Mika Tapio Lavento (born 29 March 1962)[1] is a Finnish archaeologist.
[2] He wrote his doctoral dissertation about prehistorical textile ceramics in Finland and on the Karelian Isthmus.
[4] In the dissertation, he expands on the ideas of Carl Fredrik Meinander and collected comparative archaeological material from Russia[2] In 2004, he was chosen as the professor of archaeology at University of Helsinki, after his predecessor Ari Siiriäinen had retired in 2002.
[2] Lavento is a member of the Indigeneity Research Unit of Hokkaido University, Japan.
[7] In 2022, a Festschrift honouring Lavento was published by the Archaeological Society of Finland for his 60th birthday.