Archaeological Coastal Heritage: Past, present and future of a hidden prehistoric legacy (ArCHe)

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Increasing the scientific and public value of Europe’s Stone Age coastal heritage.

The HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network (2024–2027) ArCHe trains 10 doctoral candidates in studying Stone Age hunter-fisher-gatherer remains in coastal areas across Europe in an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral perspective.

ArCHe bridges humanities, life sciences, earth sciences and social sciences, and develops best practices of dealing with this vulnerable legacy for a sustainable future.

More about our objectives

Rocks by the water's edge

Call for candidates closed

Ten attractive positions in fields such as archaeology, archaeobiology, biology, social anthropology and cultural heritage studies are being recruited.

News

  • ArCHe kick off meeting Feb. 20, 2024 4:00 PM

    ArCHe Supervisory Board successfully launched the project at the official kick off meeting at the University of Oslo on January 30 th and 31 st 2024.

Training

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Our comprehensive training programme includes individual research projects and joint training events with a broad perspective. 

Research

Researcher with instruments on excavation site on the coast

ArCHe focuses on challenges that the Stone Age legacy faces in coastal landscapes across Europe.

Partners and people

Contact

For inquiries about DN ArCHe, contact Project Coordinator professor Almut Schülke:

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