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An update after months of inactivity at my website
I’ve been busy over the last several months and so little has happened at the blog and website of my firm. A simple equation may provide a good explanation: Family and kids + professional responsibilities = no blogging! The first part of the equation ought to be pretty obvious. As regards the second part this is probably evident, too: Suddenly finding yourself confronted with deadlines and tenders!
So, I’ve been investigating, reporting, producing offers and writing for traditional scientific media instead of maintaining my blog. In due time, when more information on the projects can be released, I will provide details and – in particular – credit my clients, partners and editors. As for now, here’s an excerpt of finalised, ongoing and upcoming activities. Continue reading
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The old quarry that was reused as a beer brewery
Working with the Berne Minster Workshop on mapping the quarries used for the cathedral, I visited the Wabern quarry just outside the city centre yesterday. Though it is unclear to what extent it was employed for the cathedral in the Middle Ages, it is a most remarkable quarry: For it was reused as a brewery for “Gurten Beer” from the 1860s on. Since I have noted the link between stone extraction and beer drinking through history (see last part of this story), I thought I ought to post the photo above of a wonderful old horse cart with a beer barrel remaining in the quarries. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, New projects, Old quarries, Switzerland
Tagged Bern, Berner Sandstein, Cultural heritage, quarry, sandstone, Wabern
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When in Rome…
When in Rome… What else can you do than to discuss Norwegian archaeology!? So we did, at the beginning of this week, 30+ archaeologists and scientists at a workshop within the Norwegian Research Council’s network programme “Cooperative Research” (NO: Forskning … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, New projects, Norway, Old quarries
Tagged marble, Norway, quarry, Rome
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Good stone doesn’t change its location!
There have been few new posts on my blog recently. But there is a very good reason for this apparent laziness, since I’m now writing a book about stone. Or, to be more correct, a book about the cultural history … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, New projects, Norway, Old quarries
Tagged european cathedrals, marble, Nidaros Cathedral, Nidarosdomen, Norway, quarry, soapstone, trondheim norway
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Hunting with stone lines: The ancient game traps in Egypt and Nubia
There is still a lot of important archaeology to be found in Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia. One group of archaeological sites is hunting features, in particular the extremely widespread ancient game traps along no less than a 400 km … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, New projects, New publications
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Cultural heritage, hunting, Nubia
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Impressions from summer fieldwork in Norway
Over the last few weeks I’ve been back in Norway for projects on conservation of medieval castle ruins, as well as on provenance of medieval and more modern building stone. Here are some impressions!*
Posted in Archaeology, Monument conservation, New projects, Norway, Old quarries, Rock art, Ruins
Tagged conservation, marble, Nidaros Cathedral, Nidarosdomen, Norway, quarry, rock art, Trondheim
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Where does the stone at Nidaros Cathedral come from?
Stone to the northernmost of Europe’s great cathedrals was provided from no less than 50 different quarries across Norway and to some extent from elsewhere in Europe. But there are great differences between the medieval building period (11th to 14th … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, New projects, Norway, Old quarries
Tagged marble, Nidaros Cathedral, Nidarosdomen, Norway, quarry, soapstone, Trondheim
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Cooperation with Norwegian conservation company
An agreement of cooperation has been signed with the Norwegian conservation company “Bakken & Magnussen AS” in Trondheim, Norway. The idea is to expand the competence of the conservation company with services related to conservation science and geoarchaeology. Bakken & … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Monument conservation, New projects, Norway
Tagged conservation, Cultural heritage, Norway, ruin, soapstone, weathering
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The Late Palaeolithic rock art at Qurta, Egypt: Field season 2011
It is a miracle that Egypt’s Late Palaeolithic rock art has survived for at least 15.000 years – and especially for the last 50 years of intensive modern development in the country. At Qurta by Kom Ombo, for example, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Egypt, conservation, Cultural heritage, Qurta, rock art
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Stone weathering at the westernmost coast of Norway
As probably one of only very few monuments globally, the ruined Selja medieval abbey off the westernmost coast of Norway is built from a metamorphic olivine stone (dunite) rich in talc. The combination of a hard olivine matrix and soft … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Monument conservation, New projects, Norway, Ruins, Weathering history
Tagged conservation, historic photos, Norway, olivine, salt, Selja, weathering
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