2017 januari

Alvastra pile dwelling

2017-01-27

Peat block from C9 – turned upside down

Presentation by Hans Browall, 2017-01-16 (edited 2017-01-25) I read with great interest last year’s blog posts on the excavation of the peat block from the Alvastra pile dwelling. The block was removed during the 1930 excavations and the project group assumed that it had lain under the clay vessel SHM 16374:C9,1 in the east ...

2017-01-12

The apple and the pip

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 and admiration for the people who made and used the objects that are now 5000 ...