Joonas
Kinnunen
Doctoral Researcher, History and Archaelogy
MA
Contact
Areas of expertise
Medieval archaeology
Economic history
Social network analysis (SNA)
Historical network analysis
Hanseatic trade
Statistics
Data analytics
Digital humanism
3D-scanning
Algorithms
Biography
I am a doctoral candidate at the department of archaeology, where I am doing a PhD thesis about the development of medieval over-sea trade in the Baltic sea region. My interests, however, are widely in economic history and its effects on material culture, ranging from prehistorial socities to around 18th century. My other area of interest are the digital methods (for example 3D-scanning and algorithms) and their applicability in archaeology. At the moment my main methods are social network analysis (SNA) and statistics.
Teaching
I teach medieval economic history and digital methods in archaeology.
Research
In my PhD thesis, I am studying the medieval over-sea distribution networks and their development, as well as geographical differences based on the archaeological material. My research is so-called big data -research, that is yet rare in humanities, where –with help of large sample sizes and data mining– questions that can not be answered by traditional humanities methodology are under investigation.
On the other hand, in the economic history point of view, archaeology provides a dataset with a unique perspective, as the material culture can bring out connections and historical economic features that are not visible from written sources, eg. toll catalogues. Archaeological material is also often more temporally comprehensive that the literary sources, which enables us to complete the missing data of the written documents.
On the other hand, in the economic history point of view, archaeology provides a dataset with a unique perspective, as the material culture can bring out connections and historical economic features that are not visible from written sources, eg. toll catalogues. Archaeological material is also often more temporally comprehensive that the literary sources, which enables us to complete the missing data of the written documents.
Publications
At the fringes of urbanisation. A socio-economic model of founding of the town of Turku, Finland, c. 1300 (2022)
Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Metal detecting as a social formation: A longitudinal survey study from Finland (2020)
Journal of Social Archaeology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Weight or Density Corrected Value? Using Density Derived Key Ratio for Additional Accuracy to Intercomparability of Medieval and Historical Artifact Groups (2020)
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Kulttuurinen kestävyys 2010-luvun metallinilmaisinharrastuksessa (2020)
Muinaistutkija
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Turku syntyi kaupasta (2020)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Musta surma muutti Eurooppaa, mutta ei vain huonolla tavalla (2019)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Arkeologinen aineisto auttaa mallintamaan keskiajan ulkomaankaupan kehitystä (2018)
Tietysti.fi
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
‘Quidditching’ and the Emergence of New Heritage Identities — Amateur Metal Detecting in Finland (2016)
Public Archaeology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Johdatus verkostoanalyysiin arkeologiassa - Esinefragmenttien kautta käsiksi hansakaupan sosiaalisiin verkostoihin (2015)
SKAS
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Metallinilmaisin, harrastajat ja kulttuuriperintö – kärjistyksistä yleiskuvaan (2014)
Kotiseutu
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))