Part of the presentation at Vuoden 2014 arkeologisten kenttätöiden esittelypäivät

1. Statistics 2014
105 archaeological field assignments
(almost 9 assignments per month)
47 inspections
27 monitoring works
20 surveys-mappings
11 investigations-excavations

2. Monitoring works
e.g. ditching in the
Bomarsund fortress area

3. Surveys-mappings
e.g. Late Iron Age
gravefield in
Sålis

4. Excavations
e.g.
* test-pit excavation of a late-Neolithic/
Bronze Age settlement site near Borgberget
* archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age
burial mound (Jo 9.8)
* archaeological excavation of a Late Iron
Age burial mound (Jo 37.7)
* two archaeological excavations of an early
modern production site in Kastelholm
* archaeological excavation of a II WW
military road (Ec 6.59)

5. Archaeological excavation of the Late Iron Age
burial mound – Jomala, Överby, Jo 37.7
• Investigated 22.5-11.7.2014
• Project leader Kristin Ilves, archaeologist Daniel Anderberg

6. Situated separate
from the main
cemetery

8. • The grave has been excavated and reconstructed after
which it has been subjected to a looting attempt
• Mass material such as burned bones, pottery and iron
rivets were re-deposited during the reconstruction
• Burnt layer under the mound, largely intact, did not
constitute the grave’s burial

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