Archaeology of Northwestern EuropeThe Louwe Kooijmans Lecture is an initiative of the National Museum of Antiquities and the Faculty of Archaeology Leiden University, established in honor of the academic farewell of Professor Leendert Louwe Kooijmans in June 2008. The second lecture is given by Prof. Nicholas J. Conard (Tübingen University): Sex, Art and Rock'n Roll in the Swabian Aurignacian.
The archaeology of northwestern Europe aims at integrating a strong data-based 'empirical' research style, in which fieldwork is an important component, with more 'theoretical' approaches from a wide range of disciplines. The research consists of two tracks. Human Origins deals with the archaeology of palaeolithic foragers, the other studies prehistoric farmering communities from the Neolithic until the Roman Period.
Dr. David Fontijn and his staff have found hundreds of minute bronze artefacts in the grave of a wealthy prehistoric nobleman. The grave is to the south of Oss, beneath one of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands. The young ruler was given a ceremonial burial here 2600 years ago in a unique and extensive ritual burial ground from the late prehistoric period. The finds will be presented on Thursday 5 November in the Jan Cunen Museum in Oss.