‘We are all borderworkers’ by Paschalina Garidou, Luuk Winkelmolen, Henk van Houtum
In this epilogue, Garidou, Winkelmolen and van Houtum draw upon an inspiring and thought-provoking anthology of chapters on borders, boundaries, liminality, and transgression.
Read more‘Waiting for Today’s Barbarians: How the Fall of the Roman Empire Is Anachronistically Exploited to Serve a Contemporary Discriminatory B/Ordering and Othering Agenda’ by Luuk Winkelmolen, Paschalina Garidou, Henk van Houtum
In this paper, Winkelmolen, Garidou and van Houtum analyze the “Colosseum interview” of former U.K. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in which he pleads for fierce border control against refugees, “like the Romans did.”
Read more‘Archaeology meets Environmental Genomics: implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past’ by Kadir Toykan Özdoğan, Arjen de Groot, Gertjan Plets
Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has become one of the standard applications in the field of paleogenomics in recent years. However, its application in archaeology has been limited and primarily focused on humans. This article argues …
Read moreSaskia Stevens wins the CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award
The first CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award was given to Dr. Saskia Stevens because of “her promising Citizen Science project and her outstanding achievement in promoting Open Science attitude”. This CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award is a fantastic recognition for the entire Constructing the Limes team, all our collaborative partners, and the inspiring ways we…
Read moreNWO funding for study Lisette Kootker on human mobility in the Roman Netherlands
Earth scientist and team member of Constructing the Limes Lisette Kootker is one of the 61 researchers who will start a promising research project with the NWO Open Competition SGW XS funding. Kootker investigates how to research human mobility more accurately on archaeological human remains, by adding the lead isotope system. Focusing on identifying the…
Read moreBlog: Kick-off Heel Heerlen Graaft!
On June 18, 2023, the community archaeology project “Heel Heerlen Graaft!” was launched in a festive manner. The afternoon began with the opening of the exhibition ‘The Discovery of Coriovallum’, showcasing magnificent findings from Heerlen. The exhibition was inaugurated at De Vondst by Karen Jeneson, the curator of the Thermenmuseum. After the opening, Alderman Jordy…
Read more‘Heel Heerlen Graaft’: exploring the Roman heritage together with Heerlen residents
An example of citizen science in Limburg For the first time in the Netherlands, an archaeological research project is being carried out in a city together with residents on a large scale. During Heel Heerlen Graaft, 150 residents will join archaeologists in their search for Roman remains in their own backyard. It is an example…
Read moreConstructing the Limes goes Reuvensdagen 2022
This year, the Constructing the Limes team participated in the Reuvensdagen, the annual national archaeology conference, this year held at Breda. It was a great way for various team members to present their own research within the project to the wider (commercial) archaeological field and connect with Dutch archaeologists. Four of our PhD students, Arjan de Ruiter,…
Read more‘The “rediscovery” of the Roman Limes in the 16th century’ – by Konrad Ottenheym
Koen Ottenheym’s article on the “rediscovery” of the Roman Limes in the 16th century is published in Burgen und Schlösser – Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege 63 (2022), 3. This article is written in German and can be read here
Read moreReport Consortium Meeting September 21 2022
On September 21, Constructing the Limes organized a meeting with the project’s various stakeholders. The meeting was hosted by the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden and the goal was to reconnect with the partners and share ideas about our current and future collaboration. The program included presentations about the work packages and a…
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