New Light on a Complex Early Modern Site on the Åland Islands

Authors

  • Ulrica Söderlind Stockholm University
  • Nikoloz Tskvitinidze Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2008.10

Keywords:

Rock carvings, Åland Islands, Artifact analysis, Archaeological dating, Stone fields, Fire-related evidence

Abstract

This article is about a maritime archaeological site in the outer archipelago
of the Åland Islands, Finland. The site is very complex in
nature and consists of two islands: Rödön and Gloskär. The site is
part of an ongoing research project at Uleåborg University in Finland.
The site has been excavated for three seasons. The 2007 excavation
was the first that had participants from Georgia and Sweden. Previous
research declared the site as a chapel from the Middle Ages in
Scandinavia (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). The authors discuss
that in the light of the new results it is time to reassess the site
and its function in society in its own time and context. Based on the
results from the 2007 expedition, the authors suggest a new approach
to the site and state it as a complex context for an inn that has its roots
in the Middle Ages.

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Published

31.12.2008

How to Cite

Söderlind, U., & Tskvitinidze, N. (2008). New Light on a Complex Early Modern Site on the Åland Islands. Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1), 176–199. https://doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2008.10

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Research papers

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