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...
I am happy to announce that my very first task in the Alvastra project is finished! The flint from the Western trench has now been registered and digitalised on the Swedish History Museum’s platform Sök i samlingarna. The total number of flint finds...
Working with archaeological material is interesting and exciting, however the thrill and awe over how old the objects are have somewhat lessened through the years. Nonetheless, every now and then I get those thrills and they fill me with humility...
Recently, the project benefited from a temporary insurgence of extra manpower in the form of two talented archaeologists who served as photographers digitalizing artifacts. One of our colleagues Sara Kusmin, as well as Jessika Lindquist, an intern...
Textile fragment during excavation. Photo: Nathalie Hinders, SHMM We already know that the Dags mosse mire was not only used during the Middle Neolithic. The material traces of these post Stone Age activities are by no means comprehensive but they...
We can proudly announce that we have now started with regestering material from the Middle trench! Pottery from the Middle trench was the first material to begin to be registered. Only a few posts have been registered so far. My first observations...
Now one of our textile fragments (see blog post from 11 February 2016) has arrived at the radiocarbon dating laboratory in Brussels. We will inform you of the date as soon as we get it so keep a check on this space.
During late spring, summer and autumn the project has moved forward with registering the find material from the eastern trench. Due to vacations, conferences and other engagements we have not published any posts concerning our progress for a while....