Inlägget publicerades: 2024-02-05 Antal kommentarer på inlägget: 2

In memory of Hans Browall

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 important link between the older excavations by Otto Frödin (1909-1931) and the excavations managed by Mats P. Malmer ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2019-10-23

Seminar – a research platform to be launched

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: Wednesday 29 January 12.00 am, Thursday 30 January 12.00-20.20 pm Location: Barocksalen, Historiska museet, Storgatan 41, ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2019-07-17

The Alvastra project is nearing the end

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 in various places, I found a text that should have been published in this ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2018-05-02

Upside down or the right way up?

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 then place the box upside down over ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2018-03-26

State keeps Alvastra pile dwelling finds

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 assemblages. When an excavation has been reported,  it is the National Heritage Board that decides who is to ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2017-12-21

Database complete

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 (digitally and physically) in the museum storerooms. The complete assemblage is available online via ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2017-05-29

Alla bäckar små blir (förhoppningsvis) till en stor å

Som några kanske redan har sett provar vi på Historiska museet ett nytt grepp i ett försök att finansiera fortsatta undersökningar på Birka. Vi har startat en crowdfundingkampanj på Kickstarter och hoppas på så vis få in de pengar som behövs för att få till stånd en ny undersökning. Alla bidrag, stora som små mottages ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2017-05-29

Scraper time

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 looking scrapers have showed up. Today, I wanted to show you some of ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2017-04-28 Antal kommentarer på inlägget: 2

Ett säkert vårtecken

Ett säkert vårtecken förutom flyttfåglar, blommor och pollenallergins återkomst är att Birkamuseet öppnar igen. På lördag (29/4) slår Birkamuseet åter upp sina portar för besökare från när och fjärran. Historiska museet har därför varit ute på Björkö och satt upp föremålen i utställningen igen. Ni som besökt Birkamuseet något av de senaste åren vet att ...

Inlägget publicerades: 2017-04-25

The Alvastra finds as 3D-models!

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 Sketchfab-page (link below) you can have a look at a ...