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GIS-material for the archaeological project: Highway 32/50 between Motala-Mjölby

SND-ID: SND 2015

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen

Description

The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
Following the new construction of National Road 32/50 between Mjölby and Motala, Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen (KM) performed an excavation outside Fågelsta in Motala. The excavation included a settlement which, after a field evaluation, was dated to the Early Neolithic and to the Bronze Age - Early Iron Age. The total investigation area covered about 60000 square meters of which 2300 square meters were excavated. A total of 128 archaeological objects was documented of which 105 consisted of features and layers. Two possible building remains were documented, of which one was the remains after a hut and the other a remain after a three-aisled house. Radiocarbon datings indicate two distinct periods of activity on the site, one during the Early Neolithic and the other at the transition between Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.

Purpose:

The information in the purpose is translated from the archaeological report:
The excavation was prompted by the diversion of National Road 32/50 between Mjölby and Motala. Th

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Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Uppsala University

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

Early bronze age – Late iron age

Early neolithic

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Motala Municipality, Fivelstad Parish

Geographic description: Östergötland, Fivelstad, Sund 4:1, 1:5 & S:2

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Topic and keywords

Research area

History and Archaeology, Archaeology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

late iron age, early bronze age, early neolithic

Publications
Dataset
Fivelstad 61

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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.

Version 1.1

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Citation

Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen. Uppsala University (2014). Fivelstad 61. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001701

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen

Keywords

early neolithic, early bronze age, late iron age

Time period(s) investigated

Early bronze age – Late iron age

Early neolithic

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2006-09
  • Data collector: Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement

Intrasisprojekt

KM09097

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

431-25275-09

Producents dnr för projektet

KM09097

ProjektID

p0509011

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Published: 2012-06-13
Last updated: 2016-10-06