M Poulain
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2687 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M Poulain |
| NOMBRES | M |
| APELLIDO | Poulain |
| FIRMA | POULAIN M |
| AFILIACIONES | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5385-7460 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Lost Port Landscape of Medieval Bruges Reconstructed in Virtual Reality
This paper presents the results of the ‘Lost Ports of the Zwin’ project (Dutch: Verdwenen Zwinhavens). A decade of interdisciplinary scientific research by Ghent University has produced new insights about the maritime cultural landscape of medieval Bruges, the gateway to one of the most important European cities of the time. However, centuries of embankment, conflict, and large infrastructural works have rendered that landscape unintelligible to …
From paint to pots
In the seventeenth century, Antwerp was a major centre of artistic production, home to renowned painters such as Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens. However, little is known about the material environment of these artists, particularly from an archaeological perspective. Excavations in one of the city’s elite historical residences uncovered a substantial assemblage of late seventeenth-century ceramics and glass, which historical sources link to the ho…
At the Apothecary
In 1996, a cesspit was uncovered in the backyard of Bruges’ Spanish nation house. The interdisciplinary study of this old rescue excavation sheds new light on life in the city’s international district between the late 14th and early 16th century. The refuse in the cesspit is what is left of several generations of traders, from a well-to-do apothecary, employing alchemical apparatus in the production of pigments, to Spanish traders documented at t…
Fuelling the blacksmiths furnace
Large amounts of iron slag were discovered during archaeological excavations in the late medieval harbour of Hoeke (Municipality of Damme, Belgium), one of the main outer harbours of Bruges. This waste product indicates the presence of 13th‐ to 14th‐century pre‐industrial metalworking activities, such as blacksmithing, which involved the production of iron objects and the repair of ships, as historically documented on this site. Besides the waste…
Born in a brothel
In contrast to predominant narratives of abortion and infanticide with medieval sex workers, this case study testifies to the potential care given to prostitutes' children. It does so through ancient DNA and dietary stable isotope analyses of an infant buried in a 14th-century brothel in Aalst, Belgium. While no pathogens were identified, elevated δ15N values suggest breastfeeding. Infanticide in the strictest understanding of the term, immediate…
A medieval embankment near the lost harbour of Mude (Zeeland, the Netherlands)
Terrestrial and aquatic ecological conditions were reconstructed from tidal flat deposits evolving into a medieval embankment. • Local brackish-freshwater diatoms indicate that the embankment was outside of frequent tidal reach. • Palynomorphs were associated with anthropogenic activities (e.g. the use of peat for fuel and of hemp for rope making). • Cultivated plants were likely grown in the vicinity, while fig seeds testify to Mediterranean foo…
Sedimentary and stratigraphic architecture in the geoarchaeological context of Late-Holocene deposits in the eastern coastal plain of Belgium
A sedimentary investigation was carried out into the rise and fall of mediaeval Bruges’ maritime access. Because the mediaeval metropolis had no direct connection with the North Sea, its maritime connectivity during the High- and Late-Middle Ages depended on a tidal channel, known as the ‘Zwin’. In order to reconstruct the mediaeval physical environmental situation correctly, the entire Holocene sedimentary record was studied through undisturbed …
Shedding Some Light on Indoor Lighting in 15th-Century Flemish Urban Houses
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER is to verify and accept or disprove and reject the long-lived idea of dark living spaces in 15th-century housing culture and to explore the possible social significance of light indoors. Artificial light sources, such as candles, are rarely preserved and associated material culture (from oil lamps to window parts) are seldom found in situ. As such, it seems almost impossible to study the functional aspects of light sourc…
Marginal Mounds and Maritime Shepherding. A Landscape Archaeological Survey of a Late Medieval Sheep Mound in the Belgian Coastal Plain
The ‘Scaperie’ site in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), identified through a topographic analysis of a sixteenth-century map and located in a maritime sedimentary environment, serves as the focal point for this research. Employing a landscape archaeological approach, this study integrates multiple data sources including ceramics, historical maps, aerial photographs, LiDAR-data, geophysical surveys, and a coring survey. The dataset revealed the remnants of…
Early modern pewter from the castle of Middelburg-in-Flanders (Belgium)
An exceptional archaeological assemblage of pewter was found during excavations at the castle of Middelburg (Belgium). This article gives an overview of the forms and marks that are represented and discusses the chronology and spatial distribution of these tin-alloyed finds. As such, it becomes possible to delineate certain functional zones at the castle, and get a glimpse of the lives of some individuals who have lived at the castle, from a Cath…
Ocean-Liner Ceramics
Refining silver at the castle
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology
sub-discipline is not only growing, but is maturing, becoming valued by researchers, legislators and the public alike; particularly in the pan-European world
Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill? A Low-Cost and Time-Efficient Molehill Survey of the Lost Medieval Harbor Site of Monnikerede, Belgium
Grasslands pose a particular problem for archaeological survey involving artifact assessment, as no material is plowed up to the surface. Although finds in molehills are often the only source of information available on sites with such low visibility, an archaeology of molehills has thus far been largely disregarded. Yet, by applying a low-cost and time-efficient methodology, both the potential and the pitfalls of molehill archaeology come to the…
A Portuguese lifestyle in the Flemish countryside
In 1595, the Portuguese merchant banker Duarte Ximenez bought the Blauwhof, a castle-like estate in the Flemish countryside. An assemblage of pottery, recovered from the moat adjacent to the estate’s manor house, testifies to the status and hybrid identity of this 17th-century immigrant family. Although they were well assimilated into Antwerp’s high society, their foreign roots are still evident from particular Portuguese imports or the unconvent…
Dietary practices at the castle of Middelburg, Belgium
Exploring an Archaeology of the Dutch War of Independence in Flanders, Belgium
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Notes on the quantification of post-medieval pottery in the Low Countries
The quantification of material culture can make a significant contribution to the answering of social and behavioural questions. However, especially in continental Europe, this aspect of pottery studies remains understudied. In the following article, a status quaestionis of the quantification of post-medieval ceramics in the Low Countries is given. The author hopes to stimulate methodological and theoretical debate by comparing several available …
Dietary practices at the castle of Middelburg, Belgium
Notes on the quantification of post-medieval pottery in the Low Countries
The quantification of material culture can make a significant contribution to the answering of social and behavioural questions. However, especially in continental Europe, this aspect of pottery studies remains understudied. In the following article, a status quaestionis of the quantification of post-medieval ceramics in the Low Countries is given. The author hopes to stimulate methodological and theoretical debate by comparing several available …
Exploring an Archaeology of the Dutch War of Independence in Flanders, Belgium
A Portuguese lifestyle in the Flemish countryside
In 1595, the Portuguese merchant banker Duarte Ximenez bought the Blauwhof, a castle-like estate in the Flemish countryside. An assemblage of pottery, recovered from the moat adjacent to the estate’s manor house, testifies to the status and hybrid identity of this 17th-century immigrant family. Although they were well assimilated into Antwerp’s high society, their foreign roots are still evident from particular Portuguese imports or the unconvent…
Born in a brothel
In contrast to predominant narratives of abortion and infanticide with medieval sex workers, this case study testifies to the potential care given to prostitutes' children. It does so through ancient DNA and dietary stable isotope analyses of an infant buried in a 14th-century brothel in Aalst, Belgium. While no pathogens were identified, elevated δ15N values suggest breastfeeding. Infanticide in the strictest understanding of the term, immediate…
Sedimentary and stratigraphic architecture in the geoarchaeological context of Late-Holocene deposits in the eastern coastal plain of Belgium
A sedimentary investigation was carried out into the rise and fall of mediaeval Bruges’ maritime access. Because the mediaeval metropolis had no direct connection with the North Sea, its maritime connectivity during the High- and Late-Middle Ages depended on a tidal channel, known as the ‘Zwin’. In order to reconstruct the mediaeval physical environmental situation correctly, the entire Holocene sedimentary record was studied through undisturbed …
Refining silver at the castle
Notes on the quantification of post-medieval pottery in the Low Countries
The quantification of material culture can make a significant contribution to the answering of social and behavioural questions. However, especially in continental Europe, this aspect of pottery studies remains understudied. In the following article, a status quaestionis of the quantification of post-medieval ceramics in the Low Countries is given. The author hopes to stimulate methodological and theoretical debate by comparing several available …
Ne deviens pas comme eux
du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement
Exploring an Archaeology of the Dutch War of Independence in Flanders, Belgium
Dietary practices at the castle of Middelburg, Belgium
Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill? A Low-Cost and Time-Efficient Molehill Survey of the Lost Medieval Harbor Site of Monnikerede, Belgium
Grasslands pose a particular problem for archaeological survey involving artifact assessment, as no material is plowed up to the surface. Although finds in molehills are often the only source of information available on sites with such low visibility, an archaeology of molehills has thus far been largely disregarded. Yet, by applying a low-cost and time-efficient methodology, both the potential and the pitfalls of molehill archaeology come to the…
A Portuguese lifestyle in the Flemish countryside
In 1595, the Portuguese merchant banker Duarte Ximenez bought the Blauwhof, a castle-like estate in the Flemish countryside. An assemblage of pottery, recovered from the moat adjacent to the estate’s manor house, testifies to the status and hybrid identity of this 17th-century immigrant family. Although they were well assimilated into Antwerp’s high society, their foreign roots are still evident from particular Portuguese imports or the unconvent…
