Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be a 2,000-year-old harbor on Gotska Sandön.
Coins from the Roman era were also found at the same location earlier this year.
The new finds include around 20 fireplaces or hearths on the beach. It is not a harbor facility with jetties, but the archaeologists believe that people have been here, pulled up boats and had a camp on the site.
In the past, archaeologists have found both coins from the Roman era and hearths at the site, but during this investigation, one of the hearths was also unearthed. Carbon-14 analyzes show that the site was used around 2,000 years ago, and can thus be linked to the previously found coins dating from the same period.
Johan Rönnby, professor of marine archeology at Södertörn University who is participating in the excavations, guesses that the site may be connected to the seal hunt known to have taken place here.
“It is very exciting and raises questions about what was done out here around the birth of Christ. That is what we will try to find out,” he says in a press release.