Martine van den Berg

Expertise

Martine van den Berg specializes in hydrology, water management and archaeological heritage management. She conducts research on the relationship between hydrological processes and the preservation of buried archaeological sites and artefacts. Change in conditions of the burial environment can cause deterioration of valuable archaeological artefacts and materials. She is trying to make archaeologists more aware of the necessity of proper water-management and research on and around archaeological sites.
Currently she is writing a PhD thesis on water management, hydrology and the in situ preservation of buried archaeological sites. The main goal of this study is to contribute to a risk assessment system to evaluate threats coming from changing environmental conditions induced by changing water management.

Recent projects

• Strategic Partnerships in River Corridors (SPARC)
• Archeologische kwaliteit op Peil: Inventory of groundwatergauges located on and nearby Dutch archaeological sites (SENTER).
• Kortlopende studie waterbeheer en archeologie: Inventory of the Dutch policy and legislation of watermanagement and its consequences for the Dutch archeological heritage management (NWO).
• Sustainability and archaeological heritage. The deterioration of botanical remains with regard to the physical protection of archaeological sites and landscapes in the Netherlands (NWO).
• PhD study on water-management, hydrology and preservation in-situ archaeological soil archive.
• Project management and specialist involvement in monitoring studies 
 

Selected publications

Berg, Martine van den, Hans Huisman, Henk Kars, Henk van Haaster & Johan Kool (2010): Assessing in situ preservation of archaeological wetland sites by chemical analysis of botanical remains and micromorphology. In: The Cultural Landscape & Heritage Paradox. Protection and Development of the Dutch Archaeological-Historical Landscape and its European Dimension. Tom Bloemers, Henk Kars, Arnold van der Valk Mies Wijnen (eds.). Landscape & Heritage Studies, PROCEEDINGS. LHS, Amsterdam University Press.

Berg, M.M. van den & M. Vorenhout (2010): Driel, De Breekenhof, monitoring van grondwaterspiegel archeologische vindplaatsen 2007-2010. IGBA rapport 2010-02. Instituut voor Geo- en Bioarcheologie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den & G Aalbersberg, RH van Heeringen (2006): Archeologische Kwaliteit op Peil. Bestaande grondwatermeetnetten en het erfgoedbeheer. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 5. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology.

Berg, MM van den & EA Hatzmann (2005): Water en archeologisch erfgoed. Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 30. Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, Amersfoort.

Berg, MM van den, H Kars, DJ Huisman, RM van Heeringen (2008): Climate Change, water-management, and the preservation of archaeological sites. In: Preserving archaeological remains in situ. Proceedings of the 3rd conference 7-9 December 2006, Amsterdam. H Kars & RM van Heeringen (eds.). Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 10. Institute for Geo and Bioarchaeology, VU University, Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den & A Smit (2007): River Wietze. Part A: Desktop study on possible impact of re-creation of wetland on the cultural heritage in the valley of the river Wietze around Langenhagen-Isernhagen. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den (2007): Larjean Gardens. Desktop study on possible impact of a purification marsh on the cultural heritage on and around Larjean Gardens. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den & A Smit (2008): Runde Valley. Part A: Desktop study on on possible impact of rehabilitationon of the Rubde Brook on the cultural heritage in the Runde Valley. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den (2008): Ganer and Omme river. Desktop study on possible impact of wetland creation on the cultural heritage in the Ganer and Omme river basins. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den & A Smit (2008): Halkaer wetland and lake. Desktop study on possible impact of wetland creation on the cultural heritage in the mouth of the Halkaer river basin. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Kraker, AMJ & MM van den Berg (2008): Part B: De Runde and its surroundings: a historical-geographical  development, and an assessment of the present landscape re-development. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Kraker, AMJ & MM van den Berg (2008): Deel B: De Runde en haar omgeving; de historisch-geografische ontwikkeling met een beoordeling van de herontwikkeling van het huidige landschap. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.

Berg, MM van den (2008): Safeguarding and monitoring of below ground archaeology in river corridors and wetland environments. Strategic Partners on River Corridors (SPARC), Interreg IIIB North Sea Region programme. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeology, VU-University Amsterdam.