Lene Høst-Madsen
Lene Høst-Madsen Director of Museum Skanderborg since 2013. Before this she was Curator in archaeology at the Museum of Copenhagen (2000 -2013). During these teen years, Lene conducted large-scale excavations in Copenhagen. Her research interest lies within the post medieval and later historical archaeology with special interest in material culture and politics. She has published articles and attended international conferences giving papers regarding these themes.
Chairperson of the Archaeological Advisory Board for Archaeology at the Danish Cultural Agency under the Ministry of Culture (2009-2013).
(2006- until now) Editorial advisor for Post Medieval Archaeology,
Since 2006 Examiner at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Southern Denmark in archaeology, Since 2014 Examiner of Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology at Aarhus University.
Address: Museum Skanderborg, Adelgade 5, 8680 Skanderborg
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +45 2688 0772
Chairperson of the Archaeological Advisory Board for Archaeology at the Danish Cultural Agency under the Ministry of Culture (2009-2013).
(2006- until now) Editorial advisor for Post Medieval Archaeology,
Since 2006 Examiner at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Southern Denmark in archaeology, Since 2014 Examiner of Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology at Aarhus University.
Address: Museum Skanderborg, Adelgade 5, 8680 Skanderborg
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +45 2688 0772
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In the last decade the number of archaeological excavations in the medieval town center has increased gradually. In the near future massive construction work, primarily in connection with the extension of the Copenhagen Metro in 2009 , will affect some of the oldest parts of the city. Preliminary research (examining core-samples pressed out of soft organic material such as composite layers and peat) has recently shown that several locations potentially conceal what could be the earliest occupation of Copenhagen (Fig. 3). Newly received radiocarbon dates of samples from «Gammelstrand», the harbor of medieval Copenhagen, indicates that the earliest utilization of the natural harbor dates as far back as the late Iron Age.
Prior to the construction of the Metro, however, one of the most important archaeological investigations in Copenhagen will be that of the Saint Clemens, the town’s first church and churchyard dating back to the end of 1100 AD, an excavation the Københavns Bymuseum anticipates with great expectations.
In the last decade the number of archaeological excavations in the medieval town center has increased gradually. In the near future massive construction work, primarily in connection with the extension of the Copenhagen Metro in 2009 , will affect some of the oldest parts of the city. Preliminary research (examining core-samples pressed out of soft organic material such as composite layers and peat) has recently shown that several locations potentially conceal what could be the earliest occupation of Copenhagen (Fig. 3). Newly received radiocarbon dates of samples from «Gammelstrand», the harbor of medieval Copenhagen, indicates that the earliest utilization of the natural harbor dates as far back as the late Iron Age.
Prior to the construction of the Metro, however, one of the most important archaeological investigations in Copenhagen will be that of the Saint Clemens, the town’s first church and churchyard dating back to the end of 1100 AD, an excavation the Københavns Bymuseum anticipates with great expectations.