Kaseküla

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Coordinates: 58 ° 37 '  N , 23 ° 35'  E

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Kaseküla is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääneranna in Pärnu County (until 2017: rural municipality of Hanila in Lääne County ) in Estonia .

The place has 27 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

Archaeological finds

At Kaseküla, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of prehistoric graves and two settlements. They indicate a settlement around the birth of Christ. Kaseküla would therefore be one of the oldest proven villages in present-day Estonia.

literature

  • M. Laneman: Stone-cist grave at Kaseküla, western Estonia, in the light of AMS dates of the human bones . EAA 16: 2 2012, pp. 91-117.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
  2. ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 89

Web links

  • Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)