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Medieval moated sites in coastal Flanders: the impact of social groups on the formation of the landscape in relation to the early estates of the Count of Flanders. In: De Groote K., Tys D. & Pieters M. (eds.): Exchanging Medieval Material Culture Stud Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The phenomenon of the moated site of coastal Flanders was one of the first important themes in Frans Verhaeghe's research. He rather early touched the archaeological problem of the cognitive aspects of material culture and of the use of symbols as "active means of constructing continuously changing realities". He was right in stressing the link between the general social and symbolic meaning and use of these moats and the use of moats in the ...
“Between Legal Action and Performance: The firmatio of Charters in the Early Middle Ages”, in M. Mostert – P.S. Barnwell (eds.), Medieval Legal Process. Physical, Spoken and Written Performance in the Middle Ages (Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, vol Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Antwerp (Belgium) – a ninth-century Viking town? From Early Medieval trading place to Ottonian power centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In Antwerp, the Department of Archaeology of the City of Antwerp, supported by the developer of the site, Immpact, as well as the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Flemish Heritage Institute were able to develop large-scale excavations in the oldest centre of the town in 2008-2009. This oldest centre is the so-called "Burg" of Antwerp, a D-shaped fortress that goes back to at least the Ottonian period (FIG 1). Already in the 1950s and 1960s, ...
A micromorphological study of the origins of an early medieval trading centre: the case study of Antwerp, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Diet and mobility in early medieval coastal Belgium: Challenges of interpreting multi-isotopic data Vrije Universiteit Brussel
During the early medieval period (5th–9th century CE), the North Sea coastal societies were involved in long distance maritime trade relations, which resulted in a pronounced mobility of individuals throughout the North Sea area. This work presents the first isotope data from human remains on diet and mobility from early medieval Belgian coastal populations. A total of 23 out of 51 excavated individuals from the archaeological site of ...
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 ...
Early medieval reliance on the land and the local: An integrated multiisotope study (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, δ13C, δ15N) of diet and migration in Co. Meath, Ireland Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Three early medieval Irish communities within a 30-km radius in Co. Meath, Ireland, have been examined using multiple isotopes (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, δ13C, δ15N) to elucidate human and domesticated animal subsistence and provenance. Existing 87Sr/86Sr data from geochemical mapping of contemporary soils, plants and streamwater were compared to human and animal tooth enamel 87Sr/86Sr to assess potential past human migration, in combination with δ18O ...
Portraits of the city: representing urban space in later medieval and early Modern Europe Universiteit Gent
During the last decades, representations of medieval and early modern urban space have witnessed an increasing popularity as objects of study within the historical disciplines. Scholars with different backgrounds investigate urban landscapes in various forms and using a wide range of media. In general, such ‘portraits of the city’ cover different types of visual and written documents. The twelve essays gathered here all cover specific types of ...