Arkeologibloggar

Autumn is here and with it the last stone-age excavation for this year. During the past weekend we successfully excavated the Neolithic dwelling site in Monikko Espoo wit a fabulous team of mostly local archaeology enthusiasts. The excavation was financed by Leppävaara-seura ry.

Excavating in sumery autumn weather :)

The site itself proved to be rather small and possibly rather more a temporary camp site than a permanently inhabited dwelling site. This is actually quite interesting as we are able to reconstruct life here in more detail and possibly excavate the entire site in a couple of years time.

Late Comb Ceramic so called "Uskela" ware and a happy participant.

Alla lista suunnitelluista kaivauksista v. 2023. Kaikki kaivaukset on suunnattu arkeologian harrastajille ja niihin voi osallistua kuka tahansa arkeologiasta kiinnostunut. Alle 14-vuotias voi osallistua aikuisen seurassa. 

Kaikilla kaivauksilla puhutaan suomea, ruotsia ja englantia mutta joidenkin kaivausten ennakkoluento on ruotsiksi. 

Kaivauskursseille ilmoittaudutaan järjestäjien nettisivujen kautta heti kun ilmoittautumisaika alkaa. Kannattaa olla nopea sillä useat kaivaukset varataan loppuun hetkessä. Ilmoittautumisajat kullekin kaivaukselle kerrotaan myöhemmin kun kaivaus on varmistunut.

Kaikilla kaivauksilla on kurssimaksu, joka vaihtelee järjestäjän mukaan.

HUOM! Tätä sivua päivitetään säännöllisesti! 

Lisätietoja kaivauksista  jfarchaeology@gmail.com

Toukokuu

8.5.–11.5.2023. "Hanko 1941" projektin toisen maailmansodan aikaisten kohteiden kaivauksia Hangossa.

Järjestäjä: Hangö Sommaruni.

15.5.–19.5.2023. Porvoo Vävarsbacka II. Kivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivaus (m.m. kampakeraaminen aika)

Järjestäjä: Borgå Medborgarinstitut.

27.5.–31.5.2023.  Korsholman linna. Keskiaikaisen linnanraunion kaivaus (1300–1800-luku).

Järjestäjä: Medborgarinstitutet Alma.

Kesäkuu

 2.6.–5.6.2023. Lohja Kittiskoski E. Kivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivaus (mm. kampakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä: Hiiden Opisto.

7.6.–10.6 ja 11.6.–14.6.2023 Turku Jäkärlä. Kivikautisen asuinpaikan kaivaus (Jäkärlän kulttuuri)

Järjestäjä: Åbo Arbetarinstitut.

16.6.–21.6.2023. Espoo Kläppkärr (varhaiskapakeraaminen aika ja nuorakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä Esbo Arbis.

26.6.–30.6.2023. Kouvola, Ruskiasuo (varhaiskampakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä: Kouvolan Kansalaisopisto.

Heinäkuu

17.7.–21.7, 24.7.–28.7 ja 31.7.–4.8.2023. Kemiönsaari, Ölmosviken (Kiukaisten kulttuuri).

Yhteispohjoismainen arkeologinen kaivausleiri NAU 2023.

Elokuu

7.8.–11.8 ja 14.8.–18.8.2023.  Ahvenanmaa, Geta (kuoppakeraaminen kulttuuri).

Järjestäjä: Mariehamns Medborgarinstitut.

21.8.–25.8. ja 28.8.–1.9. ja 4.9.–8.9.2023.Hanko, Kabanovin maanalainen komentokeskuksen kaivaus.

Järjestäjä: Hangö Sommaruni.

Syyskuu

11.9.–15.9.2023. Espoo, Monikko (myöhäiskampakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä: Helsingin seudun kesäyliopisto.

16.9.–17.9.2023. Espoo, Monikko (myöhäiskampakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä: Leppävaara-seura ry.

18.–22.9.2023 Porvoo, Vävarsbacka II (mm. kampakeraaminen aika).

Järjestäjä: Porvoon kansalaisopisto.

25.–29.9.2023. Porkkala 1944–1956 projekti. Kylmän sodan aikaisten kohteiden kaivauksia Kirkkonummella.

Järjestäjä: Kirkkonummen kansalaisopisto

Today we excavated with students from Kallion lukio and Helsingin kuvataidelukio. With the help of these beautiful youngsters we were finally able to reach the floor level of the operational room and the bathroom of the command post.

Excavating the very fragile floor level was quite demanding and called for a great deal of flexibility from the participants. The rain and strong winds made excavation quite difficult too and it was easy to feel that summer has turned to autumn.

A few final touches to this years excavation area before documentation on Thursday.

Back in Hanko again after a fabulous relaxing weekend at home. We  have finally reached the floor level of the Command Post. This is the part of the excavation we worked so hard for last week.

Today we finally got much needed help when twenty students from nearby Hankoniemen lukio and Hangö gymnasium joined us. The students will dig into the Second World War for the next two days. 

What a joy to it was see the energy and good mood of the students during todays work. The participation of the schoolchuldren was made possible with funding from Mr. Kari Karvinen, Hangö Sommaruni and AKTIA stiftelsen in Hanko. Because of their energy we were able to get a lot done today and will probably reach the floor level of the command post tomorrow afternoon. Not so many WW2 finds but as I told the students "the structure itself is the find".

The second day of the excavation was spent shoveling off the gravel layer that cover the massive  (but fragile remains of the command post. The reason for the fragility is that by the summer of 1941 the Soviet troops in Hanko had ran out of good quality concrete for the construction of the underground structure. Using the digger to uncover the soil layers closer to the brick and wood structures would have been to risky so we are forced to use lighter tools for the work... but we are slowly getting there :) 

Two days well spent shoveling. Tomorrow (finally) the real excavation begins,

The beautiful Hanko Casino seascape <3

The last leg of the 2022 excavations of the massive underground command post of Soviet General Sergei Kabanov kicked off today. During the upcoming two weeks we will excavate the area of the operative room and try to get as much information as possible of the remains prior to the large scale excavations in 2023. 

General Sergei Kabanov was the commander of the Sovjet Naval Base in Hanko in 1941.

The underground command post was built in July-August 1941 after German planes had bombed Hanko and Finnish artillery pounded the besieged town on a daily basis. It was discovered by Swedish and Finnish troops in December 1941 after the Soviet troops had left Hanko.

MA Teemu Väisänen used ground penetrating radar to relocate the remains of the command post

The excavation and resarch of the history of the site has received private funding from Mr, Kari Karvinen. The Conflict Arcaheology excavations are carried out in co-operation with Hangö Sommaruni, and Hanko Front Museum. In 2023 excavations of the command post with schoolchildren from swedish speaking schools in the larger Helsinki region will be conducted with the help of funding from Thure Galléns stiftelse.

In the future and with the results of the excavation at hand we hope that the structure will be made into a tourist attraction and educational centre in Hanko.

Last evening and this morning was spent crowdsourcing for possible information of the bronze ring that was found in the 1960´s on the southern slope of Korsholm Castle. As it turned out the ring is probably late medieval (from the 16th century). 

The swastika is actually a personal signature (puumerkki in Finnish) in the form of a cross possibly referring to Korsholm (Cross Island) where according to tradition a cross once stood in remembrance of the Christianization of the pagan Ostrobothnians. The owner of the ring was possibly a member of the bourgeoise who worked as lower rank clerk at Korsholm.

Archaeologist Teemu Väisänen (right) oversaw the sieveing but also had time to participate and instruct the students in the excavation work