Kristiina Johanson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 251114 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kristiina Johanson |
| PRENOMES | Kristiina |
| SOBRENOME | Johanson |
| ASSINATURA | JOHANSON K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5947-4727 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Food Equality
Biomolecular archaeology has significantly advanced our understanding of ancient foodways. However, the inevitable methodological biases of those novel methods might give deviating, even contradictory results. This paper highlights the major challenges of, but also potential solutions for, combining and comparing multiproxy dietary data. A rich dataset covering human skeletal remains, pottery, and zooarchaeological records from habitation and bur…
Archaeobotany in Estonia – history, state of the art and future perspectives
Archaeobotany is currently an underutilised discipline in Estonian archaeological research. This paper sheds light on the current state of archaeobotanical research in Estonia by analysing the spatial and temporal distribution of archaeobotanical sampling across three time periods: until 1980, 1981â 1999, and 2000â 2024. We outline the usages of archaeobotany and the benefits that the analysis of plant remains can offer in acquiring a deeper und…
The earliest evidence of blue pigment use in Europe
Blue pigments are absent in Palaeolithic art. This has been ascribed to a lack of naturally occurring blue pigments or low visual salience of these hues. Using a suite of archaeometric approaches, the authors identify traces of azurite on a concave stone artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe. The scarcity of blue in Palaeolithic art, along with later p…
Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia
Multi-proxy study reveals Bronze Age diet in Estonia was plant-based. • C3 plants were staple food across all social groups. • Meat and fish intake increased after 800 cal BCE. • No dietary differences between stone-cist and hilltop groups. • Regional dietary differences begin to emerge across the Eastern Baltic. The Bronze Age (2000/1750–500 BCE) in the Eastern Baltic has been considered a period for increased social stratification. While previo…
Horsemeat consumption in Late Bronze Age Estonia
Horsemeat consumption has been one of the most intriguing questions about ancient dietary practices. Zooarchaeological materials from the Late Bronze Age in Estonia (850â 500 BCE) contain high proportions of the domestic horse (Equus caballus) compared to subsequent periods, leading to debates about the cultural-economic features of eating horsemeat during this period. One of the assemblages rich in horse remains is from the Iru fortified settle…
Pre-Roman Iron Age inhumations
This article presents the results of a multi-proxy study conducted on a triple burial found at a settlement site at Pärnu Road 41, Tallinn, Estonia, dating to 405â 360 cal BC (Pre-Roman Iron Age). Through archaeological and chemical analyses, including AMS dating, archaeobotany, osteology, stable isotope analysis, lipid analysis, metallography and XRF analysis, this study proves valuable insights into the provenance, diet, and burial practices of…
Multi-proxy analysis of starchy plant consumption
Materiality of Magic in Estonian and Finnish Museums
This paper discusses objects connected with folk magic and medicine found in museum collections in Estonia and Finland. Our perspective is comparative as we compare these collections to other sources and to each other. The focus is on what kind of objects are found in the museum collections and how these differ between the two countries. We also explore how these materials have been acquired and collated. While we see general similarities between…
Environment and Settlement Location Choice in Stone Age Estonia
The location choice of Stone Age settlements has been long considered to be influenced by environmental conditions. Proximity to water and sandy soils are most typical examples of those conditions. The notion of the influence resulted from the evidence from a relatively small amount of sites. During the recent decades the number of known settlements has increased to a level where statistical assessment of relation between environmental characteri…
"Ehk nõiduseks tarvitatud" – maagilised esemed Eesti muuseumikogudes
Are We Afraid of Magic? Magical Artifacts in Estonian Museums
Despite the importance of folk religion in Estonian identity, material collections of magical objects are formed randomly. Scarcity is characteristic also of academic interest towards magical objects, resulting on the one hand in ignoring magical objects, on the other hand in ungrounded over-interpretations. This article explores the formation of museum collections holding magical objects and ways of exploiting magic in academic studies
Materiality of Religion
