Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA)
In the national context of the German Federal Republic, the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein occupies a special position by virtue of its geographical location – bordered to the west by the North Sea and the North Atlantic and to the east by the Baltic Sea, and connecting the Central European Continent with Scandinavia by way of the Jutland Peninsula. In this way, Schleswig-Holstein defines its national and European position as a link between north and south, east and west.
It was in this environment that the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) was founded in September 2008. Its role, as an extra-mural university research institution, is to carry out archaeological research in the North Sea/Baltic region and in Scandinavia. At the same time, there is a focus on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods and the 1st Millennium AD (Roman Iron Age, Migration period, Merovingian period, Carolingian period, Early Middle Ages, Viking Age).
Other aspects of the Centre include the Archaeozoological Workgroup (AZA) and research into AMS dating. Moreover, as a part of the foundation Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, the ZBSA also presents its current research results to the general public by way of exhibitions.
