Previous Archaeological Excavations along the 'Ostlänken' Railway Corridor 1965-2012: An Iron Age settlementat Högby old plot.

SND-ID: SND 2466

Description Data and documentation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Description

During summer and autumn 1989, UV Öst investigated an area with settlement remains in the area of Högby tomt.

The remains of five houses, an enclosure, a pit system and several hearths could be distinguished. The ages of the features range from Roman Iron Age to the Viking period.

Language

English

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Uppsala University

Responsible department/unit

Uppsala University
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method

Time period(s) investigated

Early iron age–Middle ages

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Norrköping Municipality, Borg Parish

Geographic description: Högby

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Parish

Topic and keywords

Subject area

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

Keywords

pre-roman iron age, migration period, vendel era, middle ages, viking age, iron age

Publications
Dataset
An Iron Age settlement at Högby.

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Description

The ZIP-file contains four shapefiles with information on trenches, ancient monuments, archaeological finds and other data from the archaeological survey, as well as four maps of the investigation area.

Version 1.0

Citation

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst. Uppsala University (2017). <em>An Iron Age settlement at Högby.</em> Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/002848">https://doi.org/10.5878/002848</a>

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Data format / data structure

Still image

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Time period(s) investigated

Early iron age–Middle ages

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1989–1989

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014–2014
  • Data collector: Uppsala university, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History

Type of archaeological remains

Buildings , Building remains , Pit , House , Fence

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

220-3042/89

Organisationens dnr för undersökningen

4251/89

RAÄ-nr

RAÄ 186

Published: 2017-01-10
Last updated: 2020-01-23