by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 18, 2021
STONE INTO TOOL Flint can be described as the steel of the Stone Age. It does not occur in natural deposits in Finland and was mostly imported and traded from present-day Russia. The closest match to flint among Finnish rocks is hard, brittle quartz flaking into...
by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 15, 2021
TABLET BANDS Meshed tablet bands were made with the aid of small tablets perforated at the corners. This technique probably came to Finland along with settlers from present-day Estonia. Finland’s oldest tablet bands date back to the 6th century.The yarn was dyed with...