In the following, an overview will be given about the progress of a three-year project, the purpose of which was to map and study religion-related objects in Estonian archaeology collections and to discuss the terminology for the archaeology of religion. As a result, a database has been created, consisting of descriptions of over 2000 objects across Estonia, which can be related, one way or another, with religion. An additional outcome of the pro…
The Changing Meaning of 'Thunderbolts
The article concentrates on the widespread belief in the phenomenon of 'thunderbolts'.Stone artefacts like Stone Age axes, adzes, chisels, daggers, sickles, spear-and arrowheads as well as Iron Age strike-a-lights are mainly understood by the name 'thunderbolt', but no doubt various natural stones of peculiar or unusual shape were believed to have been created by strike of lightning as well.While corresponding examples of identifying and using 't…
New Ams Dates From Estonian Stone Age Burial Sites
The article discusses radiocarbon dates of 17 skeletons excavated from ten Stone Age burial sites in Estonia. The skeletons, dated by the AMS method in the frames of different research projects in recent years, are presented by burial sites together with detailed descriptions of the graves. The graves are compared with one another and main temporal differences and similarities are introduced. If the obtained results are different from the interpr…
The Contribution of Stray Finds for Studying Everyday Practices – The Example of Stone Axes
The following article gives an overview of the stone shaft-hole axes dated to the Neolithic and Bronze Age which have been gathered randomly from the area of present-day Estonia. While the group of artefacts under discussion forms a big part of the material culture of the respective periods, special attention is paid to the analysis of possible deposition contexts of the stray finds in order to get closer to the settlement, economy and social rel…
The Burial of the von Adlerbergs of Viru-Nigula in the Context of the 19th Century
The article analyses archaeological excavations which were carried out in the county of Lne-Viru in the Viru-Nigula churchyard. During the excavation a tomb with two burials was opened -a woman, buried in 1821, and a man, buried in 1841, were studied. From the head of the coffin five sets of glass plates with silhouette portraits were unearthed. These are unique in the 19th-century Estonian context and contemporary examples are not known from nei…
Etnogeneesist Interdistsiplinaarse Koostöö Valguses Hetkeolukorra Peegeldus Arheoloogia Ja Keeleteaduse Kevadkooli Taustal
Eesti arheoloogia ja ajaloolise keeleteaduse suurimaks "ühisprojektiks" nende teaduste ajaloos võib pidada 1950.aastatel loodud eesti etnogeneesi teooriat.Eesti põhiseaduses leidis see kajastust kui eestlaste õigustus oma maale, tuginedes 5000 aasta vanustele soome-ugri juurtele
New Ams Dates From Estonian Stone Age Burial Sites
The article discusses radiocarbon dates of 17 skeletons excavated from ten Stone Age burial sites in Estonia. The skeletons, dated by the AMS method in the frames of different research projects in recent years, are presented by burial sites together with detailed descriptions of the graves. The graves are compared with one another and main temporal differences and similarities are introduced. If the obtained results are different from the interpr…
The Changing Meaning of 'Thunderbolts
The article concentrates on the widespread belief in the phenomenon of 'thunderbolts'.Stone artefacts like Stone Age axes, adzes, chisels, daggers, sickles, spear-and arrowheads as well as Iron Age strike-a-lights are mainly understood by the name 'thunderbolt', but no doubt various natural stones of peculiar or unusual shape were believed to have been created by strike of lightning as well.While corresponding examples of identifying and using 't…
Are We Afraid of Magic? Magical Artifacts in Estonian Museums
Despite the importance of folk religion in Estonian identity, material collections of magical objects are formed randomly. Scarcity is characteristic also of academic interest towards magical objects, resulting on the one hand in ignoring magical objects, on the other hand in ungrounded over-interpretations. This article explores the formation of museum collections holding magical objects and ways of exploiting magic in academic studies
The Contribution of Stray Finds for Studying Everyday Practices – The Example of Stone Axes
The following article gives an overview of the stone shaft-hole axes dated to the Neolithic and Bronze Age which have been gathered randomly from the area of present-day Estonia. While the group of artefacts under discussion forms a big part of the material culture of the respective periods, special attention is paid to the analysis of possible deposition contexts of the stray finds in order to get closer to the settlement, economy and social rel…
Multi-proxy analysis of starchy plant consumption
Environment and Settlement Location Choice in Stone Age Estonia
