Alvastra in Scandinavia
Hans Browall has recently (2016:159 ff) presented archaeological sites in Scandinavia bearing resemblance to the pile dwelling of Alvastra. The table below summarises his information in English. For references see Hans Browall’s text. Hans Browall highlights many similarities between Alvastra and the other wetland features, both regarding excavated assemblages and details of construction, pointing out that the rows of piles found in Alvastra are unique (Browall 2016:162 f).
Site | Country | Date | Features | Archaeological assemblage | SHM accession number |
Veggerslev Mose I | Denmark | EN-MN | Horizontal wooden structure and vertical piles in wetland | Pottery, flint axes | |
Saltpetermosen | Denmark | EN-MN | Horizontal brushwood and vertical piles in wetland | Pottery, flint and groundstone axes, animal bones | |
Bundsø | Denmark | MN | Stone paving, horizontal wood, vertical piles in coastal zone | Pottery, groundstone and flint artifacts, bone tools, animal and human bones, ecofacts, amber | |
Søen | Denmark | MN- SN | Horizontal brushwood and vertical piles in wetland | Human and animal bones, flint axes, flint sickle | |
Jordløse | Denmark | MN? | Vertical piles in wetland | Animal bones, pottery | |
Tingbjerggård T1 | Denmark | EN-MN | Wooden platform in wetland | Pottery, flint tools | |
Sigerslev Mose | Denmark | EN | Wooden platform in wetland | Pottery, axe | |
Hindby votive bog | Sweden | Late Mesolithic -Early Bronze Age | Wooden platform and piles in wetland | Animal and human bones, flint and groundstone tools, pottery, bone and antler tools, hammerstones, stones with remains of colour | |
Näbbe mosse | Sweden | 4920+/-60 b.p. | Piles in wetland | Flint and groundstone axes, pottery, bone and antler tools, net, dugout canoe, human bones | 24306 |
Skogsmossen | Sweden | 3780-3340 BC | Platform with hearths in wetland | Pottery, lithic tools, animal bone, ecofacts | 33251 |
Riksten, ancient monument 638, Botkyrka parish | Sweden | 3339 – 2523 BC | Horizontal wood and vertical stakes in wetland | Pottery, wooden tools, tinder mushrooms | 36089 |
Axe from Näbbe Mosse. SHM accession number 24306, object number 94834. Photo SHM
Knife from Skogsmossen. SHM accession number 33251,object number 604754. Photo Gabriel Hildebrand, SHM.
The following reference on this page has no web link:
Browall, H., 2016. Alvastra pålbyggnad. 1976-1980 års utgrävningar. Västra schaktet. Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och antikvitets akademien. Handlingar. Antikvariska serien 52. Stockholm.