Jan Fast Archaeology

No snow here in S. Finland at the moment, so next week (on Wednesday) me, archaeologist Janne Soisalo and archaeology student Teemu Väisänen...

The community archaeology excavation will take place in Pitäjänmäki, some 10 km:s from Helsinki city centre and is easily accessible with bo...

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

  Raaseporin linna Olen pöyristynyt. Raaseporin linnan läheisyydessä tapahtunut ryöstökaivaus (joka ilmeisesti tehtiin syyslomaviikon...

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...