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PROGRAM AUTUMN 2019
Tuesday 10. december 17.00 am
I forbindelse med at Dr. Richard I Macphail (Institute of Archaeology, University College London) kommer til Bergen for å ta ut geo-arkeologiske prøvemateriale på Håkonshellaveien har han sagt seg villig til å ha en forelesning. Macphail er en svært anerkjent forsker og en nestor innen geoarkeologi. Planen er at dette skal være et slags introduksjonsforedrag til emnet og dette kommer til å bli eksemplifisert med studier fra Vest Norge.
Tittel på forelesning: Integrated geoarchaeological investigations (coastal sites and settlement morphology.
Tid: Tirsdag 10. desember kl. 17.00
Sted: Møterommet i 3. etasje, Frieles gate 1 (Fornminneseksjonen)
Hjemmeside Macphail: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/people/richard-macphail-senior-research-fellow
22. november, 12.30
Villaveien 1A, Auditorium 2nd floor
Associate professor Steinar Solheim, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo: https://www.khm.uio.no/om/organisasjon/arkeologisk-seksjon/ansatte/stein...
THE MOST EXCITING OF TIMES” OR TOWARDS A “POST-TRUTH ARCHAEOLOGY? Radiocarbon big data and dates as data approaches.
ABSTRACT:
Population size and density are key variables in human evolution, and demography and population growth has been at the centre of policy debates since Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population in the late 18th century.
Throughout history, population growth and increase in population density have been important drivers for economic and cultural shifts. Archaeology is well suited to engage in debates surrounding population growth. Over the long term, it can estimate population levels, consider human impact on environment and help understanding drivers and constraints of population growth and decline.
Since the 1980s archaeologist have recognized the utility of radiocarbon dates as more than just a method to date structures, strata and sites. In the era of big data, the use of aggregated radiocarbon dates as proxies for human population dynamics has received increased attention. A wide range of studies covering different chronological periods and geographical scales are published in the recent years. In this presentation, I aim to discuss the advantages and challenges with the “dates as data” approach. I will also present the ongoing work with constructing a new C14-database at the Museum of Cultural History. Finally, I will give two case studies from 1) the Mesolithic and Neolithic and 2) the Iron Age to exemplify how we can apply this approach on data from SE-Norway.
13. December, 12.15
Villaveien 1A, Auditorium 2nd floor
Dr. Ingrid Mainland, University of the Highlands and Islands:
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-institute/staff/dr-ingrid-mainland/
Title: Coasting along?: climate change, coastal erosion and environmental archaeology - challenges and opportunities
Abstract:
It is now widely accepted that anthropogenically-driven climatic change on a global scale is a reality and that we are facing unprecedented climatic shifts and consequent environmental impacts during the coming centuries. There is increasing recognition that archaeologists can, and should, contribute to wider political and social agendas on climate change and in particular have a significant role to play both in promoting an understanding of human response to climatic and environmental change and as a vehicle for education for sustainability (EfS). In this presentation I will use coastal erosion of heritage (both cultural and natural) to explore how environmental archaeology can contribute in raising awareness of climate change, and whether research to date is leading to behavioural change. While environmental archaeology (and archaeology) in general has great potential in this area, I will argue that to make a positive contribution to wider agendas and policies on climate change there is a need to develop mechanisms which evaluate the contribution we make in effecting climate change literacy within diverse audiences - from policy makers to the general public and our students. Case studies will draw on ongoing UHI research in Scotland and Oceania.
15. – 16. October Excursion to Sotra and Øygarden (only for those who have signed up)
Researchers from Tromsø Museum (the research group ARCARC) and our research group (COASTARK) at the University museum/AHKR participate in a joint excursion to archaeological sites at Sotra and Øygarden (15.10) and meeting (16.10). The main goal is to start a dialogue towards developing common projects on the coastal archaeology theme.
