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Medieval farmsteads in Gasselte (Province of Drenthe)

Authors

  • H.T. Waterbolk
  • O.H. Harsema

Abstract

(p. 228)

The extensive excavations of settlements in Drenthe in Elp and Angelslo-Emmerhout (Bronze Age), Hijken and Noord Barge (i.e. Pre-Roman Iron Age), Wijster (the Roman period) and Odoorn (the Merovingian and Carolingian periods) form a series that spans almost completely th etime from the 13th century B.C. until the 9th century A.D. (Van der Waals & Butler, 1973-75; Harsema, 1974a, 1976; Van Es, 1967; Waterbolk, 1973a). Assuming that each of these settlements is more or less representative for its period - just as the present-day, at least the 19th century villages of Drenthe show a great degree of uniformity over the whole region in terms of situation, structure, farmhouse type and type of agricultural occupation carried out - from the results of the excavations it is possible to study the various problems of development of house forms, of settlement structure, of food economy and of continuity of occupation.

Published

2014-12-14

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