An ambitious program with 60 talks and 22 posters lies ahead of us now. The aim of the meeting
is to gain new insights into the complex interactions between mining activities and settlement,
trade, culture and environment; insights, which benefit from the interdisciplinary approach.
We expect that the presentation of recent results and the discussion between the disciplines
will open a new perspective on various aspects of mining, and that new research objectives
will result from this meeting. By temporal and spatial comparison of mining and miningrelated
activities throughout European history, commonalities and differences shall become
visible, allowing the recognition of patterns.
Peter Anreiter,Gert Goldenberg,Klaus Hanke,Rüdiger Krause,Walter Leitner,Franz Mathis,Kurt Nicolussi,Klaus Oeggl,Ernst Pernicka,Jörg Schibler,Ingo Schneider,Harald Stadler,Thomas Stöllner,Gerhard Tomedi,Peter Tropper