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Roeland Paardekooper at an archeology conference in Italy

Roeland Pieterszoon Paardekooper (born March 17, 1970 in Eindhoven ) is a Dutch archaeologist .

Life

Paardekooper is the son of Petrus Cornelis Jozef Maria Paardekooper, professor of language studies. From 1997 he studied archeology at the University of Leiden, specializing in European prehistory . In 2012, he received his PhD from the University of Exeter on archaeological open air museums .

From 1981 he worked at the Historisch Openluchtmuseum Eindhoven . As part of the EU project liveARCH , he published numerous articles on archaeological open-air museums. The subject of this project was the professionalization of the archaeological open-air museums in eight countries. Paardekooper was also significantly involved in the design of the follow-up project OpenArch . In addition, Paardekooper is co-founder and current director of EXARC, an international association of international open-air museums and experimental archaeologists . The association has more than 120 members from around 25 countries and is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) .

From the beginning of October 2013 to May 2016, Paardekooper was director of the Archaeological Open-Air Museum in Oerlinghausen .

In September 2015, Paardekooper received the Museum Horizon Award from the intercontinental museum network SAMP for its contribution to the professionalization of archaeological open-air museums in the areas of financial management, interpretation and public relations .

Services

Between 1995 and 2003, Paardekooper played a key role in the expansion of the world shop in Leidener Burgsteeg, for which he was honored in April 2012 by the city of Eindhoven. As the youngest decorated in the province of North Brabant in 2012, Paardekooper was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau .

Publications

  • together with Jodi Reeves Flores: Experiments Past: Histories of Experimental Archeology . Sidestone, Leiden 2014, ISBN 978-90-8890-251-2 (English).
  • together with Penny Cunningham, Julia Heeb: Experiencing archeology by experiment: proceedings of the Experimental Archeology Conference, Exeter 2007 . Oxbow, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-1-84217-342-8 (English).
  • The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use. Understanding Archaeological Open-Air Museums and their Visitors . Sidestone, Leiden 2012, ISBN 978-90-8890-103-4 (English, doctoral thesis at the University of Exeter).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vanessa Rosteck: From June, Karl Banghard will take over the management of the Archaeological Open Air Museum again . In: New Westphalian . May 10, 2016 ( online [accessed January 2, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Acknowledgment for museum director Roeland Paardekooper on LZ.de from September 18, 2015
  3. ↑ toegekende onderscheidingen gesorteerd op naam (PDF; 1.2 MB) Omroep Brabant (Dutch)
personal data
SURNAME Paardekooper, Roeland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paardekooper, Roeland Pieterszoon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Eindhoven