The location choice of Stone Age settlements has been long considered to be influenced by environmental conditions. Proximity to water and sandy soils are most typical examples of those conditions. The notion of the influence resulted from the evidence from a relatively small amount of sites. During the recent decades the number of known settlements has increased to a level where statistical assessment of relation between environmental characteri…
Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia
Multi-proxy study reveals Bronze Age diet in Estonia was plant-based. • C3 plants were staple food across all social groups. • Meat and fish intake increased after 800 cal BCE. • No dietary differences between stone-cist and hilltop groups. • Regional dietary differences begin to emerge across the Eastern Baltic. The Bronze Age (2000/1750–500 BCE) in the Eastern Baltic has been considered a period for increased social stratification. While previo…
Horsemeat consumption in Late Bronze Age Estonia
Horsemeat consumption has been one of the most intriguing questions about ancient dietary practices. Zooarchaeological materials from the Late Bronze Age in Estonia (850â 500 BCE) contain high proportions of the domestic horse (Equus caballus) compared to subsequent periods, leading to debates about the cultural-economic features of eating horsemeat during this period. One of the assemblages rich in horse remains is from the Iru fortified settle…
Materiality of Magic in Estonian and Finnish Museums
This paper discusses objects connected with folk magic and medicine found in museum collections in Estonia and Finland. Our perspective is comparative as we compare these collections to other sources and to each other. The focus is on what kind of objects are found in the museum collections and how these differ between the two countries. We also explore how these materials have been acquired and collated. While we see general similarities between…
Materiality of Religion
In the following, an overview will be given about the progress of a three-year project, the purpose of which was to map and study religion-related objects in Estonian archaeology collections and to discuss the terminology for the archaeology of religion. As a result, a database has been created, consisting of descriptions of over 2000 objects across Estonia, which can be related, one way or another, with religion. An additional outcome of the pro…
Etnogeneesist Interdistsiplinaarse Koostöö Valguses Hetkeolukorra Peegeldus Arheoloogia Ja Keeleteaduse Kevadkooli Taustal
Eesti arheoloogia ja ajaloolise keeleteaduse suurimaks "ühisprojektiks" nende teaduste ajaloos võib pidada 1950.aastatel loodud eesti etnogeneesi teooriat.Eesti põhiseaduses leidis see kajastust kui eestlaste õigustus oma maale, tuginedes 5000 aasta vanustele soome-ugri juurtele
The Contribution of Stray Finds for Studying Everyday Practices – The Example of Stone Axes
The following article gives an overview of the stone shaft-hole axes dated to the Neolithic and Bronze Age which have been gathered randomly from the area of present-day Estonia. While the group of artefacts under discussion forms a big part of the material culture of the respective periods, special attention is paid to the analysis of possible deposition contexts of the stray finds in order to get closer to the settlement, economy and social rel…
The Burial of the von Adlerbergs of Viru-Nigula in the Context of the 19th Century
The article analyses archaeological excavations which were carried out in the county of Lne-Viru in the Viru-Nigula churchyard. During the excavation a tomb with two burials was opened -a woman, buried in 1821, and a man, buried in 1841, were studied. From the head of the coffin five sets of glass plates with silhouette portraits were unearthed. These are unique in the 19th-century Estonian context and contemporary examples are not known from nei…
New Ams Dates From Estonian Stone Age Burial Sites
The article discusses radiocarbon dates of 17 skeletons excavated from ten Stone Age burial sites in Estonia. The skeletons, dated by the AMS method in the frames of different research projects in recent years, are presented by burial sites together with detailed descriptions of the graves. The graves are compared with one another and main temporal differences and similarities are introduced. If the obtained results are different from the interpr…
The Changing Meaning of 'Thunderbolts
The article concentrates on the widespread belief in the phenomenon of 'thunderbolts'.Stone artefacts like Stone Age axes, adzes, chisels, daggers, sickles, spear-and arrowheads as well as Iron Age strike-a-lights are mainly understood by the name 'thunderbolt', but no doubt various natural stones of peculiar or unusual shape were believed to have been created by strike of lightning as well.While corresponding examples of identifying and using 't…
Materiality of Religion
In the following, an overview will be given about the progress of a three-year project, the purpose of which was to map and study religion-related objects in Estonian archaeology collections and to discuss the terminology for the archaeology of religion. As a result, a database has been created, consisting of descriptions of over 2000 objects across Estonia, which can be related, one way or another, with religion. An additional outcome of the pro…
"Ehk nõiduseks tarvitatud" – maagilised esemed Eesti muuseumikogudes
Are We Afraid of Magic? Magical Artifacts in Estonian Museums
Despite the importance of folk religion in Estonian identity, material collections of magical objects are formed randomly. Scarcity is characteristic also of academic interest towards magical objects, resulting on the one hand in ignoring magical objects, on the other hand in ungrounded over-interpretations. This article explores the formation of museum collections holding magical objects and ways of exploiting magic in academic studies
Environment and Settlement Location Choice in Stone Age Estonia
The location choice of Stone Age settlements has been long considered to be influenced by environmental conditions. Proximity to water and sandy soils are most typical examples of those conditions. The notion of the influence resulted from the evidence from a relatively small amount of sites. During the recent decades the number of known settlements has increased to a level where statistical assessment of relation between environmental characteri…
Pre-Roman Iron Age inhumations
This article presents the results of a multi-proxy study conducted on a triple burial found at a settlement site at Pärnu Road 41, Tallinn, Estonia, dating to 405â 360 cal BC (Pre-Roman Iron Age). Through archaeological and chemical analyses, including AMS dating, archaeobotany, osteology, stable isotope analysis, lipid analysis, metallography and XRF analysis, this study proves valuable insights into the provenance, diet, and burial practices of…
Multi-proxy analysis of starchy plant consumption
Materiality of Magic in Estonian and Finnish Museums
This paper discusses objects connected with folk magic and medicine found in museum collections in Estonia and Finland. Our perspective is comparative as we compare these collections to other sources and to each other. The focus is on what kind of objects are found in the museum collections and how these differ between the two countries. We also explore how these materials have been acquired and collated. While we see general similarities between…
Horsemeat consumption in Late Bronze Age Estonia
Horsemeat consumption has been one of the most intriguing questions about ancient dietary practices. Zooarchaeological materials from the Late Bronze Age in Estonia (850â 500 BCE) contain high proportions of the domestic horse (Equus caballus) compared to subsequent periods, leading to debates about the cultural-economic features of eating horsemeat during this period. One of the assemblages rich in horse remains is from the Iru fortified settle…
Archaeobotany in Estonia – history, state of the art and future perspectives
Archaeobotany is currently an underutilised discipline in Estonian archaeological research. This paper sheds light on the current state of archaeobotanical research in Estonia by analysing the spatial and temporal distribution of archaeobotanical sampling across three time periods: until 1980, 1981â 1999, and 2000â 2024. We outline the usages of archaeobotany and the benefits that the analysis of plant remains can offer in acquiring a deeper und…
The earliest evidence of blue pigment use in Europe
Blue pigments are absent in Palaeolithic art. This has been ascribed to a lack of naturally occurring blue pigments or low visual salience of these hues. Using a suite of archaeometric approaches, the authors identify traces of azurite on a concave stone artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe. The scarcity of blue in Palaeolithic art, along with later p…
Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia
Multi-proxy study reveals Bronze Age diet in Estonia was plant-based. • C3 plants were staple food across all social groups. • Meat and fish intake increased after 800 cal BCE. • No dietary differences between stone-cist and hilltop groups. • Regional dietary differences begin to emerge across the Eastern Baltic. The Bronze Age (2000/1750–500 BCE) in the Eastern Baltic has been considered a period for increased social stratification. While previo…
Food Equality
Biomolecular archaeology has significantly advanced our understanding of ancient foodways. However, the inevitable methodological biases of those novel methods might give deviating, even contradictory results. This paper highlights the major challenges of, but also potential solutions for, combining and comparing multiproxy dietary data. A rich dataset covering human skeletal remains, pottery, and zooarchaeological records from habitation and bur…
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