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Platform 2: Technical Platform - Field expertise
Archaeological excavation
The departments of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Classical Archaeology have a large experience in different excavation techniques. Ongoing projects at different sites in Germany, and other European countries cover different periods of human prehistory, different ecological zones, preservational conditions and types of sites. Thus, the doctoral students have access to abundant data and also have the opportunity to get experience in the archaeological fieldwork in all its facets, the implementation of up to date techniques of excavation, recording, preservation, and data management systems. State-of-the-art technical equipment is available at the participating archaeological institutes.
The Ecology Centre of the CAU has equipment to core peat, lake sediments and soil profiles. Together with the archaeobotany section of the Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, coring expertise and equipment at CAU is exceptional compared to other universities.
Photos by: U. Lungerhausen & F. Bauer.
Some new equipment of the Graduate School in this area includes a NitonXL3t portable XRF scanner to provide non-destructive on-site analysis of the main elements - down to magnesium - in archaeological artefacts, such as ceramics and metal objects, as well as in the soil, in which these were found.This measurements can be repeated at the school with the same instrument with higher sensitivity.
Contact
Dr. Christoph Rinne
Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology
+49 431 880.3378
crinne@ufg.uni-kiel.de
Dipl.-Ing. Florian Bauer
Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes"
+49 431 880.5922 or 880.3378
fbauer@gshdl.uni-kiel.de
Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Bork
Institute of Ecosystem Research
+49 431 880.3953
hrbork@ecology.uni-kiel.de