The Great ArcheoScience Fest – photo reports Science Dialogues (English programme)




The Great ArchaeoScience Fest

Image Reports Science Dialogues
English spoken

Theatre hall
moderators Lisette Kootker & Hayley Mickleburgh

In the theatre, five leading international scientists presented their visions on Dutch archaeological sites and themes. Lively discussions arose about new insights and research methods in dialogue with Dutch discussants and the audience.



10:30 – 11:30
Tales from the mud: ancient DNA from sedimentary contexts
Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Centre for Ancient Environmental Genomics, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen (DK) & Saskia Stevens, Associate Professor & PI Constructing The Limes, Department of Ancient History and Classical Civilisation, Utrecht University








INFOGRAPHIC - Tales from the mud: ancient DNA from sedimentary contexts

12:45 – 13:45
Airborne multispectral imaging – the next step in aerial archaeology?
Matthias Lang, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities, University of Bonn (D) & Roeland Emaus, PhD Researcher Landscape Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University & Lecturer and Researcher, Saxion University of Applied Sciences


15:00 – 16:00
Dark waters and changing sea beds. Is it really possible to carry out archaeology and cultural heritage management underwater?
Mark James, Operations and Technical Director, MSDS Marine (UK) Martijn Manders, Professor in Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage Management, Leiden University & Coordinator International Maritime Heritage, Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE)


17:15 – 18:45
Tracing turves in Roman rampart constructions, from Valkenburg to the Antonine Wall
Tanja Romankiewicz, Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer in Archaeology, The University of Edinburgh (UK) & Wouter Vos, Lecturer Saxion University of Applied Sciences & Owner Vos Archeo


19:30 – 20:30
Tracing the Lost Whalers of Spitsbergen: Technology Meets the Legacy of Willem Barentsz
Øyvind Ødegård, Senior Researcher in Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Technology, Department of Archaeology and Cultural History, University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO). Seger van den Brenk, Prospector, Periplus Archeomare




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