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Investigative Cluster 2 Workshop

Cluster 2 of the Graduate School invited the PhDs to a field workshop near Oldenburg in Holstein from November 2^nd to 5^th. The interdisciplinary cooperation of PhDs and Principal Investigators, e.g. from the fields of Biology, Geography, Geology and Archaeology, permitted investigating parts of a Neolithic island settlement in the western Oldenburger rift from various perspectives. The participants acquired practical knowledge from other scientific disciplines, including archaeological excavating as well as collecting and analyzing botanical macro-remains. First analysis was carried out on scene, the joint documentation of soil profiles offered valuable new experiences. The workshop concluded with the drilling of a core in the wet sediments of the former settlement for gaining a pollen profile. The interdisciplinarily obtained data will be incorporated into a model of the landscape development 5.000 years ago and into the reconstruction of the manmade changes in this natural space.

Graduate Students and PIs in the field.

Text by Jan-Piet Brozio