GIS-material for the archaeological project: Stone settings and a Stone Age shore

SND-ID: SND 2033

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Description

The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
Due to planned house construction within the property Kallerstad 1:27, in the city and municipality of Linköping, Östergötland County, the Swedish National Heritage Board's Contract Archaeology Service, UV Öst, performed a field evaluation in October-November 2004. In connection with previous surveying in the area, several archaeological remnants, such as graves, settlement remains and worked quartz, were discovered. Trial trenches were dug during the evaluation, exposing at least six separate stone packings. The highest point in the area contains a burial ground with stone settings, preliminarily dated to the early Iron Age. East of the burial ground is an area with hearths, most likely linked to the graves. The hearths overlie a Mesolithic settlement. UV Öst suggests that parts of the evaluation area to be excavated prior to further development.

Purpose:

The information in the purpose is translated from the archaeological report:
The aim of the field evaluation was to determine the dating, type, intensity and ext

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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

Stone Age – Bronze age

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Linköping Municipality, Linköping Parish

Geographic description: Östergötland, Tallboda, Kallerstad 1:27

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Topic and keywords

Research area

HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
History and Archaeology, Archaeology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

bronze age, stone age

Publications
Dataset
House construction by Kallerstad 1:27

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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

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst. Uppsala University (2014). House construction by Kallerstad 1:27. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001720

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Keywords

stone age, bronze age

Time period(s) investigated

Stone Age – Bronze age

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2011-10–2011-11
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement , Settlement , Grave, unknown type , Hearth area

Intrasisprojekt

AO200481

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

431-10953-04

Producents dnr för projektet

422-2626-2004

ProjektID

p504002

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