Three weeks and 70+ participants (some 20 + per day) makes up for a very serious dig indeed. The excavation is arranged by Hangö Sommaruniversitet. Additional financial support for the dig has been granted by Aktia-Stiftelsen i Hangö and Vetenskapsrådet (Sweden).
Prior to the dig I feel it´s time to present the team in charge of the dig, I will start with myself.
Jan Fast, archaeologist
Jan Fast is a Finnish archeologist (MA) and
exhibition coordinator. He has studied archeology and history at the University
of Helsinki, the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi.
At the moment Fast is
working on his doctoral dissertation about the archeology and history large
German, Second World War transition camp situated at Cape Tulliniemi, Hanko S.
Finland.
Jan Fast has conducted some 150 archeological excavations in Finland
since his start as a field archeologist in 1986. During his long career as a field
archeologist he has worked at several different science institutions.
While
working as an exhibition coordinator at Heureka, The Finnish Science Centre
1989-1997 he organized the famous archeological excavations of the large
Neolithic dwelling site in Vantaa Jokiniemi S. Finland. Some five hundred people
participated in what still is considered the largest community archeology dig
in Finland.
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