GIS-material for the archaeological project: Gällstad-Himna, Linghem

SND-ID: SND 2051

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Description

The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report:
Linköping municipality is working on a local plan for a ca. 250 000 m2 big area west and north-west of Manstorp, Linghem, Törnevalla parish. Due to this the Swedish National Heritage Board's contract archaeology division, UV Öst, has performed a stage 2 survey, followed by a preliminary investigation.During the survey, archaeological remains were discovered in two places; just south of the burial ground RAÄ 32 and in the west part of the survey area. No remains were found in the rest of the area, but concentrations of fire cracked stones in the topsoil, as well as darker areas on the ground surface, indicate settlements destroyed by ploughing. The hollow way consisted of several layers and was bowl-shaped. It has probably been used as a foot- and bridle path. No artefacts were found.
At the preliminary investigation the topsoil was removed by the discovered remains. Only a few more features were found. All features were documented, excavated and removed. The remains represent activities carried out by the burial gro

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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

Iron age

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Linköping Municipality, Törnevalla Parish, Vårdsberg Parish

Geographic description: Östergötland, Vårdberg/Törnevalla, Gällstad 1:78, Himna 11:4

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

iron age

Publications
Dataset 1
Gällstad-Himna

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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). Gällstad-Himna. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001780

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Keywords

iron age

Time period(s) investigated

Iron age

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2004-05–2004-06
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement area , Burial ground , Hollow way

Intrasisprojekt

AO2004141

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

431-17547-04

Producents dnr för projektet

422-4146-2004

ProjektID

p504020

RAÄ-nr

Vårdsberg 279:1

Dataset 2
Gällstad-Himna

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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 1.0

Citation

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst. Uppsala University (2012). Gällstad-Himna. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001656

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Keywords

iron age

Time period(s) investigated

Iron age

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2004-09–2004-10
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement area , Burial ground

Intrasisprojekt

200430

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

431-5757-2004

Producents dnr för projektet

421-1435-2004

ProjektID

p504034

RAÄ-nr

Vårdsberg 279:1

Published: 2012-11-21
Last updated: 2016-07-07