Miikka Tallavaara

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Current research:

Impact of the past climate changes on prehistoric human populations and cultures

Population dynamics of prehistoric hunter-gatherers

Mesolithic technological organisation in eastern Fennoscandia

Quartz technology

Keywords

615 History and Archaeology
archaeology
1171 Geosciences

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications 2003 2018

14 Article
8 Chapter
2 Conference contribution
1 Anthology or special issue
2 More
- 1 Commissioned report
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Did the mid-Holocene environmental changes cause the boom and bust of hunter-gatherer population size in eastern Fennoscandia?

Tallavaara, M. & Seppä, H., 2012, In : Holocene. 22, 2, p. 215-225 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Prehistoric population history in eastern Fennoscandia

Tallavaara, M., Pesonen, P. & Oinonen, M., 2010, In : Journal of Archaeological Science. 37, 2, p. 251-260 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

How flakes shatter: a critical evaluation of quartz fracture analysis

Tallavaara, M., Manninen, M. A., Hertell, E. & Rankama, T., 2010, In : Journal of Archaeological Science. 37, 10, p. 2442-2448 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Human responses to early Holocene climate variability in eastern Fennoscandia

Manninen, M. A., Tallavaara, M. P. & Seppä, H., 26 Jan 2018, In : Quaternary International. 465, Part B, p. 287-297 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Postglacial Pioneer Colonisation of Eastern Fennoscandia: Modeling Technological Change

Manninen, M. A., Hertell, E. J., Pesonen, P. A. P. & Tallavaara, M., 1 Sep 2018, Technology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe - Transmission of Knowledge and Culture. Knutsson, K., Knutsson, H., Apel, J. & Glørstad, H. (eds.). London: Equinox Publishing, Vol. 2. p. 23-46 24 p. ( Early settlement of Northern Europe; no. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Projects 2004 2011

1 Finished
2 Active

Archaeology (in the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies) (ARCH-HU)

Alenius, T. H., Alvik, R., Arima, H., Carpelan, C., Fiema, Z. T., Haggren, G., Hakulin, L., Halinen, P., Hamari, P., Harlin, E., Hertell, E., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Ikäheimo, J., Jalkanen-Mäkelä, M., Jansson, H., Jansson, J., Kankaanpää, J., Kirkinen, T., Kivimäki, S. (., Koivisto, S., Kouki, P., Kämäräinen, E., Lagerstedt, J., Lahelma, A., Laulumaa, V. A., Lavento, M., Lehtinen, L., Leimu, K., Leino, M., Maaranen, P., Mannermaa, K., Manninen, M. A., Mikkola, E., Mikkola, T., Mökkönen, T. O., Nissin, L. H., Niukkanen, M., Nordqvist, K., Nurminen, K., Perttola, W., Pesonen, P. A. P., Rankama, T., Rosendahl, U., Räihälä, O., Salminen, T., Salo, K. H., Seitsonen, O., Seppälä, S., Silvonen, S., Suha, M., Tallavaara, M., Tuovinen, T., Uino, P., Viitanen, E., Vajanto, K. & Wessman, A.