The Excavation Near Wijnaldum [Hardcover]

This volume contains the first results from the excavation of a terp at Wijnaldum in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. The excavation was carried out as a joint venture between the University of Groningen and the University of Amsterdam from 1991 until 1993, and was the starting point of an interdisciplinary project on Frisia Magna in the first millennium AD: a time when Frisia became an important influence on the international trade and political stage in Northwest Europe.

This volume describes Wijnaldum, how it was once a cradle of political and economic growth, and how the cultural heritage of the great days of Frisian history is now severely threatened in parts of the terp region.Containing the first results from the excavation of a terp at Wijnaldum in the Netherlands, this book describes how the area was once a cradle of political and economic growth, and how Frisian history is now threatened in parts of the terp region.J.C. Besteman, J.M. Bos, D.A. Gerrts, H.A. Heidinga, J. de KoningPreface, The Wijnaldum excavation: Searching for a central place in Dark Age Frisia, Excavation method, The erosion of the Wijnaldum-Tjitsma terp: Aspects of cultural heritage management, The Subatlantic evolution of the coastal area around the Wijnaldum-Tjitsma terp, Settlement development on the Wijnaldum-Tjitsma terp, The vegetation on the terp, Preliminary notes on crop plants and the natural and anthropogeneous vegetation, The terra sigillata from Wijnaldum-Tjitsma in regional perspective, Roman wheclthrown pottery, terra nigra-like bowls and tiles, Continuity or discontinuity: Native and Roman metal finds, Roman coins from Wijnaldum, The Wijnaldum brooch, Scientific analysis of the gold disc-on-bow brooch, Medieval coins from Wijnaldum, The glass vessel finds, Beads of glass, faience, amber, baked clay and metal, including production waste from glass and amber bead making, Scientific analysis of the glass and the glass-bearing artefacts: Techniql“&