Jan Trachet
Biographic Data
| ID | 2154943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Trachet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Trachet |
| SIGNATURE | TRACHET J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6232-9125 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Small Heaps on Large Mounds
This dataset accompanies the paper "Small Heaps on Large Mounds: Where Mole Activity Meets Moated Sites. Re-evaluating and Refining Molehill-Archaeology in the Shadow of the Zwin City Damme (Belgium)", submitted to the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. It contains the processed drone, geophysical, coring and molehill data that support the analysis and interpretations presented in the paper. The study investigates several moated sites i…
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 …
Optimizing Strategies for Non‐Invasive Prospection of Settlements in the Intertidal Zone
Medieval and early modern drowned villages in the intertidal zone of the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands) constitute intriguing yet largely understudied components of north‐western Europe's underwater cultural heritage. Despite their high archaeological potential as time capsules of past settlement landscapes, research has remained limited due to the lack of survey methodologies adapted to dynamic intertidal environments. In this study, we prese…
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 …
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…
Two Odd Ones Out
Pieter Pourbus’ Map of the Liberty of Bruges (1561-1571). An Overview of the State of Research
This paper aims to bring a state of the art of the research into Pieter Pourbus’ painted map of the Liberty of Bruges. The often-alleged ‘unicity’ of the map is taken as a starting point to explore the state of research about this map. First, we try to reconstruct a so-called ‘travelogue’ and examine how the map and its copy were transmitted over the ages. Next, an overview of the main researchers and the prevailing perspectives is followed by th…
Reassessing Surface Artefact Scatters. The Integration of Artefact‐Accurate Fieldwalking with Geophysical Data at Medieval Harbour Sites Near Bruges (Belgium)
Archaeological fieldwalking is particularly used to detect sites within a landscape, rather than to assess the internal structure of a site itself. Contributory to this trend is that surface artefact patterns collected by pedestrian field survey are rarely seen as valuable archaeological data for intra‐site research. In recent decades, they have been overtaken by other non‐invasive prospection methods, which seem to be more efficient and time‐eff…
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…
Ballasting the Hanse
The discovery of a remarkable group of vividly coloured rounded cobbles in the fields and monuments of the later medieval outports of Bruges has initiated a multi-disciplinary investigation into their function, provenance, and wider economic meaning. Geological analyses demonstrate that the stones are ballast of exotic lithological nature. A substantial number consist of glacial erratics collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area. An…
Turning Back the Tide
Pendant la hausse et la décadence de Bruges médiéval, une extension portuaire vers la mer du Nord était enchaîné, poldérisé et flanqué avec des canaux, des digues et des avant-ports. Ainsi, on créait un paysage historique ce qui est marqué par la interaction dynamique entre l’homme et la nature. L’objective de cette contribution est de reproduire une critique sur les approches précédents et courants à propos l’évolution du port médiéval de Bruges…
From Low Cost UAV Survey to High Resolution Topographic Data
This paper assesses the application of a consumer‐grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solution for the image‐based three‐dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a buried Medieval landscape at Monnikerede, a deserted former outport of Bruges, with the archaeological aim to achieve a better characterization of the (micro)topography and ultimately a better understanding of the site. The UAV survey resulted in a highly detailed and accurate 3D model of th…
From Low Cost UAV Survey to High Resolution Topographic Data
This paper assesses the application of a consumer‐grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solution for the image‐based three‐dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a buried Medieval landscape at Monnikerede, a deserted former outport of Bruges, with the archaeological aim to achieve a better characterization of the (micro)topography and ultimately a better understanding of the site. The UAV survey resulted in a highly detailed and accurate 3D model of th…
Ballasting the Hanse
The discovery of a remarkable group of vividly coloured rounded cobbles in the fields and monuments of the later medieval outports of Bruges has initiated a multi-disciplinary investigation into their function, provenance, and wider economic meaning. Geological analyses demonstrate that the stones are ballast of exotic lithological nature. A substantial number consist of glacial erratics collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area. An…
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 …
Turning Back the Tide
Pendant la hausse et la décadence de Bruges médiéval, une extension portuaire vers la mer du Nord était enchaîné, poldérisé et flanqué avec des canaux, des digues et des avant-ports. Ainsi, on créait un paysage historique ce qui est marqué par la interaction dynamique entre l’homme et la nature. L’objective de cette contribution est de reproduire une critique sur les approches précédents et courants à propos l’évolution du port médiéval de Bruges…
From Low Cost UAV Survey to High Resolution Topographic Data
This paper assesses the application of a consumer‐grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solution for the image‐based three‐dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a buried Medieval landscape at Monnikerede, a deserted former outport of Bruges, with the archaeological aim to achieve a better characterization of the (micro)topography and ultimately a better understanding of the site. The UAV survey resulted in a highly detailed and accurate 3D model of th…
Reassessing Surface Artefact Scatters. The Integration of Artefact‐Accurate Fieldwalking with Geophysical Data at Medieval Harbour Sites Near Bruges (Belgium)
Archaeological fieldwalking is particularly used to detect sites within a landscape, rather than to assess the internal structure of a site itself. Contributory to this trend is that surface artefact patterns collected by pedestrian field survey are rarely seen as valuable archaeological data for intra‐site research. In recent decades, they have been overtaken by other non‐invasive prospection methods, which seem to be more efficient and time‐eff…
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…
Ballasting the Hanse
The discovery of a remarkable group of vividly coloured rounded cobbles in the fields and monuments of the later medieval outports of Bruges has initiated a multi-disciplinary investigation into their function, provenance, and wider economic meaning. Geological analyses demonstrate that the stones are ballast of exotic lithological nature. A substantial number consist of glacial erratics collected from cobble beaches in the Baltoscandian area. An…
Pieter Pourbus’ Map of the Liberty of Bruges (1561-1571). An Overview of the State of Research
This paper aims to bring a state of the art of the research into Pieter Pourbus’ painted map of the Liberty of Bruges. The often-alleged ‘unicity’ of the map is taken as a starting point to explore the state of research about this map. First, we try to reconstruct a so-called ‘travelogue’ and examine how the map and its copy were transmitted over the ages. Next, an overview of the main researchers and the prevailing perspectives is followed by th…
Two Odd Ones Out
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 …
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…
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 …
Optimizing Strategies for Non‐Invasive Prospection of Settlements in the Intertidal Zone
Medieval and early modern drowned villages in the intertidal zone of the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands) constitute intriguing yet largely understudied components of north‐western Europe's underwater cultural heritage. Despite their high archaeological potential as time capsules of past settlement landscapes, research has remained limited due to the lack of survey methodologies adapted to dynamic intertidal environments. In this study, we prese…
Small Heaps on Large Mounds
This dataset accompanies the paper "Small Heaps on Large Mounds: Where Mole Activity Meets Moated Sites. Re-evaluating and Refining Molehill-Archaeology in the Shadow of the Zwin City Damme (Belgium)", submitted to the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. It contains the processed drone, geophysical, coring and molehill data that support the analysis and interpretations presented in the paper. The study investigates several moated sites i…
Archaeology (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (5 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 works) · History (3 works)