Ķivutkalns
Ķivutkalna pilskalns — Rīga · Ķivutkalns Hillfort Riga · Kivutkalns Riga · Ķivutkalna pilskalns
Late Iron Age Liv 10th–12th c Daugava Livonia pre-Riga 1201·Liv Finnic (Daugava Livs) — pre-Riga Livonia (Henry Livs)·🇱🇻 Riga City, Ķengarags–Katlakalns area on Daugava right bank 7 km southeast of Riga Old Town (Liv village pre-Riga German 1201), Latvia
About
About Ķivutkalns
Ķivutkalns — Liv (Finnic Livs) hillfort (Late Iron Age 10th–12th c, abandoned 1201 German Riga foundation) on Daugava right bank 7 km southeast Riga Old Town, Katlakalns promontory at tributary mouth. Small plateau 60×40 m 18 m a.s.l., timber-earth rampart 3 m, Liv pottery, Baltic amber, Daugava trade weighing scale, Liv cemetery 200 graves with 12th c Daugmale-type Liv jewellery. Excavated J. Urtāns: Liv village before Albert's 1201 Riga — alternative Riga location debated. Links Liv Daugava to Daugmale island port downstream. Suburban housing pressure. Ķivutkalns name survives in Riga microdistrict. Riga prehistory.
Why it mattersRiga Liv predecessor — 60×40 m hillfort 7 km SE Riga pre-1201 Albert's Riga
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Alternative Riga — why Albert chose downstream?
Theories
- 01Liv Daugava toll vs Riga port
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.10th c Liv village; hillfort 10th–12th c rampart 3 m
- Period
- Late Iron Age Liv 10th–12th c Daugava Livonia pre-Riga 1201
- Culture
- Liv Finnic (Daugava Livs) — pre-Riga Livonia (Henry Livs)
- Builders
- Daugava Livs hillfort villagers (Riga precursor kin)
- Purpose
- Daugava Liv hillfort 60×40 m 7 km southeast Riga Old Town pre-1201 German foundation
- Abandoned
- 1201 (Albert founds Riga downstream)
- Rediscovered
- Excavated J. Urtāns 1990s Katlakalns
- Excavation
- Excavated
10th c
Liv Daugava hillfort 60×40 m 7 km SE Riga
12th c
Daugmale-type Liv jewellery and amber trade
1201 CE
Albert founds Riga downstream abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
56.9000° N · 24.1700° E · 18 m · 3 mapped features
Plateau 60×40 m 18 m
plateauSmall Liv plateau 60×40 m 18 m a.s.l. Daugava right-bank Katlakalns
56.9005° N · 24.1705° ERampart 3 m Timber-Earth
rampartTimber-earth rampart 3 m pre-1201 Liv village 7 km SE Riga
56.8995° N · 24.1690° ELiv Cemetery 200 Graves
cemeteryLiv 200-grave cemetery with Daugmale-type beads and amber beside hillfort
56.9010° N · 24.1710° E