Helsinki Archaeology Seminar is the University of Helsinki’s venue for scientific lectures in archaeology and from allied disciplines, inviting speakers from Helsinki, elsewhere in Finland, and internationally. During term time lectures typically take place at 14.15 on the last Friday of the month, in Topelia at Unioninkatu 38. All interested in archaeology are warmly welcomed!
Unless otherwise specified, lectures will take place at 14:15 in Arla Pro Lecture Room, F-block ground floor, Topelia, Unioninkatu 38. You can also join us via Zoom at https://helsinki.zoom.us/s/65319677747. (When joining without signing in, press "Join as attendee" -link.) Please note the new earlier time slot.
Friday 02.05.2025 at 14:15
Tuija Kirkinen (University of Helsinki)
Woodpecker, mustelids and deer: Microscopic remains of fur and feathers in the Late Mesolithic Skateholm burials in southern Sweden
Friday 28.03.2025 at 14:15
Samuli Simelius (University of Helsinki)
Towards new estimates of Roman urban inequality
Friday 28.02.2025 at 14:15
Anniina Kuha (University of Helsinki)
Methodological Approach to Gene Flow Analysis in the Finnish Population Across Dialectal Regions
Friday 31.01.2025 at 14:15
Nikolai Paukkonen (University of Helsinki)
The Kurgan Landscape of Northeastern Bulgaria. A Multimethodological Survey of Disappearing Heritage
PAST PROGRAMME
AUTUMN 2024
Friday 25.10.2024 at 14:15
Björn Forsén (University of Helsinki)
Roman Roof Tiles in Epirus, Greece: Production, Patterns of Landowning and Trade
Friday 29.11.2024 at 14:15
Luc Vrydaghs (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Phytolith analysis on Soil and Ceramic thin sections. Recent advances in phytolith analysis
SPRING 2024
Friday 02.02.2024 at 16:15
Lukas Werther (Deutsche Archäologische Institut)
Navigable canals in Europe as archaeological archives and early anthropospheres (150 BC - 1300 AD)
Friday 23.02.2024 at 16:15
Paula Gheorghiade (University of Helsinki, Centre of Excellence for Ancient Near Eastern Empires)
Connecting the Dots: Networking Interaction and Maritime Connectivity in Late Bronze Age Crete
Friday 22.03.2024 at 16:15
Timo Salminen (University of Helsinki)
A.M. Tallgren and Aarne Äyräpää as academic teachers of archaeology at the University of Helsinki
Friday 26.04.2024 at 16:15
Veronica Walker-Vadillo (University of Helsinki)
Dissecting and harnessing complexity: applying Ostrom’s socio-ecological systems approach in archaeology
Tuesday 7.5.2024 at 16:15
Stanley Klassen (University of Toronto)
Moabite Painted Ware' from Iron Age Tall Madaba, Jordan and the Development of Moabite Identity
An additional HAS event Jointly organised with ANEE (Ancient Near Eastern Empires)
Tuesday 14.5.2024 at 16:15
Rafal Bienkowski
Settlement Patterns in Eastern Crete during the Venetian Period
An additional HAS event Jointly organised with ANEE (Ancient Near Eastern Empires)
Friday 24.05.2024 at 16:15
Daniel Löwerberg (Univerity of Uppsala)
The deep end of the FAIR principles - making legacy GIS data from excavations interoperable and reusable within the Swedigach infrastructure
AUTUMN 2023
Friday 22.09 at 16.15
Vesa-Pekka Herva (University of Oulu): Weirding archaeology
Friday 27.10 at 16.15
Wesa Perttola (University of Helsinki): The Ship Is Laden With Rice and Salt: A Comparison of Two Sailing Models on an Early 17th Century Trade Route Between Java and Sumatra
Friday 01.12 at 16.15
Martin Furholt (Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel) & Ivan Cheben (Slovak Academy of Sciences): Headless bodies in the ditch: Magic, ritual and social crisis in the late LBK of Slovakia, 5050 BCE
SPRING 2023
Friday 27.01 at 16.15
Timo Salminen (University of Helsinki): International contacts of Finnish archaeologists before the Second World War
Friday 24.02 at 16.15
Jhonny Therus (Kalmar läns museum / Linnéuniversitetet): The supernatural landscape of Viking Age Sweden
Friday 31.03 at 16.15
Michael Lewis (The British Museum, Visiting Professor at the University of Helsinki): Recording Archaeological Finds Made by the Public in England and Wales
Friday 26.05 at 16.15
Emma Brownlee (University of Cambridge): Untangling ‘local’ and ‘non-local’ display in death: migration and grave good use in early medieval England
Note: this lecture will be held remotely by Zoom only
AUTUMN 2022
Friday 23.09 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia
Georg Haggrén (University of Turku): Historical archaeology in Sweden and Finland – experiences from the Middle Ages and the early modern era.
Friday 28.10 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia
Axel Palmer (Leiden University): The European precursors of the Indo-Iranians: Linguistic evidence for a connection between the Sintashta and Fatyanovo-Balanovo cultures in the 3rd millennium BCE
Friday 25.11 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia
Minerva Piha (Nord University): Language politics in Saami archaeological research: A case study from three archaeological journals
Archaeology Afternoon on Friday 09.12 at 13.00-15.00
Location: Think Corner, University of Helsinki (Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki)
Unitube: https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/tiedekulma/katso-ja-kuuntele
Programme 13.00-15.00
Avaus
Antti Lahelma: Imperiumien takapihalla: inventointia ja kaivauksia Pohjois-Jordaniassa vuonna 2022
Satu Koivisto & Wesa Perttola: Muistatko kun kanavia oli vain yksi? Monikanavaisen 3D-maatutkalaitteiston pilotointi ja havaintojen koekuopitus Karjaan Lepinjärvellä
Kristin Ilves: Tre åländska järnåldershus under luppen – det dagliga livet, handeln och kulten i Bartsgårda
Maria Ronkainen & Meri Leppäsalko: Kummat kummut: hauta- vai raivausröykkiöitä tutkimassa Bartsgårdassa, Ahvenanmaalla
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