Annual General Meeting 21-24 January 2026

3^rd General Meeting in Wilhelmshaven

At 21-24 January 2026, NIhK hosted the third general meeting of SUBNORDICA. A total of thirty-five SUBNORDICA-scientists from Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, and Germany were gathered in Wilhelmshaven. On the first day, the impressive view from the Wadden Sea Visitor Center across the wintry Jade Bay provided the backdrop for the meeting, in which the partners updated each other on progress in workpackages and working groups. New discoveries of archaeological sites in the British and Belgian parts of the North Sea, diver-operated sampling systems in the Baltic Sea, and models of landscape use by Stone Age hunter-gatherer groups illustrated the broad, interdisciplinary scope of the project. The second day was dedicated to intensive collaboration in small working groups and workshops at the NIhK. Our discussions included joint research cruises, data transfer issues, and planned publications. The meeting concluded on the third day with a joint excursion to the archaeological monuments of the Wildeshausen Geest. This provided ample opportunity for in-depth individual discussions before everone departed for home, enriched by numerous new ideas and impressions. There was unanimous agreement that personal meetings like this one – despite all modern communication technologies – make a crucial contribution to the success of a our project SUBNORDICA.