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Zebrapatterns are paintings with black and white stripes, usually covering the lower zone of a wall and often divided in panels reminiscent of marble imitation. They were in use in the Vesuvius area during the second half of the first... more
Zebrapatterns are paintings with black and white stripes, usually covering the lower zone of a wall and often divided in panels reminiscent of marble imitation. They were in use in the Vesuvius area during the second half of the first century AD. Because they mainly appear in passage rooms, they have previously rarely been described and are generally thought to be secondary decoration, restricted to service areas. Thorough study of the pattern within its spatial context however leads to a different point of view: zebrapatterns were used in the first place to define public or common space.
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In this paper we discuss the fragmentary wall paintings found in a third-century Roman fort along the coast in present-day Oudenburg, Belgium.
The paper includes an English abstract and captions.
The paper includes an English abstract and captions.
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COMPLETE EDITION Creemers G. (Ed.), Archaeological Contributions to Materials and Immateriality, Atuatuca 4, Publications of the Gallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren, Tongeren, 2013.
Available! Creemers G. (Ed.), Archaeological Contributions to Materials and Immateriality, Atuatuca 4, Publications of the Gallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren, Tongeren, 2013.
Research Interests: Gallo-roman archaeology, Socketed Axes, Bronze Age metal hoard, Wall Paintings, Bronze Age metal hoards, and 20 moreTiberius (Emperor), Roman Wall Painting, Geistingen, Bronze Age Axes, Plomb, Archéologie gallo-romaine, Tungri, Eifel, Tongeren, Peinture Murale Romaine, Sarcophage En Plomb, Cité des Tongres, Römische Bleibarren, Objets en plomb, Ambiorix, Eburones, Plumbum, Bleiwinnung, Aduatuca, and Boduognat
In the second century AD in Borgharen near Maastricht (Netherlands) a Roman villa rustica was situated on a gravel bed in the flood plan of the river Meuse. After the villa was abandoned and most of the building material was cleared away,... more
In the second century AD in Borgharen near Maastricht (Netherlands) a Roman villa rustica was situated on a gravel bed in the flood plan of the river Meuse. After the villa was abandoned and most of the building material was cleared away, in the 6th and 7th century the same spot was used as a cemetery.
The report presents the results of the 2008 and 2009 excavation campaigns and the following research.
The very meticulous way of excavating combined with the work of several specialist has given information not only about the villa, the graveyard and the burial ritual itself, but also about the formation processes. All kinds of methods are used, for instance Rontgen spectrometry to study the pigments in Roman plaster and Merovingian beads, physical anthropological research and study of DNA gave information about relationship of the buried people; study of (C14-dated) intrusive anaimals was very informative about formation processes.
The research was carried out by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) in cooperation with experts of the municipality of Maastricht, the University of Amsterdam, University of Leiden, and other institutes.
The report presents the results of the 2008 and 2009 excavation campaigns and the following research.
The very meticulous way of excavating combined with the work of several specialist has given information not only about the villa, the graveyard and the burial ritual itself, but also about the formation processes. All kinds of methods are used, for instance Rontgen spectrometry to study the pigments in Roman plaster and Merovingian beads, physical anthropological research and study of DNA gave information about relationship of the buried people; study of (C14-dated) intrusive anaimals was very informative about formation processes.
The research was carried out by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) in cooperation with experts of the municipality of Maastricht, the University of Amsterdam, University of Leiden, and other institutes.
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In 2010-2011 bestudeerde Lara Laken in opdracht van het Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed (VIOE, tegenwoordig: agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed) Romeins beschilderd pleisterwerk uit opgravingen in Tongeren en Oudenburg. De... more
In 2010-2011 bestudeerde Lara Laken in opdracht van het Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed (VIOE, tegenwoordig: agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed) Romeins beschilderd pleisterwerk uit opgravingen in Tongeren en Oudenburg. De Oudenburgse schilderingen worden behandeld in dit rapport, dat in het najaar van 2011 door de opdrachtgever is goedgekeurd. De tekst van dit rapport diende als uitgangspunt voor een artikel door Lara Laken en Sofie Vanhoutte in Relicta (Laken & Vanhoutte 2015). De inhoud van een aantal hoofdstukken is min of meer ongewijzigd overgenomen, maar sommige delen van het rapport zijn achterwege gelaten. De ongewijzigde tekst van rapport en bijlagen uit 2011 in het 15e deel van de Auxiliaria vormt derhalve een aanvulling op het artikel, voor wie bijvoorbeeld meer over het bestudeerde materiaal te weten wil komen of meer wil lezen over de toegepaste werkwijze en de aanbevelingen voor verder onderzoek en toekomstige opgravingen van beschilderd pleisterwerk.