Recently, carabid remains from excavations in Flanders, Belgium, have been used in palaeoecological reconstructions while other insect groups have been excluded. The reasons for this option are discussed. The potential value of cara-bids... more
Recently, carabid remains from excavations in Flanders, Belgium, have been used in palaeoecological reconstructions while other insect groups have been excluded. The reasons for this option are discussed. The potential value of cara-bids in archaeological research is illustrated by two examples. The first example, from a Roman well at Burst (East-Flanders, Belgium), shows that the carabid fauna can reveal changes in land use during the period the well was functional. The second example illustrates how the palaeoecological analysis of the carabid fauna from a well inside the cathedral of Antwerp (Belgium) helps to date the architectural history of the monument.
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Colloquium: To sea or not to sea - 2nd international colloquium on maritime and fluvial archaeology in the southern North Sea area, Brugge (Belgium), 21-23 September 2006: book of abstracts = Colloquium: Ter zee of niet ter zee - 2de internationaal colloquium over maritieme en fluviale archeologi...more
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Aspecten van de materiële leefwereld in een laatmiddeleeuws vissersmilieu in het zuidelijk Noordzeegebied. Een bijdrage tot de middeleeuwse rurale archeologie, in zonderheid naar aanleiding van de opgravingen te Raversijde (stad Oostende, provincie West-Vlaanderen, België). Bijlage 5: Tussentijds...more
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Le village de pêcheurs de Walraversijde et son approvisionnement en eau au quinzième siècle (Oostende, Belgique) = The fishing village of Walraversijde and its water supply in the 15th century (Oostende, Belgium) = Das Fischerdorf Walraversijde und seine Wasserversorgung im 15. Jahrhundert (Ooste...more
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Het archeologisch onderzoek van visserij, handel en piraterij: de materiële leefwereld van Walraversijde en andere laatmiddeleeuwse en vroeg-moderne vissersgemeenschappen langs de zuidelijke Noordzee = The archaeology of fishery, trade and piracy: the material environment of Walraversijde and oth...more
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GM) approche à grands pas. Cela va entraîner un regain d’intérêt, partout dans le monde, pour le patrimoine culturel subaquatique lié à cette conflagration mondiale. Tout a commencé par la convention de l’UNESCO sur la protection du... more
GM) approche à grands pas. Cela va entraîner un regain d’intérêt, partout dans le monde, pour le patrimoine culturel subaquatique lié à cette conflagration mondiale. Tout a commencé par la convention de l’UNESCO sur la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique (Paris, 2001). Cette convention est entrée en vigueur le 2 janvier 2009 et a fêté son 10ème anniversaire fin 2011 par un colloque scientifique à Bruxelles. Au moment d’écrire ces lignes (août 2013), 45 pays ont déjà ratifié cette convention et un nombre croissant de pays envisagent d’abandonner les objections qu’ils avaient initialement à son encontre. La Belgique y a adhéré le 5 août 2013. À l’heure actuelle, la France et la Belgique sont les deux seuls pays de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest à avoir ratifié cette convention. Il faut espérer que les autres pays bordant la Mer du Nord, comme les Pays-Bas, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne et le Danemark, finiront par suivre l’exemple de la France et de la Belgique. La convention de l’UN...
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Walraversijde 1465. De bloeiperiode van een vissersdorp aan de zuidelijke Noordzeekust = L'âge d'or d'un village de pêcheurs sur la côte méridionale de la mer du Nord = Die Blüteperiode eines Fischerdorfs an der südlichen Nordseeküste = The heyday of a fishing village situated on the southern par...more
Nearly fifteen years of systematic archaeological research at Walraversijde, a deserted late medieval fishing village situated on the Flemish coast next to Ostend, has been carried out concomitantly with a large-scale analysis of the... more
Nearly fifteen years of systematic archaeological research at Walraversijde, a deserted late medieval fishing village situated on the Flemish coast next to Ostend, has been carried out concomitantly with a large-scale analysis of the landscape and its available written sources. This combination provides a huge database without comparison for the study of late medieval and early modern fishing communities in the southern part of the North Sea area. This chapter focuses on the evolution of this settlement from a probable seasonal fishing settlement in the twelfth or thirteenth centuries to a permanent and flourishing fishing village, which was finally deserted in the late sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries. Historical records show the presence of fishermen from Walraversijde in English ports, and these fishing activities were commercially oriented, which is also shown by the archaeological record. Keywords: archaeological record; English ports; fishermen; fishing activities; fishing village; medieval fishing settlement; north sea; Walraversijde
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Probleme der Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet I 26, ,: ,.. I-. , .97-121 I Oldenburg 1999 ,4 540 hiende - Beigem " "y'"""b,t Human occupation because of a regression, or the cause of a... more
Probleme der Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet I 26, ,: ,.. I-. , .97-121 I Oldenburg 1999 ,4 540 hiende - Beigem " "y'"""b,t Human occupation because of a regression, or the cause of a transgression? A critical review of the interaction between geological events and ...