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archaeology
is a source of information about the past; our own past, “the here and then” so to say. Who do we want to have been? And how do we “know” that? Archaeology provides us with information about |
| the daily life of the past, of ordinary people, but as well about the very high and very low class people. It is a kind of “monkey watching” and as well: “how did people live back then without electricity, without all the comforts we now have? Were they smarter because they were more inventive with the simple means they had? Or were people back then more backward because they hadn’t invented yet all those things we now ...?” |
| “Who do we want to have been” also counts for the public. We can understand each other better if we know our own backgrounds, also those of our parents and ancestors. Of course we live in the present and not in the past. We can’t relive the past at all, but we can learn from it. Often this is even fun, both for the young and old. The public is very often quite interested, because the past is something personal, something very near. And a presentation with a low threshold is in that case an excellent means to bring the past closer by. |
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| In 2001, a short documentary appeared on national television. In Zelhem, a simple first church was constructed – temporarily – as reminder that 1200 years before at that same spot, Saint Ludger founded the first little church. Soon plans arose for a more permanent church. This of course should not just withstand the times, but should as well appear reasonably authentic, a good little wooden building that is. In the following 5 years, Roeland Paardekooper regularly advised the workgroup, together with Colleague Jeroen Flamman, on the one hand on content (how were wooden churches and more general – wooden buildings – constructed in the 9th – 11th century), on the other hand concerning safety, public, permits and the such. The advisory board conatins further an architect and different people concerned from Zelhem itself |
October 7, 2006, the new old church was festively inaugurated and is inserted into an archaeological cycling route (TRAP). For more information: http://www.ludgerkerkje.nl |
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