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Curved and straight white lines on a golden yellow background.

© Petra Horstmann, using an illustration from E. C. Harris, Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy (London - San Diego 1979)

A call for archaeology to take on a more prominent role in public debates

ROOTS Studies 4 has been published

Visualisation of a building

© Uni Kiel

The construction of ARCWorlds can begin

Federal and state governments invest around 52 million euros

Group picture in a conference room

© Jan Steffen, Cluster ROOTS

International Advisory Board praises the interdisciplinary research within ROOTS

Members of the Cluster of Excellence develop future research strategy.

Several people stand at open excavation areas. A low sun illuminates the scene with warm light.

© Sara Jagiolla, Uni Kiel

Archaeology in Kiel ranks among the best worldwide

In the influential QS World University Ranking, CAU ranks in the top 15 in archaeology for the first time.

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Cluster of Excellence ROOTS

The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS - Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies explores the roots of social, environmental, and cultural phenomena and processes that substantially marked past human development. In a broad interdisciplinary conceptual framework, we investigate archaeological and historical ‘laboratories’ under the basic assumption that humans and environments have deeply shaped each other, creating socio-environmental connectivities which still persist today. A better understanding of interwoven past socio-environmental dynamics will shed light on the ‘roots’ of current challenges and crises under diverse economic, ecological, and social conditions.

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News

Annette Haug receives coveted research funding from the European Union

The archaeologist from Kiel was awarded the first ERC Advanced Grant at Kiel University and 2.5 million euros for her project "Fragile Images".

How did island communities survive in a challenging environment?

Measurement campaign by ROOTS, Kiel University and LEIZA on Amrum provides promising indications for further investigation

Exploring Bronze Age cooking stone pits

Great attendance at the open excavation day in Mang de Bargen, Bornhöved.

Half portrait of the scientist Silvia Balatti from the front. Smiling at the camera, green turtleneck jumper, shoulder-length brown hair.

Silvia Balatti is the new ROOTS Equal Opportunities Officer

At the beginning of March, the members of the Cluster of Excellence elect the ancient historian to office

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Events

21.04.2024 | Arche Warder, Langwedeler Weg 11, 24646 Warder

Steinzeit live

The ROOTS Cluster of Excellence will be represented at "Stone Age Live" and will provide insights into archaeological research.

22.04.2024 | ZMB, Am Botanischen Garten 11, R.4.003 + Foyer | 16:15 - 17:45 followed by a get-together until 19:00

Biweekly Colloquia: "Topographies of remembrance: quantitative approaches to prehistoric barrow landscapes"

Zoran Čučković (Clermont Auvergne University, France)

23.04.2024 | Leibnizstraße 3, R. 123 | 14:00

YA-Teaching: "Final booklet discussion"

Organized by Fiona Walker-Friedrichs, Florian Schwake and Henriette Brandt

23.04.2024 | Leibnizstraße 3, R. 123 | 10:30

Social Inequality Forum: "Impact of ecology, subsistence, and climate on population movements during the second half of the Holocene revealed by language spread rates”

Søren Wichmann (Kiel University)

30.04.2024 | Leibnizstraße 3, R. 123 | 14:00

YA-Teaching: "The role of images"

With Annette Haug. Organized by Sara Mura and Florian Schwake

More events

All upcoming events as well as the event archive of the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS can be found in the Events section.

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