IKUWA 8 – International Congress for Underwater Archaeology
October 13 – 17, 2025 – Ostend, Belgium
https://www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/
From October 13-20, Ostend became the epicenter of Underwater Archaeology. Our project-PI Wim De Clercq was member of the Scientific Committee of this conference, whereas other project members chaired sessions and present work related or relevant to this project:
- Chair Session F1: Turn the Tide – Methods to unmud intertidal cultural heritage
- Jan Trachet, Jeroen Verhegge, Wim De Clercq, & Philippe De Smedt - Chair Session D2: Where land meets sea: transdisciplinary approaches to investigate coastal maritime landscapes - Soetkin Vervust & Bente Majchczack
- Presentation: They Came for the Salt. Reconstructing the Effects of Medieval Peat Extraction in the Halligen Area of North Frisia (Germany) - Bente Sven Mahjchczack
- Closing Keynote: Bruges and the Sea: The Outer Harbour System of a Medieval Maritime Metropolis - Wim De Clercq
- Excursion: The Lost Outports of the Zwin - Wim De Clercq & Jan Trachet
