Jan Fast Archaeology

Despite the very chilly weather our team visited the German transition camp again today mostly planning future excavations and mapping the a...

After what will be a very calm "Vappu" indeed (thank God  ;) ) I will meet up with Swedish archaeologist Anders Wikström tomorrow ...

Maybe in the footsteps of Herr General E. Dietl (below) but for sure in the footsteps of prominent high ranking German officers and petty Uk...

Things are once again advancing very much according to plan. Tomorrow it will finally be time to document and have a first archaeological lo...

Very good article about our conflict archaeology project in today´s newspaper. This article is in Swedish. I welcome foreign media to write ...

Next week we will start mapping the remains of the German officers barracks area or the so called "Stammoffiziersunterkunfte" and ...

I will update here on a regular basis, depending on demand I will also be updating in English. Check it out here! Frans Hartman (to the...

Is finally a reality ! After a break of 20 years the  Finnish Science Centre Heureka  together with the  Alumni of the University of Hels...

Hyvä alumni, Helsingin yliopisto tarjoaa yhteistyössä Tiedekeskus Heurekan ja arkeologi, FM Jan Fastin kanssa yliopiston alumneille...

I´m cleaning and cataloging the excavation finds and as part of the work I´m also taking photos of some of the finds. I thought I´d post a f...

Finally! And what a day it was. The day started out early for all of us archaeologists heading for Hanko and the first trial excavation of...

Although the documentation of  "Deutschen Lager Hanko 1942-1944" is still far from complete, we are forced to make some trial- a...

Thanks to Axa Sorjanen and YLE Finland for lending us the great equipment that really helped us in our work today ! While filming the sit...

The movie "The Great Escape" featuring Steve McQueen was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Not a very realistic movie I was told...

Feeling exited. After acquiring all the necessary permits and meeting up with all the involved authorities the archaeological excavation of ...

As some of You fellow archaeologists may have already noticed  I have deleted most of my posts regarding my upcoming and scientific WW2 conf...

After a somewhat turbulent past week (during which I decided not to co-operate with an international team who wanted to film on WW2 sites in...

Today I visited Alppilan yläaste (Alppila "high school") in Helsinki and lectured about archaeology (in Swedish) for one more grou...

I have always felt that creativity in poetry and music often springs from difficult times rather than times of "easy living". The ...

Great documentary and lot´s of interesting issues regarding metal detecting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD4C2qBcotw