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology
sub-discipline is not only growing, but is maturing, becoming valued by researchers, legislators and the public alike; particularly in the pan-European world
Ocean-Liner Ceramics
Refining silver at the castle
Early modern pewter from the castle of Middelburg-in-Flanders (Belgium)
An exceptional archaeological assemblage of pewter was found during excavations at the castle of Middelburg (Belgium). This article gives an overview of the forms and marks that are represented and discusses the chronology and spatial distribution of these tin-alloyed finds. As such, it becomes possible to delineate certain functional zones at the castle, and get a glimpse of the lives of some individuals who have lived at the castle, from a Cath…
A medieval embankment near the lost harbour of Mude (Zeeland, the Netherlands)
Terrestrial and aquatic ecological conditions were reconstructed from tidal flat deposits evolving into a medieval embankment. • Local brackish-freshwater diatoms indicate that the embankment was outside of frequent tidal reach. • Palynomorphs were associated with anthropogenic activities (e.g. the use of peat for fuel and of hemp for rope making). • Cultivated plants were likely grown in the vicinity, while fig seeds testify to Mediterranean foo…
Sedimentary and stratigraphic architecture in the geoarchaeological context of Late-Holocene deposits in the eastern coastal plain of Belgium
A sedimentary investigation was carried out into the rise and fall of mediaeval Bruges’ maritime access. Because the mediaeval metropolis had no direct connection with the North Sea, its maritime connectivity during the High- and Late-Middle Ages depended on a tidal channel, known as the ‘Zwin’. In order to reconstruct the mediaeval physical environmental situation correctly, the entire Holocene sedimentary record was studied through undisturbed …
Shedding Some Light on Indoor Lighting in 15th-Century Flemish Urban Houses
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER is to verify and accept or disprove and reject the long-lived idea of dark living spaces in 15th-century housing culture and to explore the possible social significance of light indoors. Artificial light sources, such as candles, are rarely preserved and associated material culture (from oil lamps to window parts) are seldom found in situ. As such, it seems almost impossible to study the functional aspects of light sourc…
Marginal Mounds and Maritime Shepherding. A Landscape Archaeological Survey of a Late Medieval Sheep Mound in the Belgian Coastal Plain
The ‘Scaperie’ site in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), identified through a topographic analysis of a sixteenth-century map and located in a maritime sedimentary environment, serves as the focal point for this research. Employing a landscape archaeological approach, this study integrates multiple data sources including ceramics, historical maps, aerial photographs, LiDAR-data, geophysical surveys, and a coring survey. The dataset revealed the remnants of…
At the Apothecary
In 1996, a cesspit was uncovered in the backyard of Bruges’ Spanish nation house. The interdisciplinary study of this old rescue excavation sheds new light on life in the city’s international district between the late 14th and early 16th century. The refuse in the cesspit is what is left of several generations of traders, from a well-to-do apothecary, employing alchemical apparatus in the production of pigments, to Spanish traders documented at t…
Fuelling the blacksmiths furnace
Large amounts of iron slag were discovered during archaeological excavations in the late medieval harbour of Hoeke (Municipality of Damme, Belgium), one of the main outer harbours of Bruges. This waste product indicates the presence of 13th‐ to 14th‐century pre‐industrial metalworking activities, such as blacksmithing, which involved the production of iron objects and the repair of ships, as historically documented on this site. Besides the waste…
Born in a brothel
In contrast to predominant narratives of abortion and infanticide with medieval sex workers, this case study testifies to the potential care given to prostitutes' children. It does so through ancient DNA and dietary stable isotope analyses of an infant buried in a 14th-century brothel in Aalst, Belgium. While no pathogens were identified, elevated δ15N values suggest breastfeeding. Infanticide in the strictest understanding of the term, immediate…
The Lost Port Landscape of Medieval Bruges Reconstructed in Virtual Reality
This paper presents the results of the ‘Lost Ports of the Zwin’ project (Dutch: Verdwenen Zwinhavens). A decade of interdisciplinary scientific research by Ghent University has produced new insights about the maritime cultural landscape of medieval Bruges, the gateway to one of the most important European cities of the time. However, centuries of embankment, conflict, and large infrastructural works have rendered that landscape unintelligible to …
From paint to pots
In the seventeenth century, Antwerp was a major centre of artistic production, home to renowned painters such as Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens. However, little is known about the material environment of these artists, particularly from an archaeological perspective. Excavations in one of the city’s elite historical residences uncovered a substantial assemblage of late seventeenth-century ceramics and glass, which historical sources link to the ho…
Archaeology (14 obras) · Geography (10 obras) · History (9 obras) · History (9 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 obras) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (6 obras) · Geology (5 obras) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (5 obras) · Paleontology (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras)