Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA)
: Pesonen, Petro; Moilanen, Ulla; Roose, Meeli; Saipio, Jarkko; Tiilikkala, Jasse; Sanwal, Usman; Immonen, Visa; Vesakoski, Outi; Onkamo, Päivi
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
: 2024
: Scientific Data
: 815
: 11
: 2052-4463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03602-8
: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03602-8
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457306550
This paper presents the Archaeological Artefact Database of Finland (AADA) of prehistoric (covering period of almost 11,000 years) artefacts in Finland that are categorised by type and are accompanied with photos of the artefacts. The database is intended to contain all typologically classifiable prehistoric artefacts found in Finland and held in Finnish collections. This dataset provides spatio-temporal context for artefacts across different time periods and regions, as it includes approximately 38,000 single artefacts and approximately 10,000 pottery type identifications from the Early Mesolithic to the end of the Iron Age in Finland (c. 8900 calBC - 1300/1500 calAD). In addition, the artefacts are given period-based (subperiod) dating to allow their chronological affiliation. To facilitate data usage, we also offer an R-script to replicate the data visualisation provided in this paper and a Python script to merge the artefact information to the pictures. We further work towards an interactive user interface for data download and visualization.
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The project was supported by the Research Council of Finland (RSF, formerly Academy of Finland) and was carried out in collaboration with the Argeopop project (grant nr 133056) at the University of Helsinki (2009–2012) and Kipot ja kielet (Beakers and Speakers) project at the University of Turku (2019–2020). The data release and URHIA map platform was built in Uralic triangulation project (2020–2022) by the Digital Humanities programme within the Research Council of Finland (grant nr. 329259) and finalised within Human Diversity consortium (Profi7 programme by RSF, grant nr. 352727). Further funding was received from Kone Foundation (project AikaSyyni, OV), Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (OV), The Finnish Cultural Foundation (grant nr 00220881, MR) and University of Turku Graduate School 2022 UTUGS BGG (MR).
