Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen
Description
The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen (KM) performed a field evaluation of the ancient monuments RAÄ 59 and RAÄ 60 in Fivelstad parish, Motala municipality, Östergötland during the period of April-May 2009. The investigation area consisted of a 700 meter long and 40-50 meters wide area along the eastern side of the railroad, south of Fågelsta. Previous archaeological surveys preceding the expansion of the railway have found several cultural and cultivation layers, settlement areas and scattered features in connection to this area, with datings ranging from the Early Neolithic to the Roman Iron Age. The results from the field evaluation show that these areas continue to the east. Finds of a Neolithic stone ax, pottery of Bronze Age/Early Iron Age character and three features that were radiocarbon dated to the Pre-Roman and Early Roman Iron Age indicate that the activities mainly belong to the same periods that the previously dated remains in the area. The results primarily show cultivation and settlement-related activ
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Data contains personal data
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Time period(s) investigated
Early neolithic – Roman iron age
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Motala Municipality, Fivelstad Parish
Geographic description: ÖG, Fivelsta,Sund 1:3 & 1:4, Russingstorp 1:6
Lowest geographic unit
Parish
Research area
History and Archaeology, Archaeology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
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Associated documentation
Description
The ZIP file consist of GIS files and an Access database with information about the excavations, findings and other metadata about the archaeological survey.Citation
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Data format / data structure
Geospatial
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen
Keywords
Time period(s) investigated
Early neolithic – Roman iron age
Type of archaeological remains
Intrasisprojekt
KM09013
Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet
431-2420-09
Producents dnr för projektet
KM09013
ProjektID
p0509009