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Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Conflict archaeology on the Nordfront
On March 25th Iron Cross Magazine published my long due feature article about ongoing WW2 conflict archeology research in Finland!
Writing the article was very motivativating and rewarding as this was the first time I was able to share the research of the German WW2 transition camp in Hanko S. Finland to an international audience. I was also able to share a few of the hundreds of original pictures from my research collection to the readers.
Archaeologist Teemu Väisänen added a chapter on the upcoming research of the German WW2 airfield in Pori while Aleksi Rikkinen and Emil Sillanpää contributed with material related to the mapping of the German "Sturmbock Stellung" in NW Lapland.
The research will continue when the situation with the Corona virus is under control here in Finland. If you wish to excavate the second world war with us please send a letter of interest to jfarchaeology@gmail.com
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Thursday, 19 March 2020
Writing an article about the Långåmossarna excavations
Good thing about the situation (at least here in Finland) right now is that there is plenty of time to write articles about previous excavations and plan upcoming (2020) digs in detail.
I´m currently working on an article about the excavations of the multiperod stone age dwelling site of Långåmossarna (Raseborg). The excavations of the site have been going on for a long time (almost my complete career as an archaeologist) with the first ones in 1992-1994 and then a series of excavations 2013 and 2015-2018. It feels good to finally get the results down on paper.
The site has yielded very nice finds from the mesolithic (ca 9000 BP), early comb ceramic culture (ca 6200 BP), corded ware culture (ca 4500 BP) and last but not least Kiukais culture (ca 4000 BP). The article which is in Swedish will be published later this spring.
Early comb cermic potsherds from Långåmossarna. Photo Jan Fast 2017.
Work in progress on the site in 2016. Photo Jan Fast.
The site has yielded very nice finds from the mesolithic (ca 9000 BP), early comb ceramic culture (ca 6200 BP), corded ware culture (ca 4500 BP) and last but not least Kiukais culture (ca 4000 BP). The article which is in Swedish will be published later this spring.
Areas with finds from different time periods. Mesolithic (red), early comb ceramic (orange), corded ware culure (yellow) and Kiukais culture (green).
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The planning of the 2020 community archaeology digs continues
Dear archaeology enthusiasts. Just here to inform everybody that we are continuing the planning process of the 2020 community archaeology excavations despite the current corona virus situation here in Finland.We will be
ready when the situation takes a turn for the better.
On Friday we will deliver the 2019 excavation reports to the National Heritage Agency and after that we will startapplying for the excavation permits.
If the situation regarding the planned excavations change we will of course immediately inform everybody concerned.
Take care and stay safe <3
Best,
Jan and Janne
"On the road again" The 2020 JFArchaeology community archaeology roadmap.
On Friday we will deliver the 2019 excavation reports to the National Heritage Agency and after that we will startapplying for the excavation permits.
Boxed excavation finds ready for delivery to the National Heritage Agency.
If the situation regarding the planned excavations change we will of course immediately inform everybody concerned.
Take care and stay safe <3
Best,
Jan and Janne
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Ilmoittautuminen vuoden 2020 harrastajakaivauksille Vantaan Jokiniemessä on alkanut!!
Ennakkokokemusta arkeologiasta ei tarvita. Ale 14-vuotias voi osallistua kaivauksille täysi-ikäisen seurassa. Ennakkoluento Keskustakirjasto Oodissa 27.5.2020 klo 17.30-19.00. Useita eri mittaisia ja eri hintaisia kurssipaketteja tarjolla.
Harrastajakaivaus järjestetään yhteistyössä Heurekan ja Helsingin Seudun Kesäyliopiston kanssa. Lue lisää ja varaa pikaisesti paikkasi ainutlaatuiselle aikamatkalle kivikauteen klikkaamalla allaolevaa linkkiä!!
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Sinustako kesäarkeologi? Vielä mahtuu mukaan :)
Kesän kaivaukset alkavat olla täynnä mutta muutamiin JFA projekteihin mahtuu vielä mukaan. Kaikki kaivaukset on suunnattu aloittelijoille eikä ennakkokokemusta arkeologiasta tai arkeologisista kaivauksista tarvita. Mukaan voi tulla yhdeksi tai useammaksi päiväksi!
Kaivauksilla on kaikki työhön tarvittava välineistö eli tarvitset mukaan vain omat eväät, säähän sopivan vaatetuksen sekä hyvää mieltä 😊. Alle 14-vuotiaat voivat osallistua kaivauksiin täysi-ikäisen seurassa.
Raasepori (Karjaa) Malmkulla 22-24.5.2020
- Kivikautisen n 6000 vuotta vanhan asuinpaikan kaivaus. Pieni osallistumismaksu. Ilmoittautuminen Karjaan kotiseutuyhdistys/goran.fagerstedt@gmail.com
Kemiönsaari Ölmosviken 30-31.5.2020
- Kivikautisen n. 4000 vuotta vanhan asuinpaikan kaivaus Ilmainen. Ilmoittautuminen JFA jfarchaeology@gmail.com
Espoo Kläppkärr 22-27.6.2020
- Kivikautisen n. 6000 ja n. 5000 vuotta vanhan asuinpaikan kaivaus. Kurssimaksu. Kaivaus on suunnattu kaikille arkeologiasta kiinnostuneille. Ilmoittautumiset Esbo Arbis
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Vantaa Jokiniemi 8-12.7.2020
- Kivikautisen n. 5500 vuotta vanhan asuinpaikan koekaivaus. Kurssimaksu. Kaivaus on suunnattu kaikille arkeologiasta kiinnostuneille. Ilmoittautumiset Helsingin Seudun Kesäyliopisto (ilmoittautuminen alkaa n. 10 päivän sisällä)
Lohja Kittiskoski E 19-20.9.2020 ja 26.9.2020
- Pitkäaikaisen kivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivaus. Kurssimaksu. Kaivaus on suunnattu kaikille arkeologiasta kiinnostuneille. Ilmoittautumiset Hiiden Opisto (ilmoittautuminen alkaa kevään aikana)
Nähdään kaivauksilla!
Jan F ja Janne S