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Archaeology: Saami Saami archaeology. This term is used to refer to the study of archaeological material which is considered or assumed to represent the Saami. It raises the question of when an archaeological relic can be regarded as Saami, and it thus impinges on the problem of defining the Saami and the Saami identity. In that this term stimulates ideas, it exerts a prejudicial, externally directive influence on research. If we nevertheless wish to use the term Saami archaeology, we must limit it geographically to northern [[Fennoscandia|Fennoscandia]]. There is common agreement that there at any rate was the place where ‘real’ Saamis lived. Moreover, types of prehistoric relics have been found there which are not found in eastern Fennoscandia (although this may be the result of deficient research). The ethnohistorical Lapp problem will therefore be excluded from this pragmatically defined delimitation as pertaining to eastern Fennoscandia. In addition to the geographical delimitation, there must also be a chronological one. In historical terms, the Saami identity represents a particular cultural expression. If we go back in time, we come to a point when this cultural expression becomes so divergent that it can no longer be considered a Saami one, although it does represent the ancestors of the Saamis of the Historical Age. The shift from [[Early Iron Age|the Early Iron Age]] to [[Middle Iron Age|the Middle Iron Age]] may indicate a shift from a period of a ‘Proto Saami identity’ to a period of ‘early Saami identity’, although the latter was still far removed in its cultural expression from the historically identified ‘full Saami identity’. [[Archaeology|Archaeology]]. [[Ethnic Identification|Ethnic identification.]] [[Phases of Saami (cultural) development|Saami identity: stages]]. [[Table of contents: Archaeology| Table of contents: Archaeology]] Otsikko 102