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Previous Archaeological Excavations along the 'Ostlänken' Railway Corridor 1965-2012: Tomb and settlement, village site and clearance cairns as well as an older road embankment

SND-ID: snd2464-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002733

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board UV Mitt

Research principal

Uppsala University rorId

Description

Tomb and settlement, village site and clearance cairns as well as an older road embankment

Purpose:

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and nature of ancient monuments along European route E4 between Bäckeby and Lövstad, as expansion of the road was planned.

The ZIP file contains data in Shape format with information on trenches, features and finds, and other metadata from the archaeological excavation, as well as geo-referenced maps of the excavation area in GeoTIFF format

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

Data format / data structure

Type of archaeological investigation

Partial archaeological investigation, Provundersökning

Type of archaeological remains

Settlement, Grave, unknown type, Huskonstruktion, Clearance cairn, Stone fence

Data collection

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Description of the mode of collection: Analogue maps have been digitalized and georeferenced in ArcMap 10
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1983-05 – 1984-07
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board UV Mitt

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis
  • Description of the mode of collection: Analogue maps have been digitalized and georeferenced in ArcMap 10
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014
  • Data collector: Uppsala university, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Norrköping Municipality, Kimstad Parish, Skärkind Parish

Geographic description: European route E4 between Bäckeby and Lövstad storskog

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Parish

Administrative information

Identifiers

Länsstyrelsens dnr för undersökningen: 11.391-851-83

Organisationens dnr för undersökningen: 3426/83

ProjektID: p584001

ProjektID: 584001

RAÄ-nr: Skärkind 358

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Länsstyrelsens dnr för undersökningen: 11.391-851-83

Organisationens dnr för undersökningen: 3426/83

ProjektID: p584001

ProjektID: 584001

RAÄ-nr: Skärkind 358

RAÄ-nr: Kimstad 81

RAÄ-nr: Skärkind 260

RAÄ-nr: Kimstad 206

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Topic and keywords

Research area

History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Early iron age, Historical period, Slutundersökning

Publications

Claréus, C. m fl. Grav och boplats, bytomt och odlingsrösen samt äldre vägbank. Prov- del- och slutundersökning längs E4:an. Delen Bäckeby-Lövstad storskog, Skärkinds och Kimstads socknar, Östergötland. ATA-Rapport. Dnr 3426/83

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Versions

Version 1.0. 2015-10-21

Version 1.0: 2015-10-21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002733

Published: 2015-10-21
Last updated: 2020-01-23