Announcements

Symposium!

Alison Klevnäs

We’re excited to announce that the GRR network will soon be holding its first major event. With the generous support of Riksbankens Jublieumsfond, we’re organising an international symposium on Merovingian-period burial reopening, to be held at Stockholm University on 12th-13th January 2017. This will be the first conference on the widespread and fascinating phenomenon of early medieval grave disturbance since 1977!

The symposium has its own webpage with more information and a registration form at http://reopenedgraves.eu/events/

Hope to see you there!

Limbs, Bones and Exhumations in Past Societies

Martine van Haperen

Conference Poland

On 16 and 17 November 2014, three members of the Grave Reopening Research group will present papers at the conference Limbs, Bones and Exhumations in Past Societies in Bytów, Poland.

Edeltraud Aspöck: ‘Analysing the (micro)taphonomy of reopened graves’

Alison Klevnäs: ‘Grave robbery in the Merovingian kingdoms and Anglo-Saxon England‘

Martine van Haperen: ‘Early medieval reopened graves. A Dutch perspective’

The abstract booklet can be downloaded from Academia.edu. If you would like to attend, please send your application to the organizers at mpw@muzeumbytow.pl before 5.09.2014.

Find the conference on Facebook!

Welcome to the Grave Reopening Research (GRR) website

Alison Klevnäs

GRR is a network of archaeologists who investigate grave disturbance. Current members are Edeltraud Aspöck, Alison Klevnäs, Martine van Haperen, Astrid Noterman, and Stephanie Zintl. We share an interest in grave disturbance in the provinces of early medieval Europe, but also work on grave robbery, reopening, and related practices in other periods and places. GRR is a platform for joint publications, projects, and events. We use this website to highlight our upcoming presentations and publications.

Please contact us if you have a question about archaeological reopening. We’re particularly keen to hear about new excavations of early medieval robbed burials – please do get in touch if you find evidence that looks like ancient reopening.

See below for our latest news.