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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