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SSSB excursion 2023 to the Northern Campine

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non-Member – €95.00
The excursion is exclusive to members, so the fee is 60 Euro for members. Non-members may register here for the event and automatically get a 1 year SSSB membership (fee 35 eur) + access to the profiles, excursion guide, transportation, and drink during the ‘Sundowner’.
SSSB Member – €60.00
This fee includes access to the profiles, excursion guide, transportation, and drink during the ‘Sundowner’.

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SSSB Excursion Campines 12 May 2023

Our excursion will include:

Geo-archeological excavations in the cover sands of Lommel Kristalpark: during this visit Prof. Bart Vanmontfort and Dr. Marjolein Visser will unearth on the remnants of a hunter-gatherers society from late -glacial to early Holocene times. The excavations with huge horizontal sections not only show early human history, but also reveal numerous late-glacial soil- and terrain features which have marked past and present soil genesis. Take a stroll through truly spectacular Podzols and Allerød ice-features, set foot in a prehistoric camp or take refuge in a 20^th century ammunition bunker.
University forest Beverbeek, Hamont-Achel: Dr. Stefaan Dondeyne will take us on a below-ground trip to the Middle-Ages with Plaggic Anthrosols along with related landscape and land use features (Pine forest with human disturbed Podzols; forest conversion, wetlands with bog myrtle and outfields separated from the infields by a ditch and an earthen bank (Dutch: ‘wolvensprong ’).
A step over the border to the ‘Kraanvenne’ nature reserve with shifting dunes and Heathlands
A final stop at Achel Kluis for our society’s famous ‘Sundowner’!