Marika Mägi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3743551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marika Mägi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marika |
| FAMILY NAME | Mägi |
| SIGNATURE | MÄGI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ports for whom? Harbors in the early thirteenth-century Eastern Baltic
The thirteenth-century crusades to Estonia and Livonia have traditionally been seen from the conquerors’ perspective, considering the local actors only as passive subjects of these processes. Recent archeological research has challenged this. Various centers, such as hillforts or harbors, were controlled by locals and functioned as more or less neutral places. This article examines three harbors, which may have possessed a central importance in t…
Mission impossible? Quantifying aquatic resource consumption in historic period Estonia (AD 1100‒1800)
Sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ 34 S) have become increasingly common in archaeology for studying paleodiet, especially in occasions where there is a need to identify aquatic resource consumption more accurately. This is particularly relevant in the Baltic Sea region, where brackish conditions tend to mask “typical” marine carbon isotopic signals. Here we report new δ 34 S values for 126 human bone collagen samples which will be analyzed together…
Dietary stable isotope analysis on fifth–ninth century AD populations of Lepna and Viidumäe, Saaremaa Island, Estonia
This paper presents the results of dietary stable isotope analyses performed on Migration Period (450–550 AD) and Pre-Viking Age (550–800 AD) populations of Lepna and Viidumäe, Saaremaa Island, Estonia. To date, research on dietary stable isotope analysis in Estonia has mainly focused on populations from other historical periods with an exclusion of material from the fifth to ninth centuries AD. Moreover, the research has been mainly conducted on…
In Austrvegr
Winner of the Early Slavic Studies Association 2018 Book Prize Marika Mägi's book considers the cultural, mercantile and political interaction of the Viking Age (9th-11th century), focusing on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea. The majority of research on Viking activity in the East has so far concentrated on the modern-day lands of Russia, while the archaeology and Viking Age history of today's small nation states along the eastern coasts of …
Late Prehistoric Societies and Burials in the Eastern Baltic
The article deals with burial customs in culturally varied regions in the eastern Baltic, comparing them with an interpretation of Late Prehistoric society. Social analyses, which up to recent times were predominantly based on written sources and evolutionary ways of thinking, suggest somewhat different social systems for the culturally diverse regions of the eastern Baltic. However, at first glance, this cannot be seen in the archaeological evid…
Mortuary Houses in Iron Age Estonia
This article presents a new attempt at reconstructing Estonian tarand-graves.Archaeological investigations carried out in Saaremaa (Ösel) during the past ten years have indicated that by the Migration Era (450-600 AD), corner-joined log structures partly resting on stone foundations were being built there as mortuary houses; remains of Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BC -50 AD) cult houses have been found as well.The article discusses the possibility tha…
Ships Are Their Main Strength.” Harbour Sites, Arable Lands and Chieftains on Saaremaa
The article is an overview of archaeological research done in recent years on the prehistoric and medieval maritime landscapes of Saaremaa, the biggest Estonian island.Coastal settlements in this area were considered as inseparable from maritime activities, which are reliably indicated by ancient harbour sites.Criteria for distinguishing earlier harbour sites, as well as their typical features and the connection with their agrarian hinterland are…
Maritime landscapes
From Stone Graves to Churchyards. Burial traditions in the Late Prehistoric and Early Medieval Island of Saaremaa
Even though pre-historic burials have been the favourite topic of research of Estonian archaeologists at least for the past century, the focus has been on their appearance, chronology, ethnic context and objects discovered in them.Burial tradition, as it reflects in the archaeological remnants, has hardly been studied.Research in the field over the past few years, as well as osteological analysis of bone material, which was first carried out in t…
Eesti Merovingi- Ja Viikingiaegsed Rinnanõelad – Võõrapärased Ja Omad
Ships Are Their Main Strength.” Harbour Sites, Arable Lands and Chieftains on Saaremaa
The article is an overview of archaeological research done in recent years on the prehistoric and medieval maritime landscapes of Saaremaa, the biggest Estonian island.Coastal settlements in this area were considered as inseparable from maritime activities, which are reliably indicated by ancient harbour sites.Criteria for distinguishing earlier harbour sites, as well as their typical features and the connection with their agrarian hinterland are…
