Dennis Braekmans
Biographic Data
| ID | 145662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis Braekmans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis |
| FAMILY NAME | Braekmans |
| SIGNATURE | BRAEKMANS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6335-0521 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Geochemical Provenancing of Volcanic Stone Statuettes and its Implications for Pre-Colonial Microregional Mobility in Southern Honduras (AD 1000–1520)
The Isthmo-Colombian Area experienced a notable increase in the production of symbolic volcanic-stone objects between AD 500 and 1550. Among these, portable stone statuettes are closely associated with ceremonial practices but lack controlled archaeological contexts, making material characterization essential for understanding their selection, manufacture, and circulation. Non-destructive energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) provides an ef…
Byop (Bring Your own Pot)? petrographic perspectives on seasonal practices and ceramic mobility in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras (700–1520 CE)
Pre-Columbian salt production sites have previously been documented within the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. However, the overall organization of these salt-making operations remains poorly understood. Through the investigation of briquetage (specialized salt-making vessels debris) fabrics, this study explores the role of local and regional mobility in the organization of salt production in the Gulf of Fonseca. We conducted a petrographic analysis o…
Learning Across the Divide
Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce ) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic. The resilience of VL communities is attributed to their settlement system: a hypothesised network connecting diverse VL settlements and en…
Situating the Gulf of Fonseca in Terminal Classic and Postclassic Interregional Exchange Networks
This article presents the results of the first diachronic study of obsidian procurement patterns in the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific coast of Central America; it sheds light on the integration of the region in long-distance exchange systems. This study is based on portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF) analysis of all 713 obsidian artifacts collected from Terminal Classic and Postclassic contexts on Tigre Island, Honduras, and of 54 ad…
Inside the matrix
Reassembling quarried landscapes through non-destructive X-ray fluorescence
From Hellenistic slipped tableware to Roman Imperial Sagalassos Red Slip Ware
This paper offers new insights from the petrographic and geochemical characterisation of 92 pottery samples from the archaeological site of Sagalassos in SW Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). The sampled table wares form part of the Hellenistic to Roman Imperial local pottery production lines. The aim of this study is to reconstruct in more detail the tableware production at the site and examine Sagalassos Red Slip Ware (SRSW) in comparison with the p…
Figurines in Context
The international conference “Clay Figurines in Context: Miniatures as Crucibles of Nile Valley Societies in the Second Millennium BC (Egypt and Nubia)” focused on the study of ancient Egyptian clay and ceramic figurines. It was organized within the framework of PROCESS – “Pharaonic Rescission: Objects as Crucibles of Ancient Egyptian Societies,” a research project of the University of Pisa headed by Prof. Gianluca Miniaci. Figurines representing…
Uniformity in Tophet Ceramics
Burial urns and lids found in the Carthage tophet precinct play a pivotal role in our understanding of material trajectories. Significant differences in macroscopic features present problems as to where and how these vessels were made. In general, issues in sourcing north African ceramic materials stem from their compositional homogeneity, having mostly sand and calcareous fractions varying to a greater or lesser degree. In this paper we present …
Technological dynamics of Early Iron Age ceramics from the Heuneburg (SW Germany)
This paper addresses technological dynamics revealed through raw material analyses of Late Hallstatt (seventh-fifth centuries BCE) ceramics from the famous Heuneburg site (Herbertingen-Hundersingen, SW Germany). The study combines, for the first time, separate sets of thin-sections produced over the last 50 years in order to provide a comprehensive and consolidated characterisation of technological changes in ceramic production taking place at th…
Technological connections in the development of 18th and 19th century Chinese painted enamels
Chinese painted enamel is an artistic tradition of enamelled copperwares developed during the Kangxi period (1662–1722), commonly referred to as Canton enamel after the Wade-Giles spelling of Guangzhou. In this study, enamel fragments from areas of damage in the decorated surface of ten Chinese painted enamel objects dating to the 18th and early 19th century in the collections of the Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam Museums were non-destructively analys…
