Employee photo: Minerva Maaria Piha

Minerva Maaria Piha

Associate Professor
Faculty of Education and Arts
Study location
Levanger
Office
Levanger, C Nylåna
Areas of expertise
South Saami history, Southern Sami, Language (linguistics), Historical Linguistics, Saami archaeology

Background

PhD in Finno-Ugric Linguistics 2020, University of Turku, Finland Master of Arts in Finno-Ugric Linguistics 2016, University of Turku, Finland

Master of Arts in Archaeology 2011, University of Turku, Finland

Teacher education for subjects finska, sydsamiska and creative writing 2016, University of Turku, Finland

Competence

South Saami language history and historical contact linguistics South Saami prehistory and archaeology

Saami language history and contact linguistics

Correlation between archaeology and historical linguistics

Finno-Ugric linguistics

Derivation in Finnish language


Research projects

2018-2020 Eteläsaamelaiset rautakautisessa Pohjolassa. Kielitieteellis-arkeologinen näkökulma. The South Saami in the North during the Iron Age. Linguistic-Archaeological perspective

2018-2020 Eteläsaamelaiset rautakautisessa Pohjolassa. Kielitieteellis-arkeologinen näkökulma.

2022- Saami terms in archaeological research. Language policies in Saami archaeology.

2023- The Iron Saami. On the connection between iron production, asbestos pottery, and Saami language c. 900 calBCE-600 calCE Finland (cooperation with Petro Pesonen, Marja Ahola and Elisabeth Holmqvist from University of Helsinki)