From East to West in Late Antiquity. Studies in honor of Jan Willem Drijvers (original) (raw)
Kleos - Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology - Issue 1, 2015
Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology - 2015 issue 1 , 2015
Kleos 1 | 2015 2 C O L O P H O N K leos -Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology is a peer -reviewed, open access (post)graduate journal that publishes original research papers in the fields of ancient history, classics and archaeology.
Kleos - Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology Issue 7
Kleos - Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology, 2024
The seventh Kleos issue is out! As always, we are proud to present the work of starting scholars of (r)Ma and PhD‐level. The papers included in the issue cover a wide range of subjects, starting with the second millennium BCE in Mycenae, to discussions about repatriation and colonialism in existing collections. As is our custom, you will find the papers ordered in chronological order, leaving aside disciplinary divides.
Kleos -Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology
2022
Kleos Issue 5 | 2022 The fifth Kleos issue is out, our first lustrum issue! We are proud to present the work of starting scholars of (r)Ma and PhDlevel. This issue also is a special one: it does not only contain regular Kleos papers, but also the proceedings of the conference ‘Narrative and Storytelling in Archaeology’. With no precise intention in the original selection of the papers, both the conference and regular articles share the theme of ‘narrativity’. Covering a wide range of subjects, the papers range from the application of this concept in the field of archaeology to classics.
ANALECTA PRAEHISTORICA LEIDENSIA
Pieter van de Velde in memory of prof.dr P.J.R. Modderman An analysis and statistical comparison of the ceramics from 23 LBK sites in the Netherlands resulted in a chronological scheme based exclusively on the evolution of the pottery decoration. This scheme is meant to replace the Modderman 1970 scheme, which mixes heterogeneous data sets. My analyses consistently point to spatula forms, zonation and components of the decoration, and complexity of the rim decoration as indicators of the evolution of the pottery decoration over time. Chronological ordering of the fi nds yields the important result that the earliest LBK sites in the Netherlands occur on both sides of the Meuse River, equal scores suggesting a single colonization event. The ordering also suggests a slightly later end to the Dutch LBK than the closure of the Elsloo cemetery; again, 'latest' fi nds occur on both sides of the Meuse River. The quantitative distribution of the fi nd units on the chronological axis confi rms the division into two periods of the north-western LBK.
Romans in the Netherlands (5th-21st Century)
2007
In the western section of the town of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 30000 houses have been planned within a region that, almost 2000 years ago, was part of the frontier (the “Limes”) of the Roman Empire. Much effort is being put into the excavation and identification of parts of the buildings, roads and other objects belonging to the Limes. At the same time, in the south-eastern corner of the Netherlands, near the city of Maastricht, archaeologists, historical geographers and planners are discussing ways to visualise the long-lost Roman road from Boulogne to Cologne. Both projects take place in multi-layered historic landscapes that are characterised by medieval and more recent structures. The emphasis on Roman structures that have almost completely vanished underlines the continuing interest in the Roman Period. The present article shows that this fascination with the Romans has a long history and has influenced the cultural landscape during different periods.
