Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Interesting but sad documentary about the looting of shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea

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The documentary includes some amazing video footage of the wrecks and a short commentary in English. Enjoy! http://areena.yle.fi/tv/2...
Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Vrouw Maria shipwreck (1771). Research report published today!!!

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http://www.nba.fi/fi/File/2410/vrouw-maria-final-report.pdf http://www.nba.fi/en/vrouwmaria
Sunday, 7 December 2014

Archaeology night at HEUREKA the Finnish Science Centre

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This event was a much anticipated one. 9 hours (15-24)of different aspects of archaeology and a seminar on rock art all on the same day. The...
Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Archaeological Christmas Calendar with finds from Ravattula, Finland.

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Congratulations to this wonderful idea :) and a very merry Christmas to all my friends in Turku Finland <3 http://www.ravattula.fi...
Monday, 1 December 2014

The Finnish Archaeological Society (SARKS) Archaeology Days in Turku Finland in 27-28.11.2014.

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The two day event started on thursday with the theme "Ethics and Archaeology. I participated in day two which was labeled "Communi...
Thursday, 27 November 2014

Today I visited Kannelmäen peruskoulu

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The school is situated in northwestern Helsinki. Today all the students were 7th graders but I will be lecturing to the younger kids nex...
Wednesday, 26 November 2014

3D rotating images of the neolithic clay figurines from Jokiniemi, S Finland

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For all of You to "rotate and enjoy"  :). These images were made for HEUREKA for Archaeology Night (4.12.2014) by Versoteq Oy http...
Tuesday, 25 November 2014

The Neolithic meets WW2

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Sry for not updating my blog for a while but believe me :)  I have been very busy doing archaeology. I hope that´s a good excuse... ;) Yes...
Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Interesting conflict archaeology documentary

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This one was new to me and I liked it a lot, hope You like it too. "DIGGING UP THE TRENCHES OF WWI" https://www.yo...
Monday, 10 November 2014

WW2 "Deutsches Lager Hanko 1942-1944" project news

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Snow was slowly falling but I just had to take one more drive to Hanko and have a last look at the site before winter. Maybe the reason for ...
Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Community Archaeology in Hanko WW2 conflict archaeology project dig in 2015

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Thanks to funding from Sparbanksstiftelsen in Hanko the plans for trial excavations of the German WW2 transition and Ukrainian prisoner of w...
Wednesday, 29 October 2014

3D scanning of neolithic clay figurines

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As part of the work around the upcoming "Archaeology Night" at Heureka the Finnish Science  Centre (4.12.2014) this day was dedica...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

A true diamond in exhibition design

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I have always had high hopes for archaeologist (PhD) Anna Wessman (Wickholm), in her younger years she worked with me on several excavations...
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Courtcase. Illegal diving and recovery of items from an 18th century shipwreck in Finland

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Well preserved cannon on the ships gundeck (picture copyright Badewanne) And this one goes to court... It will be very interesting t...
Sunday, 19 October 2014

NEW “NAZI WAR DIGGERS” ALLEGATIONS... Introducing "The Pipeline" !

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http://thepipeline.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Facebook-Dainis-Dilba-ammunition-24-October-2013.jpg Interesting new Archaeology websi...
Wednesday, 15 October 2014

"REPRESENTATIONS OF SHIPWRECKS AND MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES" Interesting seminar at the University of Helsinki next week

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The seminar is free of charge and open to all with an interest in Maritime Archaeology. Place: Porthania (Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki) Tim...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Wise words about metal detecting by Suzie Thomas

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She calls this "scribbling", I call it genious. Read it here! http://theconversation.com/discovering-a-viking-hoard-a-day-i...

Totally amazing Viking hoard unearthed in Scotland

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Although the info of this find still is rather limited this one certainly seems to be of great importance. A true "closed find"  w...