Arkeologisk utgravning av gravhaug på lokalitet Hålandsmarka gnr. 4 bnr. 1, Time k.
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This report is one from a total of three excavation
reports derived from the excavations in Hålandsmarka.
The present account is referred to the excavation
of a large circular barrow dated to LRA / MP in
Hålandsmarka, Time Kommune, Rogaland. The
excavation took place during 17 weeks in the months
of July to October 2008 a team of three assistants and
one field supervisor. The same amount of time was
assigned for the post excavation tasks, including the
report writing carried out by the authors of the report.
Initially, the mound appeared to be a partially
damaged 21 round structure measuring 21 meters
in diameter by ca. 2 meters high. The excavation
revealed a monumental structure consisting in a core
cairn of 13m in diameter by 1,5 m high. The stones
in this cairn were beautifully arranged in layers,
according size. This cairn had been covered by a fine
sand layer deposited in two phases. Central to the
core cairn, a 2m long by 0,7m grave chamber also
showed indications of having been reutilized at least
two times being the last an inhumation grave. Among
the recovered artifacts in this grave we highlight a
spearhead from the transition period between MP/
MvP and a fragment of fibula typologically dated to
MP.
Around the mound indications of a partially preserved
boundary trench and stone clusterings of uncertain
character were documented. These structures did not
provide any diagnostic finds.
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