Hanging tree as a place of memories – Encounters at a 1916 execution site

Abstract

While his dissertation focused on (2003) ceramic cooking pots produced in Roman Africa, his current research interests include "neo-relics" in contemporary society, the early Medieval period in Northern Finland and the use of native copper in eastern Fennoscandia and northwest Russia during the Neolithic. Janne is principal investigator of the research project "The use of materials and the Neolithisation of NorthEastern Europe (c 6000-1000 BC)" funded by the Academy of Finland (2013-2017). Tiina Äikäs is a post-doctoral researcher funded by the Academy of Finland working in Archaeology at the University of Oulu. Her dissertation (2011) focused on the landscape analyses and site biographies of Sámi offering sites, including their use from Iron Age to present. Tiina's research interests include contemporary archaeology, ritual archaeology, and the use of interviews in archaeological research. She is interested in the meanings of cultural heritage in the contemporary world.