Three Publications on Jan Lievens, Willem Drost, and Jan van Noordt
Historians of Netherlandish Art Newsletter and Review of Books, 2010
(review) Arthur Wheelock, Jr., Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered. With essays by Stephanie Dickey, E. Melanie Gifford, Gregory Rubinstein, Jaap van der Veen, and Lloyd de Witt, and additional entries by Meredith Hale, Molli E. Kuenstner, Volker Manuth, Virginia C. Treanor, and David de Witt. [Cat. exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 26, 2008-January 11, 2009; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 7-April 16, 2009; Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, May 17-August 9, 2009.] Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008; Jonathan Bikker, Willem Drost, A Rembrandt Pupil in Amsterdam and Venice. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2005; and David A. de Witt, Jan van Noordt: Painter of Portraits and History in Amsterdam. Montreal & Kingston, London and Ithaca: Mc-Gill-Queen's University Press, 2007
The eastern part of West Frisia, in the northwest of the Netherlands, was densely inhabited in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. - BC). Forty years ago large-scale excavations were carried out in the region and extensive settlement areas were investigated. None of these excavations are fully published, but nevertheless a model for Bronze Age habitation of West Frisia was presented in the s. In , and a total area of ha to the northwest of the town of Enkhuizen was excavated. The results of these excavations present us with an opportunity to evaluate some current ideas about the wide distribution and development of the settlements, the house building traditions and economic aspects of Bronze Age farmers in West Frisia. At least a few centuries before the estuary at Bergen closed, Bronze Age habitation appeared, both on sanded up creek ridges and on the low lying clay areas adjacent to, and between the creek ridges. The extent of habitation appears to be on a much wider scale than was previously suggested. House plans are remarkably similar, but there is substantially less repairing and rebuilding than previously thought. Also, there are new considerations about the generality of changes in subsistence strategy, the presumed landscape openness and the way the habitation came to an end just before the start of the Iron Age. If it is not a higher groundwater level that caused the inhabitants to build the 'terps' in the second half of the Late Bronze Age, it may well have been inundations, though not necessarily of a marine origin.
Catalogue entry 60 a–b in: Karina H. Corrigan, Jan van Campen, and Femke Diercks (eds), 'Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age', Peabody Essex Museum / Rijksmuseum / Yale University Press 2015, pp. 212-214.
After the municipality of Nijmegen was allowed to extend its territory across the river Waal into the Betuwe to effectuate a building programme, the archaeological potential of this area has been prospected and partly exploited. Nineteen hectares of trenches have led to several unexpected results. Among them are the remains of the earliest farmers in the eastern part of the Betuwe (c. 3700–3400 B.C.), a Middle Bronze Age ‘burnt mound’, dozens of Early Iron Age inhumation burials and the indications of a rather intense Romanisation in several spheres of native culture.
This publication contains the six main appendices to the PhD thesis ‘A Living Landscape. Bronze Age settlement sites in the Dutch river area (c. 2000-800 BC)’ by Stijn Arnoldussen which was published by Sidestone Press in 2008. That study entails an analysis of the nature (i.e. the constituent components) and dynamics (i.e. diachronic approaches to settlement dynamics) of Bronze Age settlement sites in the Dutch river area. It aims to integrate and synthesize interpretations of Bronze Age settlements based on a number of large-scale excavations in the Dutch river area. The discussion of the archaeological and geological research histories for these investigated sites, as well as more detailed source criticism and long-term overviews of the occupation histories of six (c. 30 km2) macro-regions around them, could – for sake of conciseness – not be incorporated into the main study’s text. However, such discussions contain critical information necessary to correctly interpret the results of these excavations and to evaluate their representativeness. Therefore, it was decided to make this information available separately in this publication. While these texts are primarily appendices to the PhD study referred to above, they can be read separately by those who are particularly interested in the results – thus far published nearly exclusively in Dutch – of the excavations at Zijderveld, Rumpt – Eigenblok, Wijk bij Duurstede, Meteren – De Bogen, Lienden – Kesteren or Dodewaard. In addition, the appendices provide a recent overview of the palaeogeographical development and occupation history of six large macro-regions in the Dutch river area. This information may be of relevance to those studying other sites within these macro-regions for the period under study (c. 2000-800 BC)
The Westfrisian Bronze Age: a view from Enkhuizen-Kadijken
The eastern part of West Frisia, in the northwest of the Netherlands, was densely inhabited in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. - BC). Forty years ago large-scale excavations were carried out in the region and extensive settlement areas were investigated. None of these excavations are fully published, but nevertheless a model for Bronze Age habitation of West Frisia was presented in the s. In , and a total area of ha to the northwest of the town of Enkhuizen was excavated. The results of these excavations present us with an opportunity to evaluate some current ideas about the wide distribution and development of the settlements, the house building traditions and economic aspects of Bronze Age farmers in West Frisