Maija Helamaa
mkhela@utu.fi |
historical archaeology; post-medieval arcaheology; ceramics; pottery; urban arcaheology; urbanism; field archaeology
I’m doing research on early modern (c.17th-19th C.) pottery. The core of the study material comes from a large-scale excavation (2018–2022) of the present-day Market Square in Turku.
Field archaeologist and pottery researcher who loves to sing in choirs.
I’m doing research on early modern (c.17th- mid-19th C.) pottery. The core of the study material comes from a large-scale excavation (2018–2022) of the present-day Market Square in Turku.
In addition to the ceramic vessels themselves and their use and meaning in the households, the research deals with the people of the area, their wealth and status, and their cultural environment. Also, the use of space within the town plots, and the waste management of the early modern urban society are addressed.
My previous theses have dealt with post-medieval ceramics. I’m also a field archaeologist focused mainly on the large urban excavations in Turku and other towns in Finland.
- Uuden Torin kantilla 1650–1827. Turun Kauppatorin arkeologiset tutkimukset vuosina 2018–2022. Vol. 2 (2024) Uotila, Kari; Helamaa, Maija; Haggrén, Georg; Niemelä, Tia
- Late-Medieval Animal Remains in Grave-Like Pits: A Case Study of Rituals in 15th-Century Finland (2023)
- Medieval Archaeology
- Sawed skulls: Archaeological evidence of medicolegal autopsies in Finland (2022) Unusual Death and Memorilization. Burial, Space, and Memory in the Post-Medieval North Moilanen Ulla, Liira Anne-Mari, Lehto Heli, Salo Kati, Helamaa Maija, Uotila Kari
- New cereal grain finds from southern Satakunta, Finland, dated from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Ages (2020) Archaeobotanical studies of past plant cultivation in northern Europe Terttu Lempiäinen, Maija Helamaa, Heli Lehto, Ulla Moilanen, Markku Oinonen, Sanni Salomaa, Kari Uotila
- Zooarchaeological evidence of large-scale cattle metapodial processing in the 18th century in the small town of Rauma, Finland (2019)
- Post-Medieval Archaeology
- Mankby - A deserted medieval village on the coast of Southern Finland (2016) Harjula Janne, Helamaa Maija, Haarala Janne, Immonen Visa
