CH-QUAT Annual Meeting 2026
Humans in the Quaternary
Venue
Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, 3012 Bern
Meeting place
Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern
Display map on Google MapsThe meeting was dedicated to the theme “Humans in the Quaternary.” Humans have adapted to, influenced, and interpreted Quaternary environments across time and space.
Keynote speakers:
- Prof. Christian Rohr (University of Bern): The Worst Catastrophe ever: Imaginations and Explanations of the Deluge from Ancient Mesopotamia to Early Modern Science
- Caroline Heitz (University of Berne) and Kristin Ismail-Meyer (University of Basel): Years without summer, centuries of cold: Climate change resilience and vulnerabilities of Bronze Age Waterfront Communities
- Philipp Senn (NAGRA): Lange Zeiträume und Informationspflicht über Generationen: ein Werkstattbesuch bei der Nagra
- Renate Ebersbach (Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Baden-Württemberg): From Physalis alkekengi to PalaFitFood – a culinary journey through the world of neolithic pile dwellers
- Prof. Sarah Nemiah Ladd (University of Basel): Sedimentary molecular fossils record past cyanobacteria abundance in Swiss lake
- Prof. Joseph R. McConnell (Desert Research Institute, Nevada): History in ice: Estimating impacts of Roman-era industry on health