During the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, Flemings fought as mercenaries in the Norman armies. Little is known about the Flemings who, following the Norman-Conquest, settled in the ...read more
The project aims at analyzing the relationship between the technical properties of flint artefacts from various prehistoric sites in the Scheldt valley and the origin and weathering of micro wear ...read more
African Red Slip Ware was produced from the 1st to the 7th century AD in the Roman provinces of modern-day Tunisia, Algeria and Libya and exported to the whole Mediterranean ...read more
This thesis studies Roman commercial and productive cityscapes and integrates three perspectives. The topics each address Roman economic architecture and space and its spatial organisation in towns from a different ...read more
In Italy, almost 1/3 of the Roman urban settlements were abandoned between the fourth and the eighth century but, more generally, it is the concept of city itself which changed, ...read more
The site was explored at previous occasions: by P. Dikaios in 1952, by V. Karageorghis in 1981-1982 and, more recently, in 2010-2013, by V. Karageorghis and A. Kanta. Since 2014, ...read more
This project finally enables the full examination of five of the earliest agricultural sites ever excavated in the sandy lowlands of Flanders. Focus on material culture finds such as pottery ...read more
Archaeological coring surveys conducted in 2007-2008 in the floodplain of the Upper Scheldt River led to the discovery of a stratified multiperiod wetland site at the locality of Kerkhove. The ...read more
Archaeological coring surveys conducted in 2007-2008 in the floodplain of the Upper Scheldt River led to the discovery of a stratified multiperiod wetland site at the locality of Kerkhove. The ...read more
How did rural communities cope with the devastations of war in the pre-modern world? The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which pitched the maritime empire of Athens against the heavy infantry ...read more