On 9-14 September 2015 Project Team members took part in a field workshop organized by the Department of Monuments and Sites of the Vest-Agder Regional Council. The Norwegian Partners presented a number of important aspects of the activity of the conservation services in Vest-Agder and reported on the status of archaeological research in their region. There was also a discussion about a future exhibition and publications planned within the Project. The Polish guests presented their report on current progress of the work made within the Project, in particular, on the results of non-invasive research and excavations carried out so far. Also discussed was the methodology of archaeological research in Norway and Poland, with some exchange of experience.
An archaeological workshop held last May at Szurpiły was attended by guests from Lithuania and Norway. Saulius Vadišiš and Dr Gintautas Vėlius from the State Cultural Reserve of Kernavė (Kernavė Archaeological Site) and Professor Gintautas Zabiela from the Klaipeda University gave presentations on Lithuanian hillforts and conservation measures taken to preserve this type of site (e.g., regular deforestation). This was followed by a report on the progress in hillforts research in Norway given by Dr M. Gollwitzer, a representative of one of our Norwegian Partners – Vest Agder Regional Council, Departments of Monuments and Sites in Kristiansand. The Polish-Norwegian Modern Archaeological Conservation Initiative “Archaeology of Yatvings” and its current results were discussed by Anna Bitner-Wróblewska, Marcin Engel and Cezary Sobczak.
The 9-16 August 2014 field workshop had among its participants the representatives of the Norwegian Partners to the Project: Frans-Arne Stylegar, Martin Gollwitzer, Yvonne Willumsen (Kristiansand), and Kjartan Fønstelien (Borre).