Jan Fast Archaeology

I have to admit I am very excited about this excavation. Our presumption is that this was a major dwelling ste in the middle archipelago som...

Todays excavation was interrupted by rain. Due to all the very fragile (paper) and small finds in the ground we can´t conduct  excavations w...

Not that much digging on this beautiful summers day.  Instead we ventured on lenghthy tour looking at the different activity areas of the Ge...

Grey skies but no rain in Hanko today despite this mornings weather forecast that predicted terrible weather. This ment that we were able to...

Last Friday we were mostly covering up excavation areas but today it was time to dig again. This day started off with a new excavation team,...

Neolithic flint sickle blade (from nearby Perniö). Photo NBA. You are now invited to join us in the excavation of this very promising d...

Slightly warmer weather in Hanko today and not quite as windy as during the previous excavation days this week. The second week of excavatio...

Once again a very hectic day  at the excavations. Archaeology student Anu Varjo finished her work on documenting the German barracks for her...

A few finds from the odder side today, a dental prosthesis and a picture still inside it´s original picture frame, a calendar  from the year...

Hello everyone My name is Lasse Nyman, I´m the Chairman of the Finnish Metal Detecting Association (Suomen Metallinetsijät ry).  I’ve b...

Here we go again. New week, some 20 new participants and a new excavation area. This one seems to be deepest dump pit so far and it has alre...