Jan Fast Archaeology

What a wonderful community archaeology event. Some 20 + participants and we got a lot of work done! Three archaeology students from The Univ...

In state forests, the search is on for ancient artefacts and sites. Archaeologists working for Metsähallitus, the state enterprise managi...

Huomenna lauantaina, 20.2.2016, on kaikilla kaivauksiin vuosien varrella osallistuneilla vihoviimeisen kerran mahdollisuus osallistua Jokin...

http://live.museovirasto.fi/?live=kenttatyot What an interesting day this was. For some 30-years Finnish archaeologists have gathered at...

This is really great news, it´s the first time the presentations can be watched on-line. Despite some slight problems everything seems to ...

I have today received final confirmation that "Hangö Sommaruniversitet" will finance a three week long archaeological excavation ...

According to persistent rumours in Finland (after WW2) the Finnish army held secret war courts for deserters in Lappeenranta SE Finland dur...

I will be lecturing on the topic at the University of Helsinki U38 room 205  on the 1st of February 2016 . The lecture is part of the studie...

I won´t even change the name, it is what it is (was). While it now seems clear that the archaeological community wasn´t successfull in preve...

The cleaning and sorting of last summers neolithic excavation finds from Vantaa Jokiniemi will take place at Science Centre Heureka on Satur...

It seems that some justice has  finally been done in Latvia where grave robbing and illegal metal detecting is a huge problem!  T h...

Graves of fallen soldiers in Tiiksi (Karelia). Photo SA-kuva. "DNA in human skeletal remains represents an important historical ...

I love lecturing about ARCHAEOLOGY. But this time I felt like it almost got the best of me ;) Very different atmospheres, very different s...

A few community archaeology digs are already planned for 2016! No previous knowledge of archaeology or fieldwork is required! More info as t...

Finally,  it´s time to start sorting and cleaning last summers amazing finds from the neolithic dig in Jokiniemi, Vantaa S. Finland! T...

This time the visit is about tourism, safety of visitors participating  on guided tours on site, and the WWII heritage of the German transit...

Home again after three days of lectures in Latvia. It was so much fun meeting all the wonderful people from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and ...

This was the final day of the excavation of the site in 2015. Icy roads on the way south and -2 C when I reached Hanko at 09.00 am. During t...