Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Join us in the research of stone-age Porvoo next summer! Registration starts January 2nd 2018!

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Life in the stone-age. Illustration by Tom Björklund for Borgå Museum. Thanks to the very active and friendly help from "Borgå M...
Friday, 17 November 2017

Raaseporin linnan rikolliset metallinetsijät, 500 e palkkio luvattu vihjeestä

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  Raaseporin linna Olen pöyristynyt. Raaseporin linnan läheisyydessä tapahtunut ryöstökaivaus (joka ilmeisesti tehtiin syyslomaviikon...
Thursday, 2 November 2017

Exciting community archaeology dig near Helsinki City Centre in 2018!

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Fantastic news! It now seems almost certain that me and Janne Soisalo will conduct a community archaeology excavation of a neolithic stone ...
Friday, 27 October 2017

Filming our detecting and research of "Durchgangslager Hangö" for the You Tube channel "Terra Germania"

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Two weeks ago we ventured on the last field trip of the 2017 excavation season. The main goal of the three days of hard work was to locate n...
Tuesday, 17 October 2017

JFArchaeology planned community archaeology excavations in 2018

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The plans for our community archaeology excavations in 2018 are advancing rapidly. It now seems possible that next year (May-July)...
Monday, 16 October 2017

Back home from Hanko after a great weekend documenting a couple of WW2 war graves and exploring "Durchgangslager Hangö".

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I guess the 2017 field season is soon over here in Finland. Last weekend it was time for the last leg of fieldwork in Hanko S. Finland were ...
Monday, 9 October 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö", last field trip of the 2017 excavation season!

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It´s been a very rainy autumn here in Southern Finland but the weather seems to clear up for the weekend. It´s time to have a last look at t...
Sunday, 10 September 2017

The 2017 field season isn´t over yet!

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Upcoming community archaeology excavations under my supervision in 2017. Raseborg Långåmossarna 7-8.10.2017. Back to the stone-age...
Saturday, 19 August 2017

The "Deutsches Lager" Exhibition in Helsinki NOW 18.8-10.9.2017

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Poetic Archaeology is a group that brings together the expertise of an artist (Jan Kaila), a photographer (Japo Knuutila) and an archaeo...
Thursday, 10 August 2017

Tule mukaan kivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivauksille!

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Vielä mahtuu mukaan Kemiönsaaren myöhäiskivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivauksille (Ölmosviken 21-27.8.2017).  Mukaan voi tulla päiväksi tai use...
Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Well preserved stone age grave unearthed near Lake Burtnieks, Latvia!

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The remains of a prehistoric fisherman have been unearthed at the source of the Salaca river by Lake Burtnieks. Photo from the Univer...
Sunday, 6 August 2017

We have started building the Poetic Archaeology exhibition "Deutsches Lager"

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Tomorrow we will start work on the border crossing, scientific "Poetic Archaeology" exhibition (Jan Kaila-Japo Knuutila-Jan Fast: ...
Sunday, 30 July 2017

Only 22 days to the excavation of the Ölmosviken neolithic/early bronze age dwelling site 21-27.8.2017 (Monday to Sunday)!!

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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...
Thursday, 13 July 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö". Day 14/15 of the 2017 excavation season.

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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...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö". Day 13/15 of the 2017 excavation season.

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Not that much digging on this beautiful summers day.  Instead we ventured on lenghthy tour looking at the different activity areas of the Ge...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö". Day 12/15 of the 2017 excavation season.

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Grey skies but no rain in Hanko today despite this mornings weather forecast that predicted terrible weather. This ment that we were able to...
Monday, 10 July 2017

"Durchgangslager Hangö". Day 10-11/15 of the 2017 excavation season.

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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,...