This conference will be held on 20.-22. February in Kiel, organised
by the German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology
(DEGUWA) in collaboration with the Department of Prehistory at the
Christian-Albrechts-University and the local 'Arbeitsgruppe für
Maritime und Limnische Archäologie' (Study Group for Maritime
and Limnic Archaeology) (AMLA).
In Europe the term 'underwater archaeology' is associated with
spectacular discoveries, like wrecks in the Mediterranean or in
the North and Baltic Seas or also pile-dwellings in the alpine foothills.
For solving questions related to settlement archaeology, mainly
archaeological research in inland waters is of importance. In the
past decades impressive results were achieved - mainly in the Circumbaltic
area and on the British Isles - through maritime and limnic surveys
as well as excavations in rivers and lakes.
The DEGUWA-conference in Kiel aims to illuminate three related
subject areas. The first deals with settlements and their locations
on lakefronts as well as on natural or artificial islands. The second
focusses on infrastructural facilities for crossing or traversing
waters in wetlands as well as on fortification and harbour facilities.
The third concerns mobile traffic facilities for the transportation
of goods and passengers over water.
All interested in underwater archaeological research in northern
European rivers and lakes are sincerely invited to attend this conference
as auditors, as speakers and/or as contributors to the poster presentation.
Paper proposals are to be submitted not later than the 1st
October 2008 to Daniel Zwick.
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