Before we take a little break from our usual chronological narrative, (Next surprise episode or two) let's take a look what proto-Finns were doing before "Viking Age". We have mysteries, more Tolkien (he was fan of Finnish language after all!), Finnish weapon Angon and much more!  Email: thofpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thofpodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/ThofPodcast   Mentioned in this episode: Varkaus Fennoscandia Vöyrin Käldamäki Käldamäki 3D-Face reconstruction Cassiodorus and Procopious Merovingi family Eura-Köyliö Angon Spear Leväluhta Israel Alftanus Nature magazine    Sources Ilari Aalot, Elina Helkala, Matka muinaiseen Suomeen: 11 000 vuotta ihmisen jälkiä, Atena Kustannus Oy, 2017 Georg Haggrén, Petri Halinen, Mika Lavento, Sami Raninen & Anna Wessman, Muinaisuutemme jäljet, Gaudeamus Oy, 2015 Juha Hurme, Niemi, Teos, 2017 Eino Jutikkala, Kauko Pirinen, A History of Finland, Translated from Finnish by Paul Sjöblom, WS Bookwell Oy, 2003 David Kirby, A Concise History of Finland, Cambridge University Press, 2006 Henrik Meinaner A History of Finland, Translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes, C. Hurst & Co., 2011 Pentti Virrankoski, Suomen Historia, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2019