A PRE-ROMAN BURIAL SITE IN PUIJONSARVENNENÄ, KUOPIO, EASTERN FINLAND: PRELIMINARY RESULTS AND INTERPRETATIONS

• Main Authors: Kunnas-Pusa, Liisa, Knuutinen, Tarja, Salo, Kati, Kirkinen, Tuija
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Archaeological Society of Finland 2023
• Subjects: cremation burial; Early Metal Period; Iron Age; Pre-Roman Period; osteology; cairn; Cairn; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/125721

In 2019, a metal detector hobbyist found an iron spearhead, a knife, and some burnt bones from an ambiguous stone structure situated on the scenic cape of Puijonsarvennenä in Kuopio. Archaeological excavation and sub- sequent analyses of the find material confirmed that the site was a single cremati...