GIS-material for the archaeological project: Högby

The information in the abstract is translated from the archaeological report: Due to new construction and rebuilding of road 50 between Motala and Mjölby, a field evaluation has been carried out of the ancient monument RAÄ 14, on the property Högby 5:12, Mjölby municipality. The evaluation was performed by Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis (SAU) in May 2009, at the request of the Swedish Road Administration. The burial ground, consisting of 34 cremation graves and 14 inhumation graves, was dated to the Roman Iron Age on the basis of artefacts found. In the east and south-east part of the burial ground, stone constructions, interpreted as two stone settings, were discovered. The features have not been excavated but merely documented above ground, since they were located outside the roadworks area. The burial ground has thus been delimited in all directions. Purpose: The information in the purpose is translated from the arcaheological report: The purpose of the investigation was to delimit the ancient monument RAÄ 14, both within and outside of the area of roadworks. The character, dating, extent, composition and complexity of the remains were to be described. The results of the field evaluation were to form the basis of future decisions by the County Administrative Board, regarding the ancient monument, and serve as guidance for the Swedish Road Administration's future planning. The ZIP file consist of GIS files with information about the excavations, findings and other metadata about the archaeological survey.