Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns
Abstract The marketplace in Kolari, Northern Finland was used until the 1880s. Located on Kolarinsaari island on the Muonionjoki river in close proximity to the Kolari church, it was a winter meeting place for local farmers and Sámi, as well as for tradesmen from the areas that are now Sweden, Finla...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2021111555178 2023-07-30T04:04:35+02:00 Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Seitsonen, O. (Oula) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021111555178 eng eng Historiskarkeologiska föreningen info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/756431/EU/Domestication in Action - Tracing Archaeological Markers of Human-Animal Interaction/DOMESTICATION info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 META: Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift. info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:46Z Abstract The marketplace in Kolari, Northern Finland was used until the 1880s. Located on Kolarinsaari island on the Muonionjoki river in close proximity to the Kolari church, it was a winter meeting place for local farmers and Sámi, as well as for tradesmen from the areas that are now Sweden, Finland, and Karelia. Archaeological excavations were carried out in summer 2018 and in connection to these, soil geochemical values were analysed. This paper focuses on the Kolari marketplace as a part of a landscape shared by Swedes, Finns, and Sámi. Furthermore, through the soil analyses we examine the intercultural interactions that took place during the winter market and scrutinize how different activities, people, and animals were located in the marketplace as well as in the wider landscape surrounding the marketplace. The latter is approached using GIS analysis and Tim Ingold’s concept of taskscape. This case study shows how the historical archaeology of landscapes and taskscapes can contribute to our understanding of contacts and multicultural encounters between the Sámi and other groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Northern Finland Sámi Jultika - University of Oulu repository Kolari ENVELOPE(24.173,24.173,67.292,67.292) Muonionjoki ENVELOPE(23.567,23.567,67.183,67.183) |
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Abstract The marketplace in Kolari, Northern Finland was used until the 1880s. Located on Kolarinsaari island on the Muonionjoki river in close proximity to the Kolari church, it was a winter meeting place for local farmers and Sámi, as well as for tradesmen from the areas that are now Sweden, Finland, and Karelia. Archaeological excavations were carried out in summer 2018 and in connection to these, soil geochemical values were analysed. This paper focuses on the Kolari marketplace as a part of a landscape shared by Swedes, Finns, and Sámi. Furthermore, through the soil analyses we examine the intercultural interactions that took place during the winter market and scrutinize how different activities, people, and animals were located in the marketplace as well as in the wider landscape surrounding the marketplace. The latter is approached using GIS analysis and Tim Ingold’s concept of taskscape. This case study shows how the historical archaeology of landscapes and taskscapes can contribute to our understanding of contacts and multicultural encounters between the Sámi and other groups. |
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Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Seitsonen, O. (Oula) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) |
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Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Seitsonen, O. (Oula) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Seitsonen, O. (Oula) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) |
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Äikäs, T. (Tiina) |
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Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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Kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between Sámi, Swedes, and Finns |
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kolari marketplace in a multicultural landscape between sámi, swedes, and finns |
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Historiskarkeologiska föreningen |
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2021 |
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http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021111555178 |
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ENVELOPE(24.173,24.173,67.292,67.292) ENVELOPE(23.567,23.567,67.183,67.183) |
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Kolari Muonionjoki |
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Kolari Muonionjoki |
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karelia* Northern Finland Sámi |
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karelia* Northern Finland Sámi |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/756431/EU/Domestication in Action - Tracing Archaeological Markers of Human-Animal Interaction/DOMESTICATION |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2021 META: Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift. |
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