Stenungsund

Archaeological excavations at Stenungsund, approximately 30 miles north of Gothenburg in western Sweden, uncovered Iron Age burials dating to 1-300 AD containing an unusual find: shards of Roman ceramics alongside charred human bones. The dig, led by Bengt Nordqvist of Sweden's National Heritage Board, was conducted ahead of planned soccer field construction. Nordqvist stated the discovery shows that contact between Sweden and the Roman Empire was 'possibly much greater than we used to believe,' challenging prevailing migration theories about Roman-Scandinavian interaction during the first centuries AD.