Tõnno Jonuks

ADVANCING GENOTYPE IMPUTATION IN ANCIENT GENOMES USING A REGION-SPECIFIC REFERENCE PANEL AND BENCHMARK GENOTYPES

Erkin Alaçamlı, Stefania Sasso, Roberto Didonna, Simone Andrea Biagini et autres

Abstract Background Ancient DNA datasets are often characterized by low coverage and high levels of missing data, which limit the use of diploid-based analyses and constrain population genetic inference. Although genotype imputation is increasingly used to overcome these limitations, its performance depends …

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Situating Memory in Place and Time

Alexandra Vieira, Patrick D. Nunn, Loredana Lancini, Tõnno Jonuks

The ArchaeoLore Group employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between archaeology, landscape, toponymy, and social memory. The group aims to understand how places are constructed, perceived, and reinterpreted over time. Based on the premise that landscapes are not only physical …

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Magic in News

Tõnno Jonuks, Kristiina Johanson

This study discusses magic and witchcraft as presented in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century newspaper articles in Estonia. Magic is understood according to its vernacular meaning, including witchcraft, magic, and healing but also fraud, which created a solid but amorphous concept for …

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Ecologizing the Nation

Atko Remmel, Tõnno Jonuks

By analyzing media debates over nature-related conflicts in Estonia in the last couple of decades, we explore the interactions between the state, environmental organizations, and creative intelligentsia. Our analysis points to the development of a new national-cultural set of ideas and actions …

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Stone Age anthropomorphic flat figurines from Tamula, Estonia

Tõnno Jonuks, Mari Tõrv, Айвар Крийска

This article presents for the first time the full collection of anthropomorphic figurines found at Tamula, dating from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC. While some figurines show high levels of craftsmanship, others exhibit poorer execution, suggesting that these objects were made …

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Laughing and unlaughing at religion-related fake news in Estonia

Liisi Laineste, Anastasiya Fiadotava, Tõnno Jonuks

Abstract Contemporary contacts and interactions with religion are often mediated by mass and social media. These sources vary in their reliability and some are known for their use of humor as a communicative strategy. In this article we analyze how humorous religion-related …

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Material Deposits at Sacred Sites—the Many Faces of Modern Paganism in Estonia

Tõnno Jonuks

The popularity of natural sacred places has increased significantly across Europe during the last decades. Hills, stones, springs, and groves—places named sacred in oral tradition—have become focal points for practices of contemporary paganism and spiritualism. In Estonia, this movement’s rise in popularity …

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Stone Age imitation of a slotted bone point from Pärnu River (south-western Estonia)

Tõnno Jonuks, S Chen, A Kriiska, Ester Oras et autres

This is an in-depth study of a mimicked slotted point, carved from a cervid longbone, found in the lower reaches of the Pärnu River. The 3D digital model, created during this study, provides an interactive and innovative tool for studying the object …

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Materiality of Magic in Estonian and Finnish Museums

Sonja Hukantaival, Tõnno Jonuks, Kristiina Johanson

This paper discusses objects connected with folk magic and medicine found in museum collections in Estonia and Finland. Our perspective is comparative as we compare these collections to other sources and to each other. The focus is on what kind of objects …

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Between the Beasts. On the Meaning and Function of Small Quadruped Figurines from Estonia

Tõnno Jonuks, Tuuli Kurisoo

Sõjakas kaitse – konfliktid loodus- ja kultuuripärandi hoiu kujundamisel / Warlike Protection – Conflicts in Shaping the Preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage

Tõnno Jonuks, Atko Remmel, Lona Päll, Ulla Kadakas

Artiklis uurime Eesti looduse ja kultuuri kaitsel tekkinud teravaid vastasseise, mida osalejad on mõnikord nimetanud sõdadeks. Näitejuhtumid ulatuvad pühapaikade kaitselt metsa ja linnalooduse kaitseni. Vaatleme artiklis, kuidas vastasseisud on arenenud, milliseid argumente kasutatakse ning millised konflikti osapooled neis eristuvad. Meie eesmärk ei …

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AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF HOLY PLACES: CAN WE FIND ‘FORGOTTEN’ SACRED SITES?

Tõnno Jonuks

By using archaeological material and comparing it with analogies from oraltradition we can putatively identify some holy places which have been im-portant in past religions, but which have lost their holiness over the course oftime and due to changes in past religions. …