PROGRAM MØTE ARCARC/COASTARK I BERGEN 15.-16.9 2019
Tirsdag 15. oktober. Ekskursjon
08.00 Avreise Muséplass 1, ved Christiestatuen (Løven) med innleid buss
08.30 Stend nausttuft, eldre jernalder
09.30 Håkonshella steinalderutgravning (pågående)
10.45 Rognelofthelleren steinalder/eldre jernalder
13.00 Hjartøy fjæremannstufter (eldre jernalder – middelalder) (båt fram og tilbake)
17.00 Ankomst Muséplass
19.00 Middag på Marg og Bein
Lunchpakker tar vi med, og kaffe, te og mineralvann
På Hjartøy er det ca. 15. minutters gange i terreng fram og tilbake.
Husk gode sko, varme klær og regntøy!
Onsdag 16. oktober. Møte med diskusjoner
Sted: Frieles gt. 1., 3, etasje
09.00 Presentasjonsrunde
10.00 TMU, UiT Innlegg/presentasjoner
Roger: ArcArc og PopArt
Stephen: Naustprosjektet, naustgraving på Nergården 2019
Anja: Sand og Hålogalandsveien
Marianne: Hålogalandsveien og tilhørende steinaldertema
Ingrid:Bjørnegraver/bjørnekult
10.50 Spørsmål
11.00 Pause
11.15 UM, UiB Innlegg/presentasjoner
Gitte: Borgundprosjektet
Morten: Expanding horizons. Migrasjon, landnåm og maritime relasjoner vikingtid
Ramona: Siglunes, a DONOP site chronicling Icelandic Coastal Fisheries
Justin: North Sea Churches og konferansen om Hanseatene
12.00 Spørsmål
12.15 Lunch på Cafe Christie
13.00 UM, UiB Innlegg/presentasjoner (fortsettelse)
Trond: SAMHELL, skanning, visualisering og andre tilnærminger til bergkunst
David: Automatisk generering av strandforskyvningskurver på Vestlandet
Nils: Graver og littisk materiale langs kysten
Knut Andreas Stone Age Transformations prosjektet
13.40 Spørsmål
13.50 Diskusjon om felles problemfelt og utvikling av felles prosjekter
16.00 Avslutning av møtet
2018
THURSDAY 30. AUGUST 2018
Seminar for presentation of Barcelona EAA papers
Time: Thursday 30. august, 12.15 - 16.00
Place: Villaveien 1, seminar room 2. etg.
There will be short discussions after each paper
After the seminar we will eat at a restaurant in town.
Program:
Therese Nesset
The consumption of everyday objects in rural western Norway, c. AD 1200-1400
Alf Tore Hommedal
The sound of church bells in the Middle Ages. An Example from Norway
Hamed Salem, Birzeit University, Palestine og Nils Anfinset
Understanding et-Tell as heritage in a past and present urban landscape.
Gitte Hansen
The Mediterranean and 11-13th century Norway
Gitte Hansen og Knut Andreas Bergsvik
Rockshelters in Western Norway – suitable places for 11th to 16th century folks?
Knut Andreas Bergvik, Leif Inge Åstveit, Kim Darmark og Jostein Aksdal
Demographic developments in Stone Age western Norway (11.500-3800 cal BP) by proxy of radiocarbon dates, site counts and stray-finds
Ekskursjon 29. mai 2018 (AVLYST)
Hele dagen ekskursjon til Sotra og Øygarden.
Program kommer
Møte 5. april 2018
Kl. 14.15. Villaveien 1a, møterom i 2. etg.
Justin Kroesen presenterer sitt forskningsprosjekt
Konstituerende møte
For medlemmer i forskergruppen. 6. mars klokken 14.15. Villaveien 1a, møterom i 2. etg.
Møteplan:
1. Formål og plan for forskergruppen
2. Presentasjon av prosjekt: Gitte Hansen presenterer Borgund-prosjektet
Excursion 29. May 2018
Full day excursion to Sotra and Øygarden.
Programme will be published later.
Meeting 5. april 2018
14.15. Villaveien 1a, room 222
Justin Kroesen will present his research project
First meeting
For members only. 6th of March, 14.15. Villaveien 1a, room 222
Meeting schedule
1. Purpose and goals of the research group
2. Presentation of projects: Gitte Hansen will present the Borgund-project