A slideshow demonstrating the process of constructing an Iron Age loghouse in Rõuge, Estonia.

1. Viire Pajuste and her Viking Age experiment receives good coverage in the Estonian media. Photo: Anna Kolossova

2. Transporting logs the Iron Age way. Photo: Anna Kolossova

3. Lifting and placing logs requires teamwork. Photo: Anna Kolossova

4. A reinvented measurement tool with a level. Photo: Anna Kolossova

5. Someone else should be helping up there too. Photo: Anna Kolossova

6. Drawing wisdom from books and experts. Photo: Anna Kolossova

7. Birch bark is used to insulate the house. Photo: Anna Kolossova

8. Most work is done using 9 axes, which are copies of the Iron Age ones. Photo: Viire Pajuste

9. Pretty close to the Iron Age look. Photo: Viire Pajuste

10. Building a ladder from branches to climb the walls. Photo: Viire Pajuste

11. Osier is used to weave ropes for measuring the house’s diagonals. Photo: Viire Pajuste

12. The floor of the house is made from earth and clay. Photo: Anna Kolossova