CETARCH participates in international conferences, specialist training programmes, and collaborative initiatives focused on cetacean archaeology, marine biodiversity, digital heritage, and North Atlantic studies. The activities presented below document the project's research development, academic dissemination, and professional training.
2026
International Medieval Congress (IMC)
Conference Presentation
7 July 2026 · Leeds, United Kingdom
From Archaeological Cetacean Remains to Data: Digital Approaches in the Interdisciplinary Study of Whale-Bone Assemblages from Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway.
Studying Marine Mammals in the Wild
Research Training Course
May–June 2026 · University of Iceland Research Centre, Húsavík
Master's-level research training course focusing on cetacean biology, whaling history, photo-identification, acoustic monitoring, behavioural observations, drone surveys, and marine ecology.
2025
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA-N)
Conference Presentation
12 November 2025 · Tromsø, Norway
From Archaeological Cetacean Remains to Data: Digital Approaches in the Interdisciplinary Study of Whale-Bone Assemblages from Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway.
Dies Medievales
Conference Presentation
26 September 2025 · Bergen, Norway
Whale-Bone Analysis for Understanding Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway.
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)
Conference Presentation
2 September 2025 · Belgrade, Serbia
From Cetaceans to Artefacts: Whale-Bone Analysis for Understanding Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway.
Funding: Oscar Montelius Foundation grant
3D and VR in Archaeology:
Implementing VR Rooms and Producing 3D Data
International Spring School
March–April 2025 · University of Oslo, Norway · University of Bonn, Germany
Intensive training in photogrammetry, structured-light scanning, 3D modelling, virtual reality applications, and digital archaeological documentation.
Funding: Erasmus+ Programme – Virtual Worlds in Teaching Archaeology
Project Origins & Research Foundations
MA Thesis Research
Foundational Research
2025 · University of Iceland & University of Oslo
From Cetaceans to Artefacts: Whale-Bone Analysis for Understanding Early Coastal Settlements in Iceland and Northern Norway
Supervisors: Dawn Elise Mooney (University of Stavanger), Ramona Harrison (University of Bergen), and Johan P. Bollaert (University of Oslo)
Affiliation: MARGAIN Project (Marine Resource Gathering and Infrastructure in the Norse North Atlantic), Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger
Funding: Research Travel Grant, Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies (ILN), University of Oslo
This research provided the intellectual and methodological foundation for CETARCH, establishing its focus on archaeological cetacean remains, whale-bone artefacts, marine resource exploitation, biodiversity, and long-term human–cetacean relationships in the North Atlantic.
CETARCH is an evolving research initiative. This section will continue to expand as new conferences, publications, fieldwork activities, training programmes, and collaborative research projects contribute to the study of human–cetacean relationships, marine resource exploitation, biodiversity, and environmental change in the North Atlantic.
