Regrettably, this blog post concerns the passing of Hans Browall associate professor, PhD, during the summer of 2023. Browall was an immense source of information concerning the Alvastra region, especially the Alvastra pile dwelling. He was an...
The project Alvastra pile dwelling – an archaeological resource will finish with a seminar where the new research portal will be officially launched. An invitation to the seminar and a list of speakers can be found below. Seminar Date:...
We are spending the summer going through everything that has been produced and editing texts so that they can be published on the digital platform which we hope to launch this autumn. Very embarrassingly, when going through all the material stored...
If you wanted to cut out a block of peat containing archaeological remains and place it in a wooden box for transport to a museum for excavation indoors, how would you do it? Would you cut out the block, make a wooden box of the correct size and...
Compiled report In Sweden all archaeological finds belong to the state. The state can decide to transfer the ownership of archaeological finds from the state to another institution if that institution is capable of preserving archaeological...
Our blog has been silent since May. This is because we have been working very hard to complete the assemblage database. We have now succeeded. All the material excavated by Mats P. Malmer has now been registered, partially photographed and placed...
The Alvastra project is currently in its final stages of registration work and we are all working intensely with the registration of these last finds. Greg and I are currently working with the flint finds from the Middle trench where some very nice...
Are you curious about the finds from the Alvastra pile dwelling? Today is going to be a good day for you then, because it is now possible to have a look at some of the finds as 3D-models! Very cool! Through the Swedish History Museum’s...
The registration process of the pottery continues. As I progress it becomes clearer that the ceramic material varies within the different trenches as well as between the trenches. The pottery from the middle trench has long since been registered and...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has again published a book of interest for all those who want to know more about the Alvastra pile dwelling, this time in English (Malmer 2016). The volume is entitled Archaeology as fact...