Archaeologist path

It consists of a number of graves in a great nature. In Jävre, which is believed to have been the site of Norrbotten’s oldest settlement some 300 years ago, there are many relics in the form of graves, labyrinths and sacrificial stones. Norrbotten’s museum has marked out a path, which not only links ancient monuments but also passes viewpoints and service areas.

The archeology path in Jävre is 7,5 km long, but you can also choose to walk a shorter part of 2 km. It consists a number of graves in a great nature.

Bronze age in Jävre.
During the bronze age 3500 years ago, the Jävre area was an archepilago landscape. The area consisted of
bald capes and islands, and the postglacial rebound had not yet made the place to mainland.
The people came here for fishing and for sealhunting. The dead was buried here and the burialgrounds was marked with stonepiles visible in the landscape.

The bronze age graves on Högberget, Lillberget and Sandholmsberget are located high but still with sea connection, even if the sealevel is 30-40 meters lower today.
Beside graves and traces of ancient people there is traces of a lost landscape. Stonefields and bald rocks tells about the breaking waves thousands years ago.
On Sandholmsberget there is a flyig stone, a large boulder blocked up on three smaller rocks.This ancient monument is unusual and occurs otherwise only on the coast of Småland and on Öland.

A unique archaeological find made of bronze, the so called Jävresmycket was found here. It originates from the Volga-Kama region in Russia and is dated to the 300-500th century. It indicates that the people in Jävre was in contact with people from the east and replicas are currently for sale at the Piteå and Jävre Tourist Information Offices.

In the area you can also find labyrinths. Their meaning is not known, but they occurs along the coast region of Norrland. The labyrinth on Högberget is dated to the 1100th Century.