Mortuary Houses in Iron Age Estonia
This article presents a new attempt at reconstructing Estonian tarand-graves.Archaeological investigations carried out in Saaremaa (Ösel) during the past ten years have indicated that by the Migration Era (450-600 AD), corner-joined log structures partly resting on stone foundations were being built there as mortuary houses; remains of Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BC -50 AD) cult houses have been found as well.The article discusses the possibility tha…
Eesti Merovingi- Ja Viikingiaegsed Rinnanõelad – Võõrapärased Ja Omad
Ships Are Their Main Strength.” Harbour Sites, Arable Lands and Chieftains on Saaremaa
The article is an overview of archaeological research done in recent years on the prehistoric and medieval maritime landscapes of Saaremaa, the biggest Estonian island.Coastal settlements in this area were considered as inseparable from maritime activities, which are reliably indicated by ancient harbour sites.Criteria for distinguishing earlier harbour sites, as well as their typical features and the connection with their agrarian hinterland are…
Maritime landscapes
From Stone Graves to Churchyards. Burial traditions in the Late Prehistoric and Early Medieval Island of Saaremaa
Even though pre-historic burials have been the favourite topic of research of Estonian archaeologists at least for the past century, the focus has been on their appearance, chronology, ethnic context and objects discovered in them.Burial tradition, as it reflects in the archaeological remnants, has hardly been studied.Research in the field over the past few years, as well as osteological analysis of bone material, which was first carried out in t…
Mortuary Houses in Iron Age Estonia
This article presents a new attempt at reconstructing Estonian tarand-graves.Archaeological investigations carried out in Saaremaa (Ösel) during the past ten years have indicated that by the Migration Era (450-600 AD), corner-joined log structures partly resting on stone foundations were being built there as mortuary houses; remains of Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BC -50 AD) cult houses have been found as well.The article discusses the possibility tha…
Late Prehistoric Societies and Burials in the Eastern Baltic
The article deals with burial customs in culturally varied regions in the eastern Baltic, comparing them with an interpretation of Late Prehistoric society. Social analyses, which up to recent times were predominantly based on written sources and evolutionary ways of thinking, suggest somewhat different social systems for the culturally diverse regions of the eastern Baltic. However, at first glance, this cannot be seen in the archaeological evid…
In Austrvegr
Winner of the Early Slavic Studies Association 2018 Book Prize Marika Mägi's book considers the cultural, mercantile and political interaction of the Viking Age (9th-11th century), focusing on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea. The majority of research on Viking activity in the East has so far concentrated on the modern-day lands of Russia, while the archaeology and Viking Age history of today's small nation states along the eastern coasts of …
Dietary stable isotope analysis on fifth–ninth century AD populations of Lepna and Viidumäe, Saaremaa Island, Estonia
This paper presents the results of dietary stable isotope analyses performed on Migration Period (450–550 AD) and Pre-Viking Age (550–800 AD) populations of Lepna and Viidumäe, Saaremaa Island, Estonia. To date, research on dietary stable isotope analysis in Estonia has mainly focused on populations from other historical periods with an exclusion of material from the fifth to ninth centuries AD. Moreover, the research has been mainly conducted on…
Ports for whom? Harbors in the early thirteenth-century Eastern Baltic
The thirteenth-century crusades to Estonia and Livonia have traditionally been seen from the conquerors’ perspective, considering the local actors only as passive subjects of these processes. Recent archeological research has challenged this. Various centers, such as hillforts or harbors, were controlled by locals and functioned as more or less neutral places. This article examines three harbors, which may have possessed a central importance in t…
Mission impossible? Quantifying aquatic resource consumption in historic period Estonia (AD 1100‒1800)
Sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ 34 S) have become increasingly common in archaeology for studying paleodiet, especially in occasions where there is a need to identify aquatic resource consumption more accurately. This is particularly relevant in the Baltic Sea region, where brackish conditions tend to mask “typical” marine carbon isotopic signals. Here we report new δ 34 S values for 126 human bone collagen samples which will be analyzed together…
Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Geology (4 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Oceanography (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works)