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Cooperation in archaeological research between the
Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia and the Centre
for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schleswig |
Project
leader: V. Bērziņš
Participants from
Latvia: R. Brūzis, E. Guščika, N. Jērums, I. Lazdiņa, A. Vasks, A. Vilcāne, I. Zagorska, G. Zemītis, M. Zunde
The project is being supported by the Baltic-German University Liason
Office with funds from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Within the frame of the project, joint
archaeological excavation will be conducted on 8–20 August 2011
at the Stone Age settlement of Riņņukalns, northern Latvia (c. 4000
BC). This is the only Stone Age shell midden in the East Baltic region
– a site where the occupation layer consists mainly of freshwater
mussel shells, the molluscs evidently having been an important food
source. No excavation has been carried out here since the Second World
War, but research has now resumed with a geophysical study, and the
task of this summer’s excavation is to assess the results of the
geophysical work and examine the preservation and stratigraphy of the
site from a present-day perspective, documenting it to contemporary
standards. The excavation will be directed by Senior Researcher Dr Ilga
Zagorska of the Institute of Latvian History, in collaboration with Dr
Harald Lübke, Researcher of the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian
Archaeology.
On 10-12 October 2011, in order to forge closer cooperation, the two
institutions will hold a joint field seminar, visiting recently
excavated archaeological sites in Latvia and sites where work is
planned in the future. The route will include Iron Age sites across
Latvia (hill-forts, early town sites and cemeteries). Participating in
the seminar will be Dr Guntis Zemītis, Director of the Institute of
Latvian History, and Prof. Dr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim, Director of
the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, along with Iron Age
specialists from both institutions.
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