Medieval and Modern Matters

Abstract Many early medieval cemeteries contain graves that were reopened in the years following the burials. In the traditional literature, such post-depositional interventions are usually interpreted as cases of grave robbery, a criminal activity primarily instigated by economic motives. However, as has been noted by various scholars, not all aspects of these practices tally with this hypothesis equally well. The ‘robbers’ Read More

Abstract Since the early 1980s, the University of Amsterdam has been carrying out a research programme on the development of medieval society and landscape in the Middle Ages in the Kempen region. Early interpretations of the data of the excavations were related to how the region developed during its integration in the Merovingian and Carolingian ‘states’. Now, almost thirty years later, many new excavations, new Read More

Abstract The Roermond hoard was dredged from a gravel pit near the river Maas in 1968, but was found in the transported gravel 200 km downstream in Goes. Containing 1134 coins with a youngest date of 853–4 and at least 26 silver objects weighing 2260 g altogether, it is the largest mixed hoard from the Carolingian Empire. The original hoard must have been considerably larger. The coins were published by Van Read More

Abstract The development of Utrecht in the early medieval period was an intermittent process. There were regular breaks in habitation from the beginning of the Roman period to the end of the tenth century. There is also evidence that different locations were used for habitation, and more especially burial, in different periods. Only the former Roman castellum was more or less permanently occupied. In the early tenth Read More

Abstract The area where the three main rivers of the north-eastern Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region converge is remarkable. Over time, three central places have been located there: Halder in the Roman period, Vught in the Early and High Middle Ages, and ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Late Middle Ages. Various authors have already pointed to the importance of this area. Several authors have also named Vught as the predecessor Read More

Abstract Many medieval settlements have been excavated in the southern parts of the Netherlands and adjacent regions in recent decades. Although much attention is usually devoted to the pottery and botanical remains recovered from the postholes of the buildings, the formation processes of these finds remain obscure. This contribution examines why some postholes contain more finds than others. Some general Read More

Abstract Joëlle Burnouf, Danielle Arribet-Deroin, Bruno Desachy, Florence Journot & Anne Nissen-Jaubert. 2009: Manuel d’archéologie médiévale et moderne. (Frans Verhaeghe), p. 295. – Élizabeth Zadora-Rio (dir.). 2008: Des paroisses de Touraine aux communes d’Indre-et-Loire. La formation des territories. (Philippe Mignot), p. 296. – Koen De Groote. 2008: Middeleeuws aardewerk in Vlaanderen. Techniek, typologie, Read More