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New popular archaeology journal TUTULUS was published in Estonia

On the third week of 2013 a new popular journal reached its audience. Tutulus – an annual journal about Estonian archaeology is here to fill the information void, by introducing Estonian prehistory to the general public.

The main authors of the articles and composers of the journal are archaeology students from the University of Tartu. The journal will be published on a frequently renewable web site (www.tutulus.ee), as well as on paper, once a year, around January. The aim of Tutulus is to give a review of what has happened in Estonian archaeology for the past year. The paper edition will present to the readers the results of the last season’s field works, some archaeological methods or techniques, as well as introduce archaeologists themselves and tackle relevant questions about heritage protection.

Behind this journal is mainly the students’ sincere desire to increase public interest about archaeology. Most of the journal’s editors are also studying either journalism or the Estonian language. One of the basic concepts behind this journal is to make it as diverse and jazzy as possible, while maintaining the individuality of each author.

Tutulus is published as a free addition to the popular journal Horisont.

Archaeology day in Räpina Gymnasium

On the 11th of October 2012 Anti Lillak and Robert Rootslane from Partner 1 organized an archaeology day in Räpina Gymnasium. The event took place in cooperation with MTÜ Koostöö-ja arenduskoda Võhandu and Räpina Gymnasium.

The students of 10th and 11th were presented with a lecture about living conditions in prehistoric house, based on the experience of the presenters, who took part in Rõuge Viking Age house experiment last year.

The students of 5th and 6th grades participated in the workshop that took place in the school playground and learned about the methodology of archaeological excavations.

In addition there was a demonstration of prehistoric weapons.

The first Estonian-Russian student seminar

The first Estonian-Russian student seminar, organized in the frameworks of the AAC project by Pskov Archaeological Center, took place in Pskov on October 4-6, 2012. The programme of the event with participants from the universities of Tartu, Pskov, St. Petersburg and Tallinn included 17 papers: seven from Russia and ten from Estonia. The students’ and young researchers’ presentations concerned their current research topics. The aims of the project and results of the seminar were introduced to the media during the press-conference that followed the meeting.

On the third day archaeologist Boris Harlashov showed to the guests archaeological monuments of Pskov region. The excursion visited the archaeological complex of Vybuty, long and round barrows, zhalnik graves, medieval stone crosses, Borohnovo hill fort and the archaeological complex and museum of Staryi Izborsk. The next seminar will take place in a year in Estonia.

Presenters & Presentations of the Pskov Seminar:

Regional & Landscape archaeology

Борис Харлашов: Археологические памятники в приграничной зоне России, Эстонии и Латвии (росиийская территория). Типология и хронология.

Krista Karro: Iron Age cultural landscape in Kodavere parish (on the Western coast of Lake Peipsi)

Д. Мурзенков, И. Федоров: Recent archaeological research in the western part of the plateau Izhora (2010-2011).

Д. Донцова: Результаты археологической экскурсии в нижнем течении р.Великой

Material culture & its meanings

Jekaterina Schogoleva: Бердыши с археологическим контекстом в фондах Эстонских музеев.

Антон Романовский: Стеклянные бусы по материалам древнерусских могильников Пскова

Ragnar Saage: The medieval smithy site of Käku (Island of Saaremaa) – foreign contacts and good craftsmanship

Keiti Randoja: Children’s possible social age groups by the example of Late Iron Age cemeteries of Kukruse and Pada (Eastern Estonia)

А.  Хлюстова: Женский убор жальничных и грунтовых могильников Восточного Причудья: попытка сравнения.

Tuuli Kurisoo: The Meaning of Cross-Shaped Pendants of Inhumation Burials in the Late Iron Age in Estonia

Maarja Olli: Ornaments and Ornamentation during Roman Iron Age in Estonia: Symbols and their Meanings

Methods & Interpretations

 В. Богданова: Использование компьютерных методов обработки массовых категорий находок (на примере селища у д.Залахтовье)

 Maria Smirnova: The use of some basic concepts of The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics in interpretations of Archaeological material

Kristo Siig: A game of “King of the Hill”? About the various explanations to the abandoning of hill forts and building new ones in 11th century Estonia

Anti Lillak: Hill forts as the places of memory: The example of South-Eastern Estonia

Pikne Kama: Archaeology and Estonian runic songs about burials