General
Leather and Textile Archaeology
Metal, Weapons and Jewellery
Numismatics
Amber
Here are resources, like databases and journals, that are useful.
- Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Primarily Estonian-language history journal focusing on Estonian and Baltic history.
- Archaeologia Lituana Lithuanian language archaeological journal. You can browse through the English version for summaries that interest you, but need to switch to the Lithuanian version of the site to download the entire article.
- Archaeologia Polonia has its’ archives available for free online up to 2006.
- Baltistica. Lithuanian language history journal. You can browse through the English version for summaries that interest you, but need to switch to the Lithuanian version of the site to download the entire article.
- The Balts, e-book of the 1963 text by Marija Gimbutas.
- De Cultu Civili Estonico (Estonian Culture Magazine) published by the Estonian Institute. Largely is focused on modern history and culture in Estonia, but also has articles discussing medieval history, including the Baltic Germans.
- eLABa, short for elektronini? Lietuvos Akademini? Biblioteka (Lithuanuian electronic Academic Library just doesn’t have the same ring to it.) It allows you to search for scholarly articles published in Lithuanian journals, that often can be downloaded for free.
- The Estonian Art Journal
- Estonica: Encyclopedia about Estonia
- Estonian Journal of Archaeology has some of its’ volumes online: 2006
2007 onwards, and the subscription site for non-open volumes.
- Fornvännen has put its’ archives from 1906-2005 online, for free, in PDF format.
- Lituanistica. Lithuanian language journal with a focus on history and culture. The articles often have English summaries
- Lituanus, quarterly English-language journal focusing on Lithuania. It seems everything over one year old is freely available in their archives.
- Medievalists.net occasionally reports on academic articles and theses with a Baltic focus.
- Medžiagotyra [Materials Science] Lithuanian journal occasionally has articles on textiles.
- Kaup Re-enactment Resources. Russian website with numerous books, mostly in Lithuanian or Russian.
- Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat [Yearbook of Viljandi Museum], an Estonian-language journal, with English and German summaries, covering topics such as archaeological finds in Vijandi Parish.
Lists of Museums with Websites:
The following list, is of articles that are hopefully of interest, published in the journal Žiemgala (ISSN: 1392-3781)
This is based off an old Livejournal post, tweaked and updated for the Knowledge Pages project.
Archaeology, including grave goods
- Guntis Gerhards “Žiemgalos Gyventojai V-XVIII amž.” [Inhabitants of Semigallia in the 5th–18th centuries. Anthropological investigation] (2) 2000
Article | English Summary
- Vytautas Kazakevicius “Žiemgalos Didiko Kapas” [The Grave of a Semigallian Nobleman] (1)2001
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis “Radvil? Birž? pilis ir jos arsenalas XVI-XVII a.” [Radvilos’ Biržai castle and its arsenal in the 16th-17th centuries] (1) 2002
Article | English Summary
- Virginija Ostašenkovien? “V?lyvieji Šiaur?s Vidurio Lietuvos Senkapiai” [Old Burial Places in Northern Lithuania] (2) 2005
Article | English Summary
- Virginija Ramanauskait?-Ostanšenkovien? “Šiaur?s vidurio Lietuva laikotarpiu iki Kristaus” [The Northen part of middle Lithuania during before Christ] (1)2003
Article | English Summary
- Virginija Ramanauskait?-Ostašenkovien? “Rudiški? senkapio radiniai” [The finds of Rudiškiai burial ground] (2)2002
Article | English Summary
- Ernestas Vasiliauskas “Raktuv?s piliakalnis: Archeologiniai tyrin?jimai” [Raktuv? mound. Archaeological excavations] (1) 2002
Article | English Summary
