Archaeological salvage excavation of a Roman settlement within the Ghent harbor. Ghent University
This project aims at excavating an extensive Roman settlement threatened by the construction of the Ghent harbor, called the Kluizendok.
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Aanvulling van de Onderzoeksbalans archeologie, hoofdstuk Romeins Update Research Inventory Archeology, Chapter Roman Period Ghent University
On December 11, 2008, the first version of the chapter ‘Roman period’ of the Archaeological Research Balance (1.0) was published online. This instrument aimed to provide a dynamic overview of archaeological research into this period, which would be continuously supplemented with new data.
However, updates have been lacking, and has now become an urgent necessity. Over the past 15 years, there has been tremendous growth in ...
Salt of the north. An interdisciplinary study of Roman salt production, distribution and consumption in the civitas Menapiorum Ghent University
Researchers concur that salt constituted a crucial part of the Gallo-Roman economy and in the civitas Menapiorum especially. Yet, curiously, little is known of the production process, the distribution to consumers and how salt affected the overall economic development of the region. This project aims to analyse these research questions through a multidisciplinary approach.
Transformations in animal husbandry and consumption patterns at the fringes of the Roman Empire. A zooarchaeological study of selected Roman sites in the civitas Menapiorum and Nerviorum (1st century BC- 4th century AD). Ghent University
This research is a zooarchaeological study executed on animal remains from Gallo-Roman sites with diverse socio-economic functions (rural, administrative, military) spread over multiple landscape components in Flanders. Through interdisciplinary research patterns in the relationship between food and social status and how the absorption in the Roman empire has influenced animal husbandry in farthest corners of the Imperium.