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Introduction to the films

The excavations at Alvastra pile dwelling were also documented on film. The original super 8 films have been digitized and are available in the Alvastra archives. Mats P. Malmer or Brita Malmer made seven of the films and Hans Browall made the other 18. The seven Malmer films have been edited and are available on this platform as one continuous film, denoted 1-7, in this chapter.


 

There follows a description of the films, both those available on this platform and those preserved in the archives. The films have not been examined in detail by those who took part in the excavation. For this reason, it has not been possible to identify all the people who feature in the films. We have noted only those whom we within the current project have been able to name. Likewise, it has not always been possible for us to say exactly what the films show. We have included the processes and objects we in the current project have been able to identify.

 

Number Received from Length in minutes Content People Year Available
1 – 7 Mats P. and Brita Malmer 15,49 E trench; photo tower; piles; water pump; water sieving; uncovering E trench ED, HB, EH, MH, BM, AC, PE, MPM 1979, 1980 here
8 Hans Browall 16,41 Site before excavation; E trench; W trench; pollen sampling, wood samples from piles; lunch; covering excavated area; water pump; radiocarbon sampling MPM, GOJ, AB, HB, HG, TB, IO, SW, GA, TP 1976 ATA
9 Hans Browall 23,10 Public guided tour; excavating piles from F trench; water pump; E trench; W trench; M trench; dry sieving GOJ, MPM, AB, SE, TB, AC, AH, 1977 ATA
10 Hans Browall 16,44 Public guided tour; excavating piles from F trench; sawing piles for dendrochronological analysis; water sieving, W trench; E trench; Middle trench TB, LUJ, AH, MPM, AB, SE, GOJ. 1977 ATA
11 Hans Browall 2,56 Performance of play with Stone Age characters, Music on Omberg 1978 ATA
12 Hans Browall 2,19 Opening of Trial trench; moving of staff hut GOJ, AH 1978 ATA
13 Hans Browall 3,00 E trench, Trial trench, M trench MPM, AH, ED, AC, EH 1978 ATA
14 Hans Browall 2,53 E trench, Trial trench, M trench, public guided tour, water pump MPM, GOJ, AH 1978 ATA
15 Hans Browall 3,20 M trench; piles in F trench; water sieving AH, AC 1978 ATA
16 Hans Browall 3,21 Lunch; E trench; tower photo GOJ, CL, EH, AC, BH, HG 1978 ATA
17 Hans Browall 3,20 Identifying piles in F trench; end of season covering of trenches GOJ, CL, AH, MPM, AC, EH, LUJ, TB 1978 ATA
18 Hans Browall 3,20 E trench; M trench AC, AH, MPM, MH, CL 1979 ATA
19 Hans Browall 3,21 Excavating piles in F trench; sawing piles for dendrochronological analysis; E, M, W, Trial trenches TB, SB, MH, AB 1979 ATA
20 Hans Browall 3,18 Sawing piles for dendrochronological analysis; excavating piles from F trench; documenting piles TB, SB, MH 1979 ATA
21 Hans Browall 3,19 Sawing piles for dendrochronological analysis, excavating piles from F trench, documenting piles MH, SB, TB, AC 1979 ATA
22 Hans Browall 3,19 W, E, M trenches; water pump; discs for dendrochronological analysis; wood samples from piles AC, ED, EH, AH, HB, CL, TB 1979 ATA
23 Hans Browall 3,19 W, E trenches; excavating and documenting pile from W trench AC, ED, HB, EH, AH 1980 ATA
24 Hans Browall 0,43 E trench AC, EH, BM 1980 ATA
25 Hans Browall 3,21 E, M trenches; photo tower; Casa Miranda; staff huts; trenches covered; on-site museum BM, ED, AH, EH, AC, SB 1980 ATA

Fig. 1. Digitized films of Mats P. Malmer’s excavations

 

Key for column 5, People

Initials Name in full
AB Andrea Browall
AC Anders Carlsson
AH Arne Hallström
BH Birgitta Hulthén
BM Brita Malmer
CL Christian Lindqvist
ED Ebba During
EH Elisabeth Herner
GA Greta Arwidsson
GOJ Gunborg O. Janzon
HB Hans Browall
HG Hans Göransson
IO Ingrid Olsson
LUJ Lars-Uno Johansson
MH Magnus Holmström
MPM Mats P. Malmer
PE Per Ericsson
SB Stefan Bergh
SE Saskia Enckell
SW Stig Welinder
TB Thomas Bartholin
TP Thomas Persson

Fig. 2. Some of the people who feature in films