Emulation and technological adaptation in late 18th‐century cloisonné‐style Chinese painted enamels
Cloisonné‐style motifs are rare and enigmatic in Chinese painted enamels because of their distinct technological development at the end of the 18th century. Five late Qianlong to Jiaqing period (1736–1820) Chinese painted enamels with cloisonné‐style motifs are investigated using environmental scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy. Back‐scattered electron images and elemental analysis are combined to study the decorati…
Transatlantic Connections in Colonial and Post-colonial Haiti
This paper presents the first archaeometrical data on colonial glazed wares ( taches noires) imported in Haiti (Fort Liberté). The analysis evidenced the exclusive presence of Italian taches noires products, dated before 1820 and related to the colonial era. The presence of English wares next to colonial materials demonstrated continuity in the use of landscape after the Independence and the establishment of international trade relationships betw…
Development of ceramic production in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) during the Neolithic. A compositional and technological approach using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and thin section petrograph…
The introduction of Corded Ware Culture at a local level
The introduction of the Corded Ware Culture (3000–2500 BCE) is considered a formative event in Europe's past. Ancient DNA analyses demonstrate that migrations played a crucial role in this event. However, these analyses approach the issue at a supra-regional scale, leaving questions about the regional and local impact of this event unresolved. This study pilots an approach to ceramics that brings this small-scale impact into focus by using the tr…
Ceramic comales at the Barillas site (cal 1255–1390 CE), central Nicaragua
Ceramic Production in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) During the Middle to Late Second Millennium bce
A total of 119 middle to late second millennium bce pottery samples from six sites in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) were examined to characterize these ceramics and reconstruct their manufacturing technology and the origin of the primary materials. For this, a combined study of handheld XRF and thin‐section petrography was performed. The geochemical signatures of these ceramics were defined and interpreted in their archaeological and geologica…
Egyptian sculptures from Imperial Rome. Non-destructive characterization of granitoid statues through macroscopic methodologies and in situ XRF analysis
Quantitative comparisons of the color of CuAs, CuSn, CuNi, and CuSb alloys
Reconstructing Regional Trajectories
Analytical ceramic studies offer the opportunity to determine cultural development and change on the basis of origin and use of raw materials. In this particular study, an archaeometric approach on ceramics in central Pisidia contributes to the discussion of contact and exchange between indigenous communities and several cultural spheres of influence on a long-term timescale (eighth to second centuries bce). Morphological data as well as mineralo…
Long-term clay raw material selection and use in the region of Classical/Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Sagalassos (SW Turkey)
Understanding ceramic variability
Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)
In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and envi…
Quantitative comparisons of the color of CuAs, CuSn, CuNi, and CuSb alloys
Understanding ceramic variability
Transatlantic Connections in Colonial and Post-colonial Haiti
This paper presents the first archaeometrical data on colonial glazed wares ( taches noires) imported in Haiti (Fort Liberté). The analysis evidenced the exclusive presence of Italian taches noires products, dated before 1820 and related to the colonial era. The presence of English wares next to colonial materials demonstrated continuity in the use of landscape after the Independence and the establishment of international trade relationships betw…
The introduction of Corded Ware Culture at a local level
The introduction of the Corded Ware Culture (3000–2500 BCE) is considered a formative event in Europe's past. Ancient DNA analyses demonstrate that migrations played a crucial role in this event. However, these analyses approach the issue at a supra-regional scale, leaving questions about the regional and local impact of this event unresolved. This study pilots an approach to ceramics that brings this small-scale impact into focus by using the tr…
Long-term clay raw material selection and use in the region of Classical/Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Sagalassos (SW Turkey)
Egyptian sculptures from Imperial Rome. Non-destructive characterization of granitoid statues through macroscopic methodologies and in situ XRF analysis
Reconstructing Regional Trajectories
