Programme

 8:30-9:15    Registration and coffee 

9:15-9:40    Welcome words

Jari Hinsch Mikkelsen – 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