Jan Fast Archaeology

Just finished my minor contribution to the January newsletter of the Association of Coroplastic Studies and forwarded it to professor emerit...

This is VERY preliminary but this is the situation today 30.1.2014. Raseborg Långåmossarna  (with Karis hembygdsförening/sällskapet ...

From ca 1.50  http://arenan.yle.fi/tv/2120054 http://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2013/05/21/forststyrelsen-kan-ta-over-raseborgs-s...

This interesting piece of news somehow escaped me in the late autumn of 2013. The items seem to belong to a previously unknown creamation bu...

"Horrible Histories " HUNTER/GATHERER VS. FARMER, NEW MULTI-PURPOSE STRING!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU...

Archaeological excavations were carried out in Helsinki City Center in the late fall of 2012. Part of the Senaatintori square used to be a g...

Below is a link to a video (in English) concerning a very interesting archaeological find from Öland Sweden last summer. Certainly a site wo...

Today I had the the fine opportunity of  lecturing about the profession of archaeology at Gymnasiet Lärkan in Helsinki to a group of very m...

By Lea Murto-Orava from the National board of Antiquities: The piece of bone from which the radiocarbon sample was extracted. Photo Sim...

Personally I  found this series utterly interesting at least from part two onward . Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TclZkQ...

The article is only in Finnish but I will translate it to  English shortly. The article is written by the "Finnish national broadcastin...

in search of prehistoric artefacts (in lumps of soil as in this case) may prove very successfull :). This nice item was originally discovere...

Metal detectorists in Finland have reported a number of interesting finds during the last year. The media and also this blog have covered  t...

on Stora Karlsö Sweden. A new clip in which he shares his inspiring views on this remarkable prehistoric site (in Swedish). New excavations ...

In memory of Mick Aston http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23041568 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB6JWyUxoxU

Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta 2014! God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År 2014!

despite the detailed "recommendations and advice" that can be found on the website of The National Board of Antiquities . Despite ...

Here´s a good example of using a metal detector in combination with archaeological excavation "Project Silverado" in Sweden (in S...

The maps from the excavation at Långåmossarna are almost done as is the full excavation report. Now I only need to sort the finds one more ...

A beatuiful bronze age axe (ca 2000 B.C.) from Kemiönsaari SW Finland. The axe was found in a field by   Olavi Kauppinen  approx 20 m above ...