Analytical ceramic studies offer the opportunity to determine cultural development and change on the basis of origin and use of raw materials. In this particular study, an archaeometric approach on ceramics in central Pisidia contributes to the discussion of contact and exchange between indigenous communities and several cultural spheres of influence on a long-term timescale (eighth to second centuries bce). Morphological data as well as mineralo…
Technological dynamics of Early Iron Age ceramics from the Heuneburg (SW Germany)
This paper addresses technological dynamics revealed through raw material analyses of Late Hallstatt (seventh-fifth centuries BCE) ceramics from the famous Heuneburg site (Herbertingen-Hundersingen, SW Germany). The study combines, for the first time, separate sets of thin-sections produced over the last 50 years in order to provide a comprehensive and consolidated characterisation of technological changes in ceramic production taking place at th…
Ceramic comales at the Barillas site (cal 1255–1390 CE), central Nicaragua
Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)
In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and envi…
Ceramic Production in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) During the Middle to Late Second Millennium bce
A total of 119 middle to late second millennium bce pottery samples from six sites in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) were examined to characterize these ceramics and reconstruct their manufacturing technology and the origin of the primary materials. For this, a combined study of handheld XRF and thin‐section petrography was performed. The geochemical signatures of these ceramics were defined and interpreted in their archaeological and geologica…
Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)
In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and envi…
Understanding ceramic variability
Long-term clay raw material selection and use in the region of Classical/Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Sagalassos (SW Turkey)
Quantitative comparisons of the color of CuAs, CuSn, CuNi, and CuSb alloys
Reconstructing Regional Trajectories
Analytical ceramic studies offer the opportunity to determine cultural development and change on the basis of origin and use of raw materials. In this particular study, an archaeometric approach on ceramics in central Pisidia contributes to the discussion of contact and exchange between indigenous communities and several cultural spheres of influence on a long-term timescale (eighth to second centuries bce). Morphological data as well as mineralo…
Egyptian sculptures from Imperial Rome. Non-destructive characterization of granitoid statues through macroscopic methodologies and in situ XRF analysis
Development of ceramic production in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) during the Neolithic. A compositional and technological approach using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and thin section petrograph…
The introduction of Corded Ware Culture at a local level
The introduction of the Corded Ware Culture (3000–2500 BCE) is considered a formative event in Europe's past. Ancient DNA analyses demonstrate that migrations played a crucial role in this event. However, these analyses approach the issue at a supra-regional scale, leaving questions about the regional and local impact of this event unresolved. This study pilots an approach to ceramics that brings this small-scale impact into focus by using the tr…
Ceramic comales at the Barillas site (cal 1255–1390 CE), central Nicaragua
Ceramic Production in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) During the Middle to Late Second Millennium bce
A total of 119 middle to late second millennium bce pottery samples from six sites in the Kur River Basin (Fars, Iran) were examined to characterize these ceramics and reconstruct their manufacturing technology and the origin of the primary materials. For this, a combined study of handheld XRF and thin‐section petrography was performed. The geochemical signatures of these ceramics were defined and interpreted in their archaeological and geologica…
Transatlantic Connections in Colonial and Post-colonial Haiti
This paper presents the first archaeometrical data on colonial glazed wares ( taches noires) imported in Haiti (Fort Liberté). The analysis evidenced the exclusive presence of Italian taches noires products, dated before 1820 and related to the colonial era. The presence of English wares next to colonial materials demonstrated continuity in the use of landscape after the Independence and the establishment of international trade relationships betw…
Technological connections in the development of 18th and 19th century Chinese painted enamels
Chinese painted enamel is an artistic tradition of enamelled copperwares developed during the Kangxi period (1662–1722), commonly referred to as Canton enamel after the Wade-Giles spelling of Guangzhou. In this study, enamel fragments from areas of damage in the decorated surface of ten Chinese painted enamel objects dating to the 18th and early 19th century in the collections of the Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam Museums were non-destructively analys…
Emulation and technological adaptation in late 18th‐century cloisonné‐style Chinese painted enamels
Cloisonné‐style motifs are rare and enigmatic in Chinese painted enamels because of their distinct technological development at the end of the 18th century. Five late Qianlong to Jiaqing period (1736–1820) Chinese painted enamels with cloisonné‐style motifs are investigated using environmental scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy. Back‐scattered electron images and elemental analysis are combined to study the decorati…
Figurines in Context
The international conference “Clay Figurines in Context: Miniatures as Crucibles of Nile Valley Societies in the Second Millennium BC (Egypt and Nubia)” focused on the study of ancient Egyptian clay and ceramic figurines. It was organized within the framework of PROCESS – “Pharaonic Rescission: Objects as Crucibles of Ancient Egyptian Societies,” a research project of the University of Pisa headed by Prof. Gianluca Miniaci. Figurines representing…
Uniformity in Tophet Ceramics
Burial urns and lids found in the Carthage tophet precinct play a pivotal role in our understanding of material trajectories. Significant differences in macroscopic features present problems as to where and how these vessels were made. In general, issues in sourcing north African ceramic materials stem from their compositional homogeneity, having mostly sand and calcareous fractions varying to a greater or lesser degree. In this paper we present …
Technological dynamics of Early Iron Age ceramics from the Heuneburg (SW Germany)
This paper addresses technological dynamics revealed through raw material analyses of Late Hallstatt (seventh-fifth centuries BCE) ceramics from the famous Heuneburg site (Herbertingen-Hundersingen, SW Germany). The study combines, for the first time, separate sets of thin-sections produced over the last 50 years in order to provide a comprehensive and consolidated characterisation of technological changes in ceramic production taking place at th…
From Hellenistic slipped tableware to Roman Imperial Sagalassos Red Slip Ware
This paper offers new insights from the petrographic and geochemical characterisation of 92 pottery samples from the archaeological site of Sagalassos in SW Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). The sampled table wares form part of the Hellenistic to Roman Imperial local pottery production lines. The aim of this study is to reconstruct in more detail the tableware production at the site and examine Sagalassos Red Slip Ware (SRSW) in comparison with the p…
Inside the matrix
Reassembling quarried landscapes through non-destructive X-ray fluorescence
Geochemical Provenancing of Volcanic Stone Statuettes and its Implications for Pre-Colonial Microregional Mobility in Southern Honduras (AD 1000–1520)
The Isthmo-Colombian Area experienced a notable increase in the production of symbolic volcanic-stone objects between AD 500 and 1550. Among these, portable stone statuettes are closely associated with ceremonial practices but lack controlled archaeological contexts, making material characterization essential for understanding their selection, manufacture, and circulation. Non-destructive energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) provides an ef…
Byop (Bring Your own Pot)? petrographic perspectives on seasonal practices and ceramic mobility in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras (700–1520 CE)
Pre-Columbian salt production sites have previously been documented within the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. However, the overall organization of these salt-making operations remains poorly understood. Through the investigation of briquetage (specialized salt-making vessels debris) fabrics, this study explores the role of local and regional mobility in the organization of salt production in the Gulf of Fonseca. We conducted a petrographic analysis o…
Learning Across the Divide
Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce ) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic. The resilience of VL communities is attributed to their settlement system: a hypothesised network connecting diverse VL settlements and en…
Situating the Gulf of Fonseca in Terminal Classic and Postclassic Interregional Exchange Networks
This article presents the results of the first diachronic study of obsidian procurement patterns in the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific coast of Central America; it sheds light on the integration of the region in long-distance exchange systems. This study is based on portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF) analysis of all 713 obsidian artifacts collected from Terminal Classic and Postclassic contexts on Tigre Island, Honduras, and of 54 ad…
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Materials Science (10 works) · Ceramic (8 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (7 works) · Art (7 works) · History (7 works)