Day 19, 12.07.2018
Today is our last day of work at the excavation site since we are leaving Borre tomorrow morning. Until lunch time we finished the excavation and documentation of the last archaeological features. Ingrid took the last photographs of the campaign, Fabian documented the bottom surfaces with the 3D laser scanner and Martin surveyed the last points with the total station. Meanwhile the students finished their written descriptions of the final pits and all our findings are being photographed. The whole documentation data and the finds will remain in Norway.
After the lunch break it is time for cleaning all our tools and technical equipment, remove our big tent and store everything in the containers for the long journey to Vienna. It is a busy afternoon and everybody is a bit sentimental and blue – these four weeks in Borre passed so quickly. Despite the hard work and the unnatural hot summer weather we had a fun and exciting time and learned a lot for our future life in archaeology. Thanks to our Professor Dr. Wolfgang Neubauer and the norwegian colleagues in Vestfold, who arranged so many unique experiences, interesting trips and lectures besides the excavation, it became a true viking experience. Although we did not actually find much from the Viking Age at our excavation site.
Vienna meets Borre 