Jan Fast Archaeology

JK and AK telling the story of my life :) ... and great songs  for the upcoming field season too :)

Upcoming battlefield archaeology project. A few years back I got hold of two unpublished hand written diaries (with photos) from a member...

Check this link out and join the discussion on this excellent forum! http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/battlefield-archaeology/what-is-relic-...

Today Matti Klinge tomorrow Charlotta Wolff and writing and writing and writing, sounds stressful but no it isn´t. I´m enjoying everything f...

After a rather hectic week of studies and writing it´s weekend again. Today the Finnish newspapers have been talking a lot about the recent...

Very good links to excavations and work by RA via this. Enjoy!

My fathers birthday was a blast but now it´s back to the books and writing the articles one about the stone age anthropomorphic clay figurin...

Interesting realistic documentation of the excavations of the leprosy hospital at Korpholmen in 2012 (more links on Youtube). Very small ...

It´s been an almost perfect day for studies and writing. I think the clue is to get to bed early and here especially my decision to quit Fac...

Never think of history as "the past" Read more books and always remain curious. History is were you are.

Got a telephone call yesterday from Gunilla Kranck the widow of the very active amateur archaeologist and photographer Alf-Gunnar Kranck ....

This is a short preliminary clip from the intro to my upcoming book about "Jan Fast archaeology" from the happy 80´s and back to...

This morning I spent an hour or so strolling through all the beautiful issues of  Fennoscandia Archaeologica, Finskt Museum, Suomen Museo, ...

Great short clip (in Swedish) by a Swedish archaeologist I found a few days ago on Youtube! And yes I love "Gropkeramik" ;)

One more great day at the National Museum of Finland with many great discussions with colleagues and friends. The day ended with a meeting w...

Today I attended the annual meeting of the Finnish archaeologists at the National Museum. Lot´s of familiar faces but also some new ones. Th...

Battlefield and conflict archaeology are huge interests of mine :). Wishing you all a happy weekend with this one!

Just realized that it´s time for the annual meeting of Finnish archaeologists next week. The red hot topic is the SALAVA (Suomen Arkeologian...

A few years back I was confronted with the feeling that "I have had enough", 25 years of fieldwork had taken it´s toll. The occasi...

I took these two photos while visiting the excavation site in late october 2012. The conditions were harsh (rainy and very, very cold). A ...