Land and Ancestors
Cultural Dynamics in the Urnfield Period of the Middle Ages in the Southern Netherlands
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
399 pages
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8-3/4 x 12
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© 1999
This volume includes an interdisciplinary research programme involving archaeological, anthropological and historical perspectives on different dimensions of the landscape. Although directed towards a specific region, the intensity of the archaeological fieldwork and the large scale of the excavations allow for interpretations that are important for the Northwest European Plain as a whole. Contributions include the publication of primary data of excavations published for the first time and analysis on a more abstract level. The studies include among others: Urnfield symbolism, ancestors and the land in the Lower Rhine Region (Roymans/Kortlang); Urnfield and settlement traces from the Iron Age at Mierlo-Hout (Tol); The archaeology and history of the curia of the abbey of St. Truiden at Hulsel (Theuws); Gift exchange, eternity and landed property. The foundation and endowment of the Premonstratensian priory at Postel (Bijsterveld).
Contents
Preface
Long term perspectives on man and landscape in the Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region. An introduction, Nico Roymans/Frans Theuws
Urnfield symbolism, ancestors and the land in the Lower Rhine Region, Nico Roymans/Fokko Kortlang
The Early Iron Age urnfield of Beegden, Nico Roymans (with a contribution by Menno Hoogland)
Urnfield and settlement traces from teh Iron Age at Mierlo-Hut, Adri Tol
The Iron Age urnfield and settlement from Someren -- 'Waterdael', Fokko Kortlang
Late Iron Age human skeletal remains from the river Meuse at Kessel: a river cult place? Muuk ter Schegget
The archaeology and history of the curia of the abbey of Saint Trond at Hulsel (province of North Brabant) (c. AD 700-1300)
Gift exchange, landed property and eternity. The foundation and endowment of the Premonstratensian priory of Postel (1128.1138-1179), Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld
Local communities in their landscape in the rent district of Eersel/Bergeyk (14th-16th centuries) Daniel Vangheluwe
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