Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department
Description
The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
Before the rebuildning of the National Road 32/50, a field evaluation of the ancient monuments RAÄ 37 and 38 in the city of Skänninge, was carried out. During the survey, nine graves, of which seven unmarked childrens' graves and two stone settings, were found. South of the burial ground, two overlapping agricultural layers and a few ard marks were found. In this area was also found an inhumation grave, part of a stream bed/ditch and a road. In the inhumation grave remains of wood were found, interpreted as a coffin. The individual was osteologically determined as a male.The skeleton bore traces of severe violence. The grave has been dated to the Viking Age.
One of the most remarkable results of the evaluation was the high level of lost and damaged archaeological remains and ancient monuments due to ploughing, during the decade that has passed between the initial archaeological assessment and the field evaluation. It is thus of the highest importance to excavate the archaeological remnants before they are lost by pl
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Uppsala University, Archaeology departmentData contains personal data
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Time period(s) investigated
Early iron age
Middle ages
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Mjölby Municipality, Skänninge Parish
Geographic description: Östergötland, Skänninge, Östanå 6:1 and Skänninge 3:1
Lowest geographic unit
Parish
Research area
HISTORY
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
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)
Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department
Keywords
Time period(s) investigated
Early iron age – Late iron age
Middle ages
Type of archaeological remains
Intrasisprojekt
OLM2009006
Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet
431-2424-09
Producents dnr för projektet
88/09
ProjektID
p509014