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The Netherlands – settlement research and community archaeology to date

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Research context: A recent study of Dutch village formation (Verspay et al 2017) highlighted the importance of systematically studying the built environment of villages to understand the processes leading to village formation but recognised that good archaeological data from CORS are generally lacking. There is interest in the biography of landscape approach to the long-term… Read more The Netherlands – settlement research and community archaeology to date

United Kingdom – settlement research and community archaeology to date

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In the UK rural settlement has long been an important area of research for medieval archaeologists (Gerrard 2003; Christie and Stamper 2012), and many deserted and shrunken rural settlements have been archaeologically investigated, using a range of techniques. However, medieval settlements which did not become permanently depopulate have been somewhat overlooked. As CORS represent c.… Read more United Kingdom – settlement research and community archaeology to date