GAR
“Geo-archaeological research(GAR)” is a research, held initially in Weimar (Germany), which has indicated several phases of work and diverse areas as fieldwork.
This research aims to understand specific intercontinental geological phenomena, proposing the hypothesis of a geological fault, which took place in Europe and had other repercussions.
Phase 1:
Fieldwork: research of an anomaly (NWrA1), found in Weimar’s subsoil, which demonstrates the study object of our research. By the characteristics of the anomaly we would have to trace it to the Southern Atlantic (SAWr1).
Phase 2:
Lecture “Drawing a triangle”
Presentations:
-February 14th, 2009 - Stadtmuseum-Weimar,
-November 21st, 2009 - Geological Museum LNEG-Lisbon,
-December 14th, 2009 - University of Leicester, Symposium, ‘Materiality & Intangibility: Contested Zones’-Leicester
The phenomenon under study is illustrated in a map published in 1934 in Portugal, where the territories of Angola and Mozambique are on top of the European map.
This research will demonstrate that it is in this sense that the map should be read and not the opposite - Europe over these territories. During the lecture evidences, traces and benchmarks that allow us to propose a hypothesis to understand this geological phenomenon of intercontinental displacement will be presented.
The studies in Weimar had the support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the participation of different specialists, among them Catherine Grau, A.Silva and J.Amaral
Phase 3:
Budapest: collection of traces (under observation), demonstrating repercussions of the phenomenon in analysis on an island in the Danube.
The studies in Budapest were supported by the Budapest Galéria + CML.
Phase 4:
Trace NBz1: although crucial for mainline research, features characteristics that allow other scientific incursions and new narratives. In this way, and in a different context, we try to follow the vestige clues and proceed to its reconstruction.
'Geo-archaeological research (GAR) vestígio NBz1' in collaboration with Inês Costa Dias, and the participation of the specialists Sven Mayer and Sulaiman Mukarker in studies to reconstruct the trace. Presentation 6th to 16th of May, 2010, space Round the Corner of Teatro da Trindade.
First, the field of work was defined by two almost reversed triangles.
Given the complexity of the investigation it was necessary to destroy these triangles and consider a more complex figure. This perspective offers new directions in our research and therefore will require the extension of the field to other points, to define the fieldwork as a three-dimensional figure.
