Heiki Valk (born 7 May 1959, in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. He is a senior research fellow and head of archaeological laboratory at

Tartu University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

specialising in Estonia in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. From 23 January 2008, he has been Chairman of the Estonian Learned Society and was its secretary from 1993 to 1996. He graduated from the University of Tartu of History in 1983. He has produced a thesis entitled "Rural cemeteries of Southern Estonia 1225-1800 AD" (2001). He has also served as Scientific Secretary of the Archaeology of Tartu from 1992 to 1999. He is a recipient of the President's Award in the field of folklore. (1994)

Works

*''Kodu Lugu''. 1. ja 2. osa. Koos

Mart Laar Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's rapid economic development dur ...

i ja Lauri Vahtrega. *''Lõuna-Eesti talurahva matmiskombestik ja selle uskumuslikud tagamaad 13.-17/18. sajandil''. Magistritöö. Tartu, 1992. *''Rural cemeteries of Southern Estonia 1225-1800 AD''. Doktoritöö. Visby: Gotland University College, Centre for Baltic Studies, 2001. *''Siksälä : a community at the frontiers : Iron Age and Medieval''. Koos Silvia Lauluga. Tallinn, Tartu, 2007. * Strongholds and Power Centres East of the Baltic Sea in the 11th-13th centuries. ompiled and edited by Heiki Valk Muinasaja Teadus 24. Tartu, 2014

References

www.arheo.ut.ee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valk, Heiki Estonian archaeologists 1959 births Living people People from Tartu Historians of Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class