Programme
8:30-9:15 Registration and coffee
9:15-9:40 Welcome words
– Soil science, archaeology and fieldwork, a brief reflection.
Judit Deák and Carole Ampe – GAMB19: why and how? Short overview of a participative project.
Mariebelle Deceuninck – The venue, some practical information.
Session 1 Soil science for understanding past and present
Chair: Dr. Erzsébet Horváth
9:40-10:00 Andrea Mindszenty - Soils or sediments? The role of Roger Langohr’s process-oriented approach in understanding carbonate-related palaeosols of the stratigraphic record.
10:00-10:20 Stefaan Dondeyne and Seppe Deckers - The Abc soil type: Podzoluvisols, Albeluvisols, or Retisols? A review.
10:20-10:35 Veerle Vanwesenbeeck and Katrien Oorts - Use of the Database of the Subsoil of Flanders (DOV) in soil and archaeological research.
10:35-11:00 Brief presentation of posters (content see Posters ).
11:10-11.30 Coffee break
Session 2 Soil science in rescue archaeology
Chair: Prof. Em. Dr. Seppe Deckers
10:30-11:50 Jan Vanmoerkerke - Les faux poteaux plantés, et après ?
11:50-12:10 Anne Gebhardt - Study of past and present records in soils from Lorraine (France) : a geoarchaeological approach in rescue archaeological context.
12:10-12:30 Frederic Cruz et al. - Méthodologie d'une recherche paléoenvironnementale en archéologie préventive : l'exemple du site de Kerkhove Stuw (Belgium).
12.30-13:20 Lunch
13.20-13:50 Poster presentations
Session 3 Soils and landscapes in prehistory and history
Chair: Prof. Em. Dr. Eric Van Ranst
13:50-14:00 Surprise event.
14:00-14:20 Kai Fechner et al. - Contribution of soil science to some neglected aspects of the Neolithic way of life. Synthesis of recent works between Rhine and Seine.
14:20-14:40 Judit Deák et al. - Land use and settlement dynamics in the bays of Bevaix and Cortaillod (Neuchâtel Lake, Switzerland) during the Late Bronze Age (HaB).
14:40-15:00 Dieter Verwerft - Pioneers in a tidal landscape: tracking down the Roman colonisation of the Zwin area.
15:00-15:20 Yannick Devos et al. - 25 years of urban geoarchaeology in Belgium.
15.20-15.50 Coffee break and poster presentations
Session 4 Key-note presentation (15:50-17:00)
Prof. Em. Dr. Georges Stoops – Introduction words
Roger Langohr - Prospection for Geo-, Eco- and Archaeopedology. Potentials, limitations, gaps and problems for the future.
17:00-17:15 Prof. Dr. Philippe Crombé - Concluding on- and closing of the meeting
17:15-17:30 Walking to the townhall of Bruges
17:30-17:40 Welcome words by the mayor of Bruges in the Gothic Hall of the City Hall
17:40-19:00 Reception offered by the City Council of Bruges