Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Todays cleaned and cataloged WW2 finds! Ankle shoes, tentpegs and German 35 mm film casettes...

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Cleaning the finds from previous excavations of the German transition camp is in many ways like an excavation in it´s own. Today I spent m...
Monday, 6 February 2017

Cleaning, sorting and cataloging the excavation finds from "Deutsches Lager Hanko"

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Since the beginning of this year I have been preoccupied with the cataloging and sorting of excavation finds from the 2014-2016 field season...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017

"Menneisyyden Metsästäjät" TV series revisited.

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Today I decided it was time for another look at the TV-series "Menneisyyden Metsästäjät" and I actually watched all episodes all o...
Friday, 13 January 2017

Cleaning and cataloging the excavation finds from "Deutsches Lager Hanko"

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Our workroom at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki. Just another day @ the office :) Below are a few pictures from today. The material is both p...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017

YLE Puhe radio broadcast. The KHME team tells about the making of the TV-series and why they are into metal detecting.

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As expected the TV-series has raised some controversy. This interview clarifies atleast a couple of issues. Sadly the interview is in Finni...

First episode of "Menneisyyden Metsästäjät" reality TV-series fetches over half a million viewers!

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According to KHME the first episode of "Menneisyyden Metsästäjät" has been seen by over half a million viewers!! If this is true (...
Tuesday, 10 January 2017

JFA review of the TV series "Menneisyyden metsästäjät" by Jan Fast

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My first general impression was that the series is well done. Very nice drone filming and exciting "mysteries" to solve for the de...
Monday, 9 January 2017

The first Finnish amateur metal detecting TV-series "Raiders of the Past" will air on Finnish national televison tomorrow!

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Promo picture for the series showing the team of amateur detectorists from KHME. While strolling through the advertisements and info ...
Friday, 30 December 2016

The JFArchaeology blog crossed the 100.000 visitors mark today!

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I would like to thank all viewers of my archaeology blog. Communicating my research to others is in my opinion as important as the digging i...
Thursday, 29 December 2016

First announcement! The scientific conflict archaeology excavations of "Deutsches Lager Hanko" will continue 26.6 - 14.7.2017.

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The 2017 community archaeology excavation is organized by "Hangö Sommaruniversitet".  No previous experience of archaeology is ...
Tuesday, 27 December 2016

First Finnish metal detecting (reality TV) series about to air soon on YLE (the National Finnish Broadcasting Company)

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The wait is almost over... On January 10th 2017 the first episode of the Finnish reality TV-series "Menneisyyden Metsästäjät" or ...
Tuesday, 13 December 2016

KUVA Research Days - Poetic Conflict Archaeology in Helsinki tomorrow!

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Sunday, 13 November 2016

The Finnish National Museum announces the opportunity to "Adopt a Cultural Object"

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Finland celebrates it´s 100 years of independence next year. As part of the celebrations The National Museum of Finland has launched a camp...
Sunday, 16 October 2016

The 2016 season of excavating "Deutsches Lager Hanko" is over.

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The dig ended with wonderful finds and the discovery of several new interesting research areas. We will definitely continue excavations next...