Cooking pits, postholes and ditch from the Iron Age in Kongsvikdalveien
Id 320234, Tjeldsund kommune
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https://doi.org/10.7557/j946w577Keywords:
Archaeology, Archaeological excavation, Iron Age, Early Iron Age, Cooking pit, postholeAbstract
Nine archaeological structures were investigated at the site. The northern part of the field showed evidence of cooking pit activity, while in the southern part, postholes, stakes, and a ditch were found. The cooking pits are small and date to the latter part of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The remaining structures consist of posts, stakes, and a ditch. These do not appear to be related to each other and are not organized in a way that would suggest they were part of a building or construction. They are dated to various parts of the Pre-Roman Iron Age, the Roman Period and the Migration Period.
The structures at the site represent traces of sporadic and varied use during different periods of the Iron Age. Some of this activity is likely connected to the activity at the Kongsvik Cemetery site (ID 272598).
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