What a week it has been

Finally the whole bog has been surveyed. It has resulted in numerous bonepoints of different types, countless flints, a better overview of the area, a bunch of new questions to answer, and me getting in better shape from all the walking. This however does not guarantee that we have found all of the finds. As an example of this, Valdis found a bonepoint on the way back to the cars one afternoon, in an area that we had been walking on a lot. There where footprints next to the leisterpoint, I think their mine.

Valdis holding his leisterpoint.

Setting up the totalstation is a tough job.

On site they are making quick progress and the finds are countless. The measuring team is always one step behind, and can never really take a brake. But as you can see on the picture above there is still time for some horse play.

As I have mentiond before we hardly ever find any postholes at Rönneholm, we only find well preserved posts. But this week Valdis actually managed to find a posthole. At any other site nobody would hardly raise an eyebrow when this happens. But at Rönneholm people where just as excited as kids before christmas at the sigth of the posthole.

The profile of the famous posthole.

A couple of days ago I found a flint edged slotted bonepoint with a couple of microblades attached to it. The bone was well preserved because it was found in the lime sediment layer. Aija also found one of these bonepoints. With the only exception that hers was situated higher up in the stratigraphy, in layers with acidy properties. This resulted in the bone being gone and only the flint and resin remaining. The really cool thing however is that the microblades still are in the same position as when they where attached to the bone.

Aija carefully excavating whats left of the bonepoint.