On September 24-26 the first Estonian-Russian joint field inventory of archaeological sites took place in south-eastern Estonia. The Estonian partners were represented by the University of Tartu and the National Heritage Board, the Russian partners by Pskov Region Archaeological Centre and by Pskov Museum.

Archaeological monuments were visited on the territories of Orava, Meremäe, Karula and Värska communities. The guests were introduced with the methodology of field inventories, carried out in Estonia in the frameworks of the AAC-project.  The row of numerous and different barrow cemeteries on the northern side of Piusa river was characterized by the guests as rare for the whole area of the culture of long and round barrows, the core areas of which are located in the historical Pskov Land. It was suggested to involve this area in one of the tourist routes elaborated within the frameworks  of the project.

On the way to Karula parish the team visited  the reconstructed Viking Age house at the hill fort of Rõuge and  the famous Virunuka stone graves from the Roman Iron Age. This monument type is most rare in the territory of Russia, there are recent finds only from the western part of the Izhorian plateau. In Karula parish different sites characteristic for this hummocky area were visited. In Kaika village at Tabinamägi the field inventory concern textile-impressed and early wheel-thrown pottery was gathered.

The last day of the field works was concentrated upon visiting historical fishermens’ villages, mentioned in the 16th century written sources as  issads – on the western coast of Lake Pskov. In all 12 historical village sites, located in or at the centers of modern villages, were visited. From the cultural layers of the Late Iron Age and Medieval settlements pottery fragments were gathered for the archaeological collections.