ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE HILL FORT AT KEAVA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE HILL FORT AT KEAVA

Summary/Abstract: During archaeological excavations at the Keava hill fort, 137 artefacts and approximately 1680 potsherds were recovered from the area of 88 m2. Most of the recovered artefacts belong to types, which were used during the 11th–13th centuries. In the deeper layers of excavation area I, pottery fragments dating to the Viking Age were found. A spearhead found earlier in the hill fort belongs to the 11th century. All of the other artefacts that can be dated with reasonable certainty belong to the late 12th century or the first quarter of the 13th century. Finds from Keava are ample but also typical of the Estonian Final Iron Age hill forts (e.g. Varbola, Soontagana and Lõhavere). The assemblage is mainly composed of ornaments, personal belongings, metal parts of clothing, scrap metal and bronze work residues.

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