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…

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…

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,…

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

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…

Great news! Constructing the Limes is also a minor for archaeology students at Saxion. This week, 8 students started the minor led by Wouter Vos and Jeroen Oosterbaan. Wonderful way to directly embed our research project in education and work together closely with the archaeology students of Saxion. The students will take a close look…

The first C-Limes article was published last week in the Journal of Archaeological Science written by Lisette Kootker and Stijn Heeren. The article, titled “A triple isotope approach (SR-O-C_ to assess human mobility dynamics in the Lower Germanic limes borderscape (40-470 CE)”, highlights the relationship between political-military instability and increased human mobility during the Late Roman period in the Netherlands.

On Saturday May 21st we welcomed approx. 40 voluntary archaeologists and metaldetector seekers from the province of Utrecht at our Limes Lab. They brought the most beautiful Roman finds to enter them in the national database of finds PAN (Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands), and of course also to show them to their peers and…

On 30 June Prof. Kristian Kristiansen (University of Gothenburg) will give a lecture titled: “Towards a new European prehistory: genes, archaeology and language” at Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, Utrecht. The lecture will be live-streamed and takes place between 15.00-17.00 (CET). Before the lecture, Saskia Stevens will give an update on the project and our junior researchers will briefly introduce their research. You can find more info…

The archaeology project ‘Romans at the Rijnmond’ has been selected for funding by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The NWO program Archaeological finds of (inter)national importance finances scientific research on recent archaeological finds in the Netherlands. The research project ‘Romans at the Rijnmond’ is led by Saskia Stevens and focuses on the archaeological…