Geophysical survey of the old church yard (c. 1640-1890s) in Tyrnävä, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Author(s): Tiina M. Väre; Kari Moisio; Aki Hakonen; Sanna Lipkin; Mirette Modarress-Sadeghi; Sirpa Niinimäki; Riina Veijo; Heidi Lamminsivu; Titta Kallio-Seppä
Year: 2018
Summary
In the 2017 survey of the old churchyard of Tyrnävä parish ground penetrating radar and magnetometer were utilized to find the foundations of a church that stood on the site from 1664 until arson in 1865. The parish is situated on the coastal region of Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland and its history dates back to the 17th century. The parish’s churchyard used since the 1640s maintained its status as an active cemetery until the 1890s despite the destruction of the church. With time, the precise location of the church was forgotten, but its remains could perhaps be found underground. The most prominent individuals were regularly buried beneath the parish churches and chamber tombs built of stone or logs were preferred. In Tyrnävä these burials continued at least until the 1780s and they could be observable using geophysical surveying. In the near future, the churchyard will be also 3D-scanned.
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Geophysical survey of the old church yard (c. 1640-1890s) in Tyrnävä, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Tiina M. Väre, Kari Moisio, Aki Hakonen, Sanna Lipkin, Mirette Modarress-Sadeghi, Sirpa Niinimäki, Riina Veijo, Heidi Lamminsivu, Titta Kallio-Seppä. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441631)
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Keywords
General
churchyard
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Ground Penetrating Radar
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Magnetometer
Geographic Keywords
Finland
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
Early Modernity
Spatial Coverage
min long: 19.648; min lat: 59.807 ; max long: 31.582; max lat: 70.089 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 678