DUTCH

Het vroegmiddeleeuwse grafveld van Broechem - Catalogus

By Rica Annaert

Book information

Publisher
Habelt
Year
2018
ISBN
9783774941748
Language
dutch
Format
PDF
Filesize
107 MB (112518028 bytes)
Series
Relicta Monographs 17
Pages
\100
Topic
History Archaeology
Time added
2025-04-10 13:35:27
BelgiumcemeteryMerovingian

Description

The chance discovery of two intact Merovingian pots in 2001 led to a large-scale archaeological investigation in the Nierlenders district of Broechem. During the research, conducted between 2001–2003 and 2007–2010, an extensive Merovingian cemetery came to light. With 513 graves, it is currently the largest early medieval burial ground in Flanders. This publication, part of the Relicta Monographs series number 17, consists of two volumes totaling 893 pages. The first volume compiles the results of the investigation. It is the first early medieval cemetery in Flanders to include significant interdisciplinary contributions: research on textiles and leather, costume studies, wood analyses, physical anthropology of cremation and dental remains, seed and fruit analysis, charcoal studies, strontium isotope analysis, and more. The second volume contains an extensive catalog of the graves and other traces, richly illustrated with grave plans and drawings of the finds.

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