GIS-material for the archaeological project: Urbjörn

The information in the abstract is translated from the archeological report:
During autumn 2004 and spring 2005 an archaeological research investigation was performed on the Omberg hill in western Östergötland, with the purpose of understanding the prehistoric settlement and farming. The subject of examination was the archaeological site RAÄ 188 in Västra Tollstad parish, Ödeshög municipality. The site is a large, continuous area of abandoned fields, with clearances, clearance cairns, several hollow ways and one registered grave. In October 2004 a phosphate analysis was made of part of the area. In June 2005 four test pits were excavated in four different parts of the site. Two of them were placed in possible settlement terraces, that turned out to be natural, and the other two were dug in clearance cairns. Nothing speaks against the assumption of extensive farming with recurrent periods of fallow and stones being added to the cairns every time the land was reclaimed.

Purpose:

The information in the purpose is translated from the archaeological report:
The aim of the excavation was to get an understanding of the prehistoric settlement and agriculture. Where is the settlement located in relation to the mapped abandoned fields? Can the clearance cairns and settlements be dated? The purpose of the geological part of the field work was to examine the stratigraphy and pedology of the clearance cairns. The purpose of the macroscopic analysis was to examine how the aggregated seeds in the cairns differ from the current flora. The results were meant to form the basis of a reconstruction of the area's environmental history.

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