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- Title
STONE FOUNDATION HOUSES OF THE LATE IRON AGE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ÅLAND AND NEW RADIOCARBON DATES FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF KULLA.
- Authors
Ilves, Kristin
- Abstract
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of Late Iron Age (AD 550-1050) and early medieval (AD 1050-1300) stone foundation houses and sites on the Åland Islands. More than a quarter of known houses and sites have been subjected to archaeological excavation, most of them over 50 years ago. Many investigations have not been published and research is suffering from speculative and loosely founded generalizations covering long periods of time. In this article, I will compile and compare the excavated and documented stone foundation house sites to each other, examining their differences and shared similarities providing a qualitative description. The lack of solid chronology is a major obstacle in drawing conclusions of a more general character. New radiocarbon dates are presented from the seven stone foundation houses at the settlement site in Kulla, reliably anchoring this site and its chronology.
- Subjects
STONE houses; IRON Age; RADIOCARBON dating
- Publication
Fennoscandia Archaeologica, 2017, Vol 34, p59
- ISSN
0781-7126
- Publication type
Article