Suure-Jaani
Suure-Jaani () is a Populated places in Estonia, town in the northern part of the county of Viljandi County, Viljandimaa in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Põhja-Sakala rural municipality, 25 kilometres north of the town of Viljandi. Until 2017, Suure-Ja ...
– 21 May 1998
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
) was an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n archaeologist.Eesti entsüklopeedia 14: Eesti elulood.
Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus
Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers () was an Estonian publisher which published reference literature (like encyclopedias, atlases) and popular science
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, 2000. Page 266
In 1961 he graduated from
Tartu State University
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.
In 1987 he was one of the founders of
Estonian Heritage Society
Estonian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
See also
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. Since 1995 he was the chief editor of the journal ''Austrvegr''.
His main fields of research were
burial mound
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s () and
forthill
Forthill Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It is the home of Forfarshire Cricket Club and hosts matches for the Scotland national cricket team. It has been used for cricket since 1880, when the newly-forme ...
s.
Awards
* 1985: Estonian SSR State Prize
Works
* Leedu-eesti sõnaraamat. 1969
* Vestlusi eesti ja leedu keeles. 1971
* Toivo Kohv, R. Kärner, Vello Lõugas. Pirita jõgi. 1982
* Vello Lõugas, Jüri Selirand. Arheoloogiga Eestimaa teedel. 1977, 2nd edition 1989
* The archaeology of terror. 1991
* Kaali kraatriväljal Phaethonit otsimas. 1996