Database
Our database is free to use for all history and archaeology enthusiasts. If you use our database, please do not forget to cite correctly:
Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra. Archaeological Artefacts of Saaremaa. Foundation Osiliana / Tallinn University. Accessed: date.
The Osiliana Archaeological Database presents artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
The database contains mainly Iron Age and Medieval finds that can be classified.
Undated metal or other pieces were generally excluded from the database.
Ceramics are represented by isolated examples.
The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Buckle, iron. Perhaps part of bridles. This type of buckles usually includes a simple iron belt strap. They have been found mainly in stone graves and are not dated more precisely.
Buckle, iron. Perhaps part of bridles. This type of buckles usually includes a simple iron belt strap. They have been found mainly in stone graves and are not dated more precisely.
Viltina
The needle of the buckle, iron.
Viltina
The needle of the buckle, iron.
Buckle, iron. Probably from horse bridle.
Viltina
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Buckle, copper alloy. Similar one is known from Viking Age Gotland (SHM 7640; Thunmark-Nylén 1998, Pl. 129), but such buckeles are also recorded in West-Estonia (Mandel 2017, 82, tahv. XL). The Urnes Style was widespread 1010-1130 AD (Jets 2013, 91-97), which dates the buckle most likely to the 11th century.
Thunmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
Jets, I. 2013. Lahingu maod. Skandinaavia 9.-11. sajandi sajandi kunstistiilid Eesti arheoloogilistel leidudel. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus.
Mandel, M. 2017. Maidla muinaskalmistu saladused. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn.
Viltina
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
Viltina
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy.
Gotland-Baltic type buckle, copper alloy. Previously the buckle type was believed to have developed in Gotland. Later data, however, shows that the buckle form could originate from the Baltics after which it was adapted in Gotland (Lehtsalo-Hilander 1982, 149–151; Mägi 2002, 97; for Gotlandic material see Thunmark-Nylen 1992, Pl. 127–129). The earliest buckles of this type belong to the second half of the 10th century, but the latest variants can also be found in the 13th-century inhumation graves (e.g. Zariņa 2006, 233-237).
Lehtsalo-Hilander, P.-L. 1982. Luistari II: The Artefacts. SMYA 82: 2. Helsinki.
Thynmark-Nylén, L. 1998. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II, Typentafeln. Stockholm: Kungl.Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Zariņa, A. 2006. Salaspils Laukskolas kapulauks 10.–13. gadsimts. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta Apgāds.
