Program/Programm

Monday, June 2, 2025

10.00 EPFRN business meeting
Library/Bibliothek Archäologiezentrum Mauerbach

12.00 Lunch break

Public Sessions

Refectory/Refektorium

13.00 Welcome Address/Begrüßung
Dr. Christoph Bazil, President of the Austrian Federal Monuments Authority

13.10 Welcome Address/Begrüßung
Conference Organizers

13.20 Are Metal-detectorists Heritage Practice Communities?
Suzie Thomas (University of Antwerp), Pieterjan Deckers (Leuven University), Henriette Roued (University of Copenhagen)

13.45 For fun, money or science? Metal detectorists in Poland as a social formation: results of initial sociological research
Marcin Wołoszyn (University of Rzeszow & Leipzig University), Katarzyna Radziwiłko (University of Lublin), Łukasz Kutyło (University of Łódz)

14.10 Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands (PAN) – the Dutch public finds reporting program
Stefanie Hoss (Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands)

14.35 Coffee Break/Kaffeepause

15.00 Recording and archaeological research potential of finds by private metal detectorists in Norway
Marte Spangen (University & Cultural History Museum, Oslo)

15.25 Making the PAS Database Great Again!
Michael Lewis (British Museum/Portable Antiquities Scheme)

15.50 New Horizons in Understanding Finnish Iron Age Material Culture Through Metal-detected Finds
Eljas Oksanen (University of Helsinki & University of Reading), Anna Wessman (University Museum of Bergen)

16.15 Responsible metal detecting as citizen science in Italy
Edoardo Meacci (Italian Metal Detecting Federation & European Council of Metal Detecting)

16.40 Discussion/Diskussion

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Public Sessions

Refectory/Refektorium

10.00 A Portal for Amateur Collaborators and Register of Individual Finds in the Czech Republic (AMCR-PAS)
Balász Komoróczy (Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno)

10.25 One year Ice Watcher in Austria – a review of digital reporting behavior
Katrin Schwarzkogler (Austrian Federal Monuments Authority)

10.50 The impact of private initiatives on public finds reporting: a field report from southern Austria
Florian Mauthner (Survey Project Southern Austria)

11.15 Coffee Break/Kaffeepause

11.40 Metal detecting in Austria from the perspective of the specialized metal detector trade
Robert Mann (Vienna Detectors)

12.05 First steps toward continuous improvement of the cooperation between archaeologists and metal detectorists in Bavaria
David Arnold (Petition Bavarian Treasure Trove)

12.30 Archaeology and citizen science in Austria – problems, obstacles und new ideas from the view of laymen
Manuel Pölzl (Survey Project Southern Austria)

13.00 Lunch Break/Mittagspause

14.00 The Inter Alpes project: integrating avocational finds collecting in a scientific framework, a case study
Stefan Groh (Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute)

14.25 Recording Small Finds in the Seewinkel, Austria
Jasmin Özyurt, Tobias Bendeguz, Claudia Perstling, Wioletta Tenczar, Kathrin Siegl (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Middle Ages Research Institute)

14.50 Testing new ways of cooperation – a model project for cooperation between metal detectorists and archaeologists in southern Austria
Florian Mauthner, Manuel Pölzl (Survey Project Southern Austria)

15.15 Coffee Break/Kaffeepause

15.40 Pride, Prejudice and Public Finds Reporting
Raimund Karl (University of Vienna and Prifysgol Bangor University)

16.10 Final Discussion and Farewell/Abschlussdiskussion

 

Conference venue

The conference will be held at the Archaeology Centre of the Austrian Federal Monuments Authority in the former Carthusian Monastery Mauerbach, which is located on the outskirts of Vienna in a beautiful part of the Vienna Woods.

By public transport, it can be reached by Bus No. 450, leaving from Hütteldorf (U4 subway station) every half hour (at 5 and 35 minutes past the hour). The bus ride takes c. 30 minutes to Mauerbach (Busbahnhof). From there, carrying along the main road, it is a c. 10 minute walk to the venue.

If arriving by car, the conference venue address is Bundesdenkmalamt, Archäologiezentrum Mauerbach, Kartause Mauerbach, Kartäuserplatz 2, 3001 Mauerbach, Österreich