Archeologisch onderzoek aan de Harstenhoek in Scheveningen 🔨

The Archaeological Working Group Netherlands (AWN) is collaborating with the Archaeology Department of the Municipality of The Hague on a project being carried out on Harstenhoekweg in Scheveningen. A large sand drift has formed here because the wind has blown away the sandy subsoil. As a result, an entire archaeological layer has suddenly come to the surface. Finds from various periods have been made in the sand drift. For instance, pottery and bone from the Iron Age have already been discovered, as well as pieces of porcelain and glass from the more modern era. The finds are being manually uncovered and examined. Traces are measured using digital measuring equipment, and all the excavated sand is sifted so that even the smallest pieces of pottery and bone material can be collected and examined. In this vlog, various people involved explain what this project means for archaeology, nature, and the residents of The Hague.