 Mijn naam is Marjolein Wotring, ik ben project-manager van Archie Hotspot. Een nieuw concept van participatie en archeologie in de Nederland. Eerst laten we de concept uitleggen. Archie Hotspot is plaats van museum, excavatiezijds en historieke locaties waar we in de wereld van archeologie kunnen stijgen, zonder alle barrières in je achterkant te houden. Waar archeologische objecten gewoon op de tafel zijn en waar je om jezelf te pakken, assisteer met de research en vragen alle vragen die je kunt hebben over archeologie. Op Archie Hotspot kan de publiek in archeologische researchen en met reale archeologen. Archeologische volonteers en andere supporten de publiek in areas of research die anders zouden worden gebleven, zoals puzzeling-together fragmenten of sorgen-residue van een cespit. Waarschijnlijk kunnen de publiek hun eigen vormen om ze te beëvaliëren, ontstaan of uitleggen. Het unieke ding over elke archeologie is dat het het eigen lokale, originele thema heeft. Bijvoorbeeld in Castellum Hogewoord, in de Lijtserijn district of Utrecht, zijn er mainly locally excavated Roman materials, zoals roof tiles. En in Lelystad, de Batavia land archeologisch die zal soon beopend zijn, concentreren op maritime heritage. En in Boxdol, de prehistoric museum is de oudste financemuseum in Nederland. Het project is een initiatief van de Alapusa Museum in Amsterdam, waar de eerste archeologische spot open is na de eind 2014. Het concept is nu rond 4 jaar oud van sterkte tot sterkte. En de idee achter is om de publiek te ontwikkelen om in archeologische research te participeren en te introduceren van lege mensen naar het gebied. Volonteers staffen de archeologische spot en procesen de archeologische vormen op de dagen wanneer er niet veel of niet veel bezoekers zijn. Als er ervan van de publiek zijn, volonteers helpen ze met hun research en zeggen de verhaal achter het. Zoals volonteers zijn de drijf achter de archeologische spot. Het seemed obvious dat er een collaboratie zou zijn met de AWN, de association van amateurs of volonteers in archeologie in Nederland. Maar de volonteers staffen in archeologische spot niet nodig moeten zijn om deze association te zijn. Ze kunnen ook gewoon mensen die de publiek genieten en in archeologie en historie interesseven. We're a small national organization which not only supports new and existing locations in setting up of permanent and temporary hotspots. We also help to train and develop volunteers. And to guarantee a certain quality in the various hotspots training is offered to all volunteers and this covers everything from specific archeology related knowledge to general ethics and hospitality. So we have been offering training courses in legislation and ethics but also in Roman archeological finds and general introduction to archeology for those who have no archeological background. You can find archeological hotspots in different types of locations such as museums or heritage centres. At the moment we have eight permanent hotspots en two will be opening shortly so we end up with 10 hotspots throughout the country and in addition to permanent hotspots we're also opening so-called mobile hotspots or pop-up hotspots and they are regularly used at festivals, markets and we have a certain event in the Netherlands called Dutch National Archeology Days and then you see all kind of institutions using mobile hotspots Together all these hotspots form a Knowledge and Information Network and the coordinators of the various hotspots get together on a regular basis to exchange information and share their experiences and they can also use each other's network to gather information for example on an object that the visitor has brought in. A new phase was launched at the beginning of 2016 to improve distribution across the Netherlands we're almost at the end of that phase and I think it's kind of spread around the Netherlands At the moment I think around 120.000 people have so far made use of it and the emphasis lies not only on archaeological research but also on learning and informing the public It's possible to visit a hotspot with your own finds and you can ask any kind of unrelated archaeological question about it Archaeology volunteers public and active participation are the keywords that make the concept a success In fact such a success that the project recently received the Grote Archaeologieprijs which is a major Dutch Archaeology Award More and more municipalities and provinces are discovering the possibilities of archaeologists fulfilling their public duty Although sometimes it's a bit of a core to work with a depot in question to find suitable materials without detracting from the depot's core responsibility Yet it can also do something for the public for the depots and the academic world In fact, usually depots are full of unfinished research and unique objects but there's often a lack of opportunities to do anything with them Archaeology hotspots offer the opportunity to follow this kind of situation up in a useful and interactive manner I've got one example I don't have a picture of it but there was a project in Nijmegen which was called Looking for Mitras This project was being sorted in the Archaeology hotspot and contributed directly to an outstanding hypothesis dat couldn't be tested earlier because the necessary archaeological finds hadn't been sorted Once these were sorted in the Archaeology hotspot it became apparent that the hypothesis had to be disproved which was satisfying for the analysis as well as for the volunteers Thank you