English summary - Project EARTHWORK
The Dutch landscape is rich in a variety of earthworks, including prehistoric Celtic Fields, dwelling mounds, ramparts, dikes, and more. These earthworks have an important archaeological, cultural-historical, and aesthetic value. Earthworks are investigated to obtain essential information for their conservation, management, and possible reuse. Research can determine when they were constructed and what their functions were. These ancient structures are subject to various dynamics, such as climate change, sea level rise, erosion, and urbanization, making it crucial to understand their age and context in order to address these challenges.
Het project EARTHWORK houdt zich bezig met het dateren van verschillende soorten aardwerken zodat we beter begrijpen hoe en wanneer vroegere bewoners het landschap veranderden om hun leefomstandigheden te verbeteren. De projectleiders van EARTHWORK, Jakob Wallinga en Roy van Beek (Wageningen University and Research), werken samen met hun team en verschillende partners om zo tot belangrijke inzichten te komen.
The EARTHWORK project focuses on dating different types of earthworks so that we can better understand how and when earlier inhabitants changed the landscape to improve their living conditions. The project leaders of EARTHWORK, Jakob Wallinga and Roy van Beek (Wageningen University and Research), are working with their team and various partners to gain important insights.
It’s hard to imagine the landscape of the Netherlands without its dykes. But just how old are these typically Dutch earthworks? This is what Prof. Jakob Wallinga, Chair of Soil Geography and Landscape at Wageningen University & Research, will be investigating in the EARTHWORK project. Along with quite a number of external partners, he hopes to gain a better understanding of how and when our predecessors modified the landscape to improve their living conditions.
EARTHWORK is part of the Dutch Research Agenda thematic programme called 'Archeologie telt'. It supports future directions in Dutch archaeological research and aims to inspire research that uses innovative (and/or conventional) methods and techniques to answer prominent questions in archaeology, and that contribute to the development of a sustainable research infrastructure across the entire knowledge chain. The programme encourages collaboration within the knowledge chain, but also from the knowledge chain with societal stakeholders from public and semi-public sectors and the archaeology industry.
