Lapp Cairns : Spatial and Cultural Context of Early Metal Period Stone Structures in the Finnish Lake District

• Main Author: Saipio, Jarkko
• Other Authors: Lang, Valter, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultures, Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage, Helsingin yliopisto, humanistinen tiedekunta, Historian ja kulttuuriperinnön tohtoriohjelma, Helsingfors universitet, humanistiska fakulteten, Doktorandprogrammet i historia och kulturarv, Lavento, Mika, Holmqvist-Sipilä, Elisabeth
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2023
• Subjects: arkeologia; Cairn; Flint; Häme; karelia*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/356902

This doctoral project is a comprehensive study of Early Metal Period (c. 1900 BCE–300 CE) ritual/burial cairns in the Finnish Lake District, known as ‘Lapp cairns’. In this study, the Lake District includes Central Finland, North Savo, South Savo, North Karelia, South Karelia, Pirkanmaa, Kanta-Häme,...