The organisation of the 2009 Borgermeetings has allready received various contributions for the BM Proceedingsbook, but is also still missing some. This is a short reminder for those who have not yet send in their work. You can do so by e-mail (info@borgermeetings.com) or by post: BorgerMeetings - Hazenberg Archeologie, Middelstegracht 89r, 2312TT Leiden, The Netherlands.

The Hunebedcentre in Borger is looking to possibly excavate D27, located next to the centre. An electromagnetic scan was recently conducted to investigate the presence of archaeological artefacts in the ground beneath the dolmen. Watch the video (dutch).

Hazenberg Archeologie is currently gathering the various scientific contributions for creating a proceedingsbook for the BorgerMeetings. All speakers were asked to write some 3000 words on their lecture-topics. The book will be published by Archaeopress in the BAR International series and is scheduled to appear in the fall of 2010.

The BorgerMeetings 2009 have come to an end. The organisation can look back on three very succesful days of lectures, discussion and many new perspectives on TRB culture. On the picture below you can see four interesting examples of presentations that were given during the BorgerMeetings. (1) Krzysztof Tunia, (2) Niels Andersen, (3) Karsten Wentink, (4) Peter Jankavs.

Many lectures today, and great variety in them as well. New points of view, new perspectives on Funnelbeaker culture and: some interesting discussions. It was a good day for archaeology. And it was a good day for Jan Albert Bakker also: Hunebedcentre managing director Hein Klompmaker had the honour of presenting him with the 'Golden Boulder' award for his archaeological achievments (see foto below).

'"We're off!!", said discusionleader Evert van Ginkel after just having heard the fascinating first lecture of the BorgerMeetings, by Magdalena Midgley (see picture). Over the next few days you will find more live-feeds on this website. And don't forget to follow our tweets!

Over the past few weeks three articles on TRB Culture were issued in 'Dagblad van het Noorden'. The third and last one was published today. Read all of them here.

You can get a sneak-preview of several posters that are on display during Thursday's poster presentation. Find them here.

Find everything you want know in here (including all speaker-abstracts) in these Conference Papers. Download the pdf here.

Eva Fasmer-Koch will not attend this years BorgerMeetings. The updated conference programme is available for download through the all new: conference papers.

Archaeologist and published author Evert van Ginkel will be acting as overall discussion leader during this years BorgerMeetings. During the conference we will know what he's doing and thinking on a regular basis, through Twitter. Follow his tweets on this website.

The complete conference timetable of this years BorgerMeetings is now available for download. You can find the pdf-file here.

The Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group aims to assist pottery specialists, other archaeologists and members of the public to keep in touch with recent developments and current research in prehistoric pottery. The PCRG is hoping to join the BorgerMeetings.

"We hope to gather scientific knowledge on the subject from each country that is represented on the BorgerMeetings, says drs. Hein Klompmaker. For the first time in 25 years there's an international congress on TRB-culture". full article (dutch).

Find out who's talking about what in the updated congress schedule and visit our new facebook!

Several speakers (i.e. Eva Fasmer Koch and Jan Albert Bakker) have allready administered their choice of topic for the Borgermeetings. Find the complete program here!

Several international websites report on the upcoming BorgerMeetings: Antiquity, Museo-On, Stonepages, Tagung and the weblog Past Horizons (click to visit these websites).

Starting August 25th, the BorgerMeetings are just a phonecall away. Simply dial +31 (0)71 512 62 16 (weekdays / office hours) Make sure you have your personal information ready for registration. You can also sign up online.

On the last day of the BorgerMeetings there will be an optional excursion. The programme includes a visit of dolmens as well as a guided tour of the Drenths Museum.

You can find the various speakers and topics here. This list of keynotes is of course a preliminary one: the definitive list of keynotes will be announced later this year.