Romano-Germanic Commission – crossing borders

Soil as an archaeological archive: A contribution to World Soil Day on December 5th

2020-12-03 Isabel Hohle

Isabel A. Hohle and Melani Podgorelec (translation: Arie Kai-Browne) „The International Soil Science Union (IUSS) has designated December 5th as World Soil Day at its 17th World Congress, held in Bangkok in August 2002. It is intended to be an annual symbol of the importance of soil as a natural resource„. (https://www.bvboden.de/aktuelles/weltbodentag) Soil is a natural resource, the importance of […]

From Boyne to Brodgar – Sacral landscapes and monuments in Ireland and on the island of Rousay (Orkney Islands/Scotland)

2019-09-17 Isabel Hohle

Campaign 2019 In May and July this year, researchers of the Unit for Survey and Excavation Methodology carried out fieldwork on the Orkney island of Rousay (north Scotland) and in the Boyne Valley, north of Dublin (Figures 1 and 3). Since 2016, the RGK is part of the „From Boyne to Brodgar“ initiative, which examines the formation of Neolithic cultural […]