<p style="text-align:center;">Before we take a little break from our usual chronological narrative, (Next surprise episode or two) let's take a look what proto-Finns were doing before "Viking Age". We have mysteries, more Tolkien (he was fan of Finnish language after all!), Finnish weapon Angon and much more! </p><p style="text-align:center;">Email: <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/thofpodcast'>https://twitter.com/thofpodcast</a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Facebook: <a href='http://facebook.com/ThofPodcast'>http://facebook.com/ThofPodcast</a></p><p> </p><p>Mentioned in this episode:</p><p><a href='https://www.varkaus.fi/en'>Varkaus</a> </p><p>Fennoscandia</p><p>Vöyrin Käldamäki</p><p><a href='https://kalmistopiiri.fi/2018/01/17/kasvot-voyrin-kaldamaen-rautakautiselle-tytolle/'>Käldamäki 3D-Face reconstruction</a> </p><p>Cassiodorus and Procopious</p><p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty'>Merovingi family</a> </p><p><a href='http://www.eura.fi/euraopas/eura_guide_web.pdf'>Eura-Köyliö</a></p><p><a href='https://www.finna.fi/Record/musketti.M012:KM3336:211'>Angon Spear</a></p><p><a href='https://www.luomus.fi/en/levanluhta-iron-age-water-burial-site-100-humans'>Leväluhta</a></p><p>Israel Alftanus</p><p><a href='https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1279-z'>Nature magazine</a> </p><p> </p><p>Sources</p><p><em>Ilari Aalot, Elina Helkala, Matka muinaiseen Suomeen: 11 000 vuotta ihmisen jälkiä, Atena Kustannus Oy, 2017</em></p><p><em>Georg Haggrén, Petri Halinen, Mika Lavento, Sami Raninen & Anna Wessman, Muinaisuutemme jäljet, Gaudeamus Oy, 2015</em></p><p><em>Juha Hurme, Niemi, Teos, 2017</em></p><p><em>Eino Jutikkala, Kauko Pirinen, A History of Finland, Translated from Finnish by Paul Sjöblom, WS Bookwell Oy, 2003</em></p><p><em>David Kirby, A Concise History of Finland, Cambridge University Press, 2006</em></p><p><em>Henrik Meinaner A History of Finland, Translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes, C. Hurst & Co., 2011</em></p><p><em>Pentti Virrankoski, Suomen Historia, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2019</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>