Swiss International Summer School for Alpine Archaeology: 12th–18th July 2026 Neanderthal Landscapes The Universities of Bern and Zurich are organising the seventh Swiss International Summer School for Alpine Archaeology (SISA) from 12th–18th July 2026. This year’s summer school will take place in the Alpstein massif (Appenzell), in St. Gallen, in the Zurich area, and in …
Geoarchaeological and archaeometallurgical investigations into Roman Iron Sunday, 5th July Session 1: SISA 2020 Rouven Turck (University of Zurich): Introduction into SISA 2020 Caroline Heitz, Mirco Brunner, Rouven Turck, Philippe Della Casa & Albert Hafner (SISA 2019): Mining Sites & Deserted Alpine Habitations – Results of the SISA 2019 field work in the Binntal (VS) …
Invited speakers for SISA 2020 Donat Fulda (ETHZ, Department of Earth Sciences): Local Geology Barbara Beck (University of Lausanne, Faculté des Géosciences et de l’Environnement): Local lead, iron and silver ores Florence Cattin ( University of Burgundy, ARTEHIS – UMR 6298 and Université de Montréal, Département d’anthropologie): Local copper ores Vincent Serneels (University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences): Iron …