Time, Seasonality, and Trade: Swedish/Finnish-Sámi Interactions in Early Modern Lapland

Authors
  • T. Kallio-Seppä
  • M. Kuokkanen
  • M. Kuorilehto
  • A. Tranberg
Publication date 2015
Journal Historical Archaeology
Volume | Issue number 49 | 3
Pages (from-to) 74-89
Number of pages 15
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)
Abstract Recent theoretical debates have identified time as a key area for research by historical archaeologists. In this paper we present evidence from Tornio, in northern Finland, and suggest that the early-17th-century colonists who founded this town developed a multidimensional conception of time that varied according to context and allowed deeply held folk beliefs to coexist alongside Lutheran doctrines and also facilitated seasonal trade with the indigenous Sámi people in the upper reaches of Lapland.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03376973 (Final published version)
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