22nd Nordic Archaeology Conference

Oulu, Finland, August 18-23, 2004

Archaeology in the North of Finland presented itself to the international research community in August 2004, when archaeologists at the University of Oulu hosted the 22nd Nordic Conference on Archaeology. The Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu as well as Kierikki Stone Age Centre and Kierikki Registered Association were our partners in co-operation.

Nordic Archaeology Conference, representing the most important regular gathering in the field, was one of the largest humanities event ever to take place in Oulu. The time-honoured conference has convened at three to four year intervals in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland during the past 80 years. The previous meeting was in Akureyri, Iceland, in 2001. The conference has not been arranged in Finland since 1986 when Turku acted as host.

Over 150 archaeologists and students participated in the conference. The delegates came mostly from the Nordic Countries, but we also had delagates from England, Spain, Latvia, Poland, France, Russia and USA. We thank all the delegates, especially the key note speakers, panel discussion participants as well as session chairs!

The organizing of the conference would not have been possible without the help from our sponsors: the Academy of Finland, the Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu, the Ministry of Education and the Cultural Fund for Sweden and Finland. We give our warmest thanks to them, as well as the cities of Oulu, Raahe and Tornio and the municipalities of Yli-Ii and Suomussalmi for their hospitality.

We thank our sponsors:

Giellagas Institute, University of Oulu

Academy of Finland

Cultural fund for Sweden and Finland