GIS-material for the archaeological project: The Källhem area

SND-ID: SND 2031

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department

Description

The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
During August 2003, the County Museum of Östergötland performed an archaeological assessment (phase 1) in the Källhem area, by request of Linköping municipality and due to planned house construction work. Two areas (Object 1 and 2), that were likely to contain archaeological remains, were identified. During phase 2 of the assessment, search trenches were dug within these areas. Within Object 1, one sole post hole was discovered. Within Object 2,162 settlement features such as pits, post holes, hearths and cultural layers were discovered, as well as stray finds consisting of flint, quartz, burnt bones and slag. Features were found all over the area of Object 2 and the settlement is likely to continue to the north-west, outside this area. The County Museum of Östergötland suggests that a field evaluation is performed before this area is developed. There are also two known ancient monuments within Object 2, RAÄ 122 and 46. The area containing these monuments will not be developed and has thus not been surveyed (in phase

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Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Uppsala University

Responsible department/unit

Archaeology department

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

Stone Age – Iron age

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Linköping Municipality, Vreta kloster Parish

Geographic description: Östergötland, Vreta Kloster, Källhem area

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Topic and keywords
Publications
Dataset
The Källhem area

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Associated documentation

Description

The ZIP file consist of GIS files with information about the excavations, findings and other metadata about the archaeological survey.

Version 1.1

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Citation

Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department. Uppsala University (2014). The Källhem area. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001718

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department

Time period(s) investigated

Iron age

Bronze age

Stone Age

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2003-08
  • Data collector: Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2007-09
  • Data collector: Östergötland County Museum, Archaeology department

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement

Intrasisprojekt

OLM2008002

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

431-606-03 (etapp 1)

431-16965-07 (etapp 2)

Producents dnr för projektet

453/07 (etapp 2)

226/03 (etapp1)

ProjektID

p503008

Published: 2012-11-21
Last updated: 2016-10-06