2015 december

Alvastra pile dwelling

2015-12-17

A digital platform about a wooden platform

The prehistoric causeway as it enters the wooden platform from the southeast. Illustration: Mats Gilstring The causeway as it is reconstructed today. Photo: Nathalie Dimc, SHMM We have now created an adress and an introductory text for what will become a kind of site archive for all those who are interested in conducting research into ...

2015-12-11

A Fragmented Whole

The ceramic material found at the pile dwelling is fragmented. Most of the time I am working with and trying to understand small fragments that weigh around 5-10g. It is common to work with smaller sherds when studying the Pitted Ware pottery due to the fact that the vessels were intentionally broken during the Neolithic. ...

2015-12-02

Two unique scrapers from the middle Neolithic?

Hafted scrapers are typically unifacial (flaked on one side),made from flakes or blades of flint, that were then fixed or ”hafted” to a handle and used to scrape excess fat and flesh from animal hides as a part of the tanning process. I came across one such hafted scraper with an unusual form which triggered ...