Conference: In Poseidons Reich XIV. Underwater Archaeology in Northern European Rivers and Lakes February 19, 2009

We sincerely invite to our conference »In Poseidons Reich«, which 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, the local 'Arbeitsgruppe für Maritime und Limnische Archäologie' (Study Group for Maritime and Limnic Archaeology) (AMLA) and the German Maritime Museum (DSM).

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.

Official Website: http://deguwa.org.dd1828.kasserver.com/?id=111