Archaeologies of Sustainability:
Long-term perspectives on food production, infrastructure, innovation and climate change
Place: University of Bern
Program:
Tuesday, February 17, Mitelstrasse 43, Room 120
18:15 Marco Hostettler (University of Bern)
Welcome address and Introduction
19:00 Icebreaker (Bistrot Mitti)
Wednesday, February 18: UniS, B-102
Chair: Albert Hafner
09:00 Opening
09:10 Daan Raemaekers (University of Groningen)
Archaeological research collaboration within the ENLIGHT network: challenges and opportunities
09:30 Kaarel Sikk (University of Tartu)
Mapping the Sustainability in Archaeology: Narratives and Systems
09:50 Lorenz Rahmstorf (University of Göttingen)
Sustainability in archaeological projects at the Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte at Göttingen University
10:10 Discussion
10:30 Coffee break
Chair: Daan Raemaekers
11:10 Nicholas Triozzi (University of Bern)
Sustainable Herds: Evaluating Prehistoric Livestock Culling Strategies with Population Projection Models
11:30 Immo Heske (University of Göttingen)
Contrasting landscapes. Food production, infrastructure and buildings under climate change in the centuries around 1000 b.c. near Watenstedt, Kr. Helmstedt (Loess soils), and Seddin, Kr. Prignitz (Sandy soils) in northern Germany
11:50 Michelle Comber (University of Galway)
The MAREE Project, Ireland. Land use through time
12:10 Discussion
12:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Erika Weiberg
14:00 Patrik Klingborg (Uppsala University)
A long-term perspective on fresh water access on the Peloponnese, Greece
14:20 Johannes Bergemann (University of Göttingen)
Approaches towards sustainability in Greek and Roman times: Examples from Greece and Sicily
14:40 Noel McCarthy (University of Galway)
The Burren: centuries forming, decades revealing. Archaeology, local engagement, and tourism within a fragile landscape in the west of Ireland.
15:00 Discussion
15:20 Coffee Break
Chair: Marco Hostettler
16:00 Andrea Schaer (University of Bern, Netzwerk Kulturerbe Schweiz, Archaeokontor GmbH)
SDGs go Archaeology – Does Archaeology go SDGs?
16:20 Albert Hafner (University of Bern)
Safeguarding the Past in Times of Conflict: Protecting Cultural Heritage to Enable Sustainable Futures.
16:40 Martin Bača (University of Bratislava)
Pushing through the Bubble: Lessons from the Past for Future Policymakers and Educators
17:00 Erika Weiberg (Uppsala University)
Teaching sustainable environments in archaeology
17:20 Final Discussion
Thursday, February 19: B-102, UniS
09:00 Closed Discussion for Invited Speakers Part I
10:30 Coffee break
11:30 Closed Discussion for Invited Speakers Part II
13:00 Wrap-Up and Closing comments
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Participation is free of charge and open to the public. Registration with e-mail to marco.hostettler@unibe.ch.
Students please register via KSL course: 516412-FS2026-0-PA: ENLIGHT Workshop "Archaeologies of Sustainability: Long-term perspectives on food production, infrastructure, innovation and climate change"
Contact: Marco Hostettler, University of Bern: marco.hostettler@unibe.ch
More information: https://www.uu.se/institution/arkeologi-antik-historia-och-kulturvard/forskning/forskningsprojekt/ease-
