Excavating a museum

in search of prehistoric artefacts (in lumps of soil as in this case) may prove very successfull :). This nice item was originally discovered at an excavation of the Viking burial site (a long barrow) in Lilleberge Norway by a British archaeologist in the 1880´s.

Photo by Andy Hall for the Observer.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jan/05/vikings-treasure-excavation-british-museum

Re-excavating the Lilleberge assemblage.

http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/tag/norway/