Previous Archaeological Excavations along the 'Ostlänken' Railway Corridor 1965-2012: Early Iron-Age gravefield. - Ancient monument 12a, a grave field (Bådstorp, Kvillinge sn, Östergötland)

SND-ID: snd2474-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/a2pw-6n15

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Research principal

Uppsala University rorId

Description

In 1975 burial site 12 a in Kvillinge parish, Östergötland was investigated. At the same time a small phosphate mapping was also performed. The reason for the investigation was a planned railway, from the southern main line to the industrial area Braviken located at the far end of Malmölandet. The ivestigation was carried out from 28/04/1975 to 04/07/1975.

The investigated burial site included seven graves. Five of the graves contained inventory of female character. Settlement could not be located with certainty through phosphate mapping.

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Method and outcome
Data collection

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Description of the mode of collection: Trenches, remains, and other features were observed and recorded on site using GPS instruments and processed using Intrasis. The resulting data were exported to Shape format and Access database as part of the "ArkeoGIS Ostlänken" project.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1975-04-28 – 1975-07-04
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board UV Mitt

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis
  • Description of the mode of collection: Trenches, remains, and other features were observed and recorded on site using GPS instruments and processed using Intrasis. The resulting data were exported to Shape format and Access database as part of the "ArkeoGIS Ostlänken" project.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014
  • Data collector: Uppsala University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History.
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Kvillinge Parish

Geographic description: The project area is within the property Bådstorp 1:11, Björnviken i Kvillinge parish. The project area lies in the southeaster part of Malmölandet, a peninsula adjacent to Bråviken. The nearest settlement, Åby, lies 1,5km to the north east.

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Parish

Administrative information

Commissioning organisation

Swedish National Heritage Board - UV 1981:4

Identifiers

ProjektID: p575001

RAÄ-nr: Kvillinge 68:1

Rapport nr: UV 1981:4

Topic and keywords

Research area

History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Late iron age, Finds

Publications
Published: 2019-12-18
Last updated: 2020-05-06