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Dark Earth in the geoarchaeological approach to urban contexts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Soil micromorphology in urban research: early medieval Antwerp (Belgium) and Viking Age Kaupang (Norway) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Soil micromorphology, a method that analyzes undisturbed soils and sediments in thin section using petrographic microscopes, has proven a useful tool for the study of archaeological sites. In particular, this geoarchaeological method is suitable for tackling a number of questions that are recurrent in research on early medieval towns and are often difficult to study with other methods. The starting point of the research that prompted this paper ...
Geoarchaeological study of abandoned Roman urban and suburban contexts from central Adriatic Italy Ghent University
Urban environmental archaeology in Brussels (Belgium): perspectives at the onset of the 21st century Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Over the last decades a specific research protocol aiming at optimizing the integration of environmental archaeology within the urban archaeological practice has been developed in Brussels. Its systematic application has enriched our knowledge on many aspects of urban development. Current research addresses three main topics: urban Dark Earth and the origins of Brussels, the evolution of the regional landscape and urban economy and personal ...
An integrated micromorphological and phytolith study of urban soils and sediments from the Gallo-Roman town Atuatuca Tungrorum, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tongeren is the only Roman administrative capital within the borders of present‐day Belgium. It developed in the first century A.D. and became an important civitas. Many excavations in the center of town have uncovered complex stratigraphic sequences, including dark earths, dating to Roman as well as early medieval times. Their interpretation, based on traditional archaeological methods, often remains problematic. A large‐scale excavation at ...
Near total and inorganic phosphorus concentrations as a proxy for identifying ancient activities in urban contexts: The example of dark earth in Brussels, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Urban stratigraphy is characterized by complicated sequences resulting from many superimposed phases of human occupation and activity. Parts of these deposits are difficult to interpret solely based on field data. One typical example is “dark earth”: thick, dark-colored, humic, homogeneous archaeological deposits covering large areas. The correct interpretation of dark earths requires a geoarchaeological approach that involves ...
A Biographical Approach to Urban Communities from a Geoarchaeological Perspective: High-Definition Applications and Case Studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper presents an overview of methodological and theoretical advances in the geoarchaeological study of towns in north-west Europe, c. ad 750-1450. The interpretations based on these new results are anchored within a theoretical framework of ‘Biographies of Place’. This framework offers a strong fit with geoarchaeological methods, and through five themes related to urbanism this paper shows a perspective that bridges geoarchaeology and ...