I am delighted to be taking part in this years Palynologendagen (Palynology days) organised by the Palynologische Kring (Dutch Society for Palynology)
Location: Van Waddenplaat to the Drents Plateau
Date: 11-12 October 2018
For full program…Thursday 11th of October
Location: Restaurant ‘Eisseshof’
- 12.30-13.15 Welcome with coffee and tea
- 13.30 Lecture afternoon with:
- 13.30 Prof. René Cappers – The Weichselian flora at the time of the mammoth of Orvelte.
- 14.15 Taravat Talebi (Research Gate)– Pingo-scars from Friesland in connection to the Neolithic.
- 15.00 Dr. Wim Hoek & Anja Verbers (Research Gate) – Pingos: indicators and recorders of past environmental change
Coffee break
- 15.30 Dr. William Gosling – A new perspective on old ecosystems: Recent advances in the chemical analysis of microfossils
- 16.15 TBA
17.00 Drinks
18.00 Diner
Sleepover at the ‘Wongema Inn’
Friday 12th of October
08.00 Breakfast (Wongema)
09.00-17.00 Excursion
- Wierde Ezinge – Walk from the Iron Age up to the Middle Ages
- De Onlanden – Viewpoint. Lunch location
- Steilrand Donderen – Story of three ice ages
- Witteveen – Pingo scar, Hunebed and Celtic fields
