this article, I focus on churches or their former locations in Finland. At these sites, the most frequent archaeological find group related to written culture
In den Jahren 2005 und 2006 wurden auf dem Domplatz in Turku, Südwest-Finnland, in unmittelbarer ... more In den Jahren 2005 und 2006 wurden auf dem Domplatz in Turku, Südwest-Finnland, in unmittelbarer Nähe der Domschule archäologische Ausgrabungen unternommen. Aus der Ausgrabungsfläche 1 fand man entlang der Südostseite des Doms eine ungewöhnliche große Zahl von Wachstafeln und Schreibgriffeln. Dieser Aufsatz will vor allem die Hypothese überprüfen, diese Funde seien der Domschule von Turku zuzurechnen, die sich im Mittelalter in der Nähe der Ausgrabungsfläche befunden haben muss. Denn auch wenn die Domschule in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit verschiedene Standorte besaß, so befanden sich alle in unmittelbarer Nähe der Ausgrabungsfläche. Nicht allein die Datierung der Funde passt zur räumlichen Nähe der Domschule in derselben Zeit (spätes 14. und 15. Jahrhundert), sondern ebenso die ungewöhnlich große Anzahl von Wachstafeln und Schreibgriffeln (mehr als 50 % aller Wachstafel- und fast 70 % aller Schreibgriffelfunde in Turku) sowie ihre sehr gute Eignung für den Schulgebrauch. Dennoch ist nicht von der Hand zu weisen, dass die Wachstafeln und Schreibgriffel aus dieser Ausgrabung vielleicht nicht der Domschule zuzurechnen sind, sondern allgemeiner kirchlichem Gebrauch im Zusammenhagng mit dem Dom und seinem räumlichen und religiösen Einflussbereich. Dessen ungeachtet dürfte der Kontext der in diesem Beitrag beschriebenen Funde als schulisch bzw. kirchlich und nicht als kommerziell gelten können. Der zweite Teil des Aufsatzes konzentriert sich auf die Interpretation eines Textes. Die Neuinterpretation des lateinischen Begriffs stipula in einer Bittschrift eines finnischen Klerikers als Zeigestab erlaubt neue Einsichten in die nur unzureichend bekannte Sachkultur finnischer Schulen. Durch die Sammlung von Informationen über die in Schulen benutzten Instrumente ergeben sich Einblicke in die Lehr- und Lernmethoden jenseits der materiellen Realität.
Kasvatus & Aika, 2008
Pitkaan vallitsi kasitys, etta luku- ja kirjoitustaito olivat Pohjoismaissa keskiajalla [1] lahin... more Pitkaan vallitsi kasitys, etta luku- ja kirjoitustaito olivat Pohjoismaissa keskiajalla [1] lahinna kirkon edustajien ja maallisen eliitin etuoike uksia. Voiko arkeologinen tutkimus muuttaa tata historiankuvaa? Viime vuosina Suomessa tehtyjen arkeologisten kaivaustutkimusten tuloksena on saatu paljon uutta kirjoi ttamiseen liittyvaa lahdeaineistoa. Pohdin tassa artikkelissa arkeologian mahdollis uuksia vastata kysymyksiin, jotka liittyvat keskiajan kirjalliseen kulttuuriin. Arkeologia historian, kirjallisuustieteiden ja filologian tutkimusk entalla Paaasialliset kirjallisen kulttuurin[2] historiaa tutkivat t ieteet ovat olleet historia-, kirjallisuus- ja kielitieteet. Myos tutkimuskysymykset, aineistot, m enetelmat ja nakokulmat ovat noudattaneet naiden tieteiden kaytantoja. Keskiajan osalta kirjallisen kul ttuurin tutkimus on keskittynyt kasikirjoitusten tekstisisaltojen analyysiin p aleografiaa apuna kayttaen ja toisaalta kodikologiaan, joka tutkii kasikirjoituksia kokonaisvaltais...
This issue of Mirator represents the outcome of the Conference on Church Archaeology in the Balti... more This issue of Mirator represents the outcome of the Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region held on the 26th to 30th of August 2013 in Turku, Finland. The roots of this conference are in the long tradition of Scandinavian gatherings called Symposium för nordisk kyrkoarkeologi (‘Symposium for Nordic Church Archaeology’) started in 1981 in Moesgård, Denmark. The third symposium in the series was held 1987 in Turku. Over a quarter of century later, church researchers gathered in Turku for the second time – the eleventh time in the series of these events – with a wider scope. The event was an international conference with English as the language of discussion instead of the Scandinavian languages spoken in the earlier, smaller symposia. The 1987 symposium was organized by the National Board of Antiquities and Turku Provincial Museum. The central figure in arrangements and active in other church archaeology symposiums was Dr Knut Drake (1927–2013), at the time the head ...