- Ilona Vaškevi?i?t? “Ginklai Žiemgali? moter? kapuose” [Weapons in the graves of Semigallian women] (2) 2006
Article | English Summary
- Ilona Vaskevi?i?t? “Pietin?s žiemgali? ribos” [Boundaries of Southern Ziemgala] (1) 1999
Article | English Summary
Town and place-name history
- Alma Brazi?nien? “Šiaur?s Lietuva seniausiuose žem?lapiuose” [Northern Lithuania in Old Maps] (2) 2003
Article | English Summary
- Valentas Cibulskas “Senosios žagar?s bažny?ia” [The church of Old Žagar?] (2) 2001
Article | English Summary
- Valentas Cibulskas “Pasvalio bažny?ia” [The Church of Pasvalys] (1)2001
Article | English Summary
- Valentas Cibulskas “Joniškio bažny?ia” [The church of Joniškis] (2) 2000
Article | English Summary
- Edvardas Gudavi?ius “Žagar? XIII a. Žiemgalos ?vyki? fone” [Žagar? in the background of events in Semigallia in the 13th century] (2) 2002
Article | English Summary
- Robertas Jurgaitis “Kur stov?jo Bu?i?n? pilis?” [Where did Bu?i?nai Castle stand?] (1)2003
Article | English Summary
- Algimantas Kaminskas “Krincinas” [The town of Krincinas] (2)2003
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? pilis – Radvil? valdos centras” [Biržai Castle from the end of the 16th century till the middle of the 17th century] (1)2003
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis :Visuomen? ir bažny?ia Radvil? Birž? kunigaikštyst?je XVI a. pabaigoje – XVII a. viduryje” [The church, town and society of Biržai from the end og the 16th century til the middle of the 17th century.] (1)2004
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? miestas ir miestie?iai XVI a. pabaigoje–XVII a. viduryje” [The town of Biržai and its citizens in the end of the 16th century and the middle of the 17th century] (1)2005
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis “Žydai, karaimai ir totoriai Radvil? Birž? kunigaikštyst?je XVI a. pab. – XVII a. pirmojoje pus?je.” [Jews, Karaites and Tatars in the Duchy of Biržai in the end of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century] (2) 2002
Article | English Summary
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? kunigaikštyst?s ryšiai su Kuršo ir Žiemgalos
kunigaikštyste XVI a. pabaigoje – XVII a. viduryje” [Relations between the Duchy of Biržai and the Duchy of Curonia and Žiemgala] (2) 1999
Article | English Summary
- K?stutis Labanauskas “Žagar?s Dvaro Parkas” [The Žagar? estate park] (1) 1998
Article | English Summary
- Nijol? Lukšionyt?-Tolvaišien? “Žagar?s dvaro architekt?ros ypatyb?s” [The architectural peculiarities of Žagar? Manor] (1) 2002
(Mentions in the summary that the place Žagar? has been known since the 13th c.)
Article | English Summary
- Kazys Misius “Švobiškis” [A town from the 16th century] (2) 2002
Article | English Summary
- Algimantas Miškinis “Pakruojis” [The Town of Pakruojis] (2) 1998
Article | English Summary
- Povilas Spurgevi?ius “Naujosios Žagar?s bažny?ia” [The church of Naujoji Žagar?] (1) 2003
Article | English Summary
- Ernestas Vasiliauskas “Žiemgala XII-XIII a.” [Žiemgala in the 12-13th c.] (2)2003
Article | English Summary
- Darius Vilimas “Pastabos d?l Pakruojo ?k?rimo datos” [Date of the Foundation of Pakruojis, 1520s-30s] (2)2005
Article | English Summary
Prussia is the old name given to the area that is now largely the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
Inhabited by the Prussian tribes, until being conquered by the Teutonic Knights, it had contact with Scandinavia to the west, and the Rus to the east, trading in furs, amber and slaves.
Two of its’ famous Viking-age towns were Kaup (German; Wiskiauten) and Truso.
- Archaeology
- Re-enactment Groups
- Kaup: Club of Historical Modeling and Reconstruction.Lots of scans from books, and photographs of museum exhibits under ‘reconstruction’.
- Artwork
- Language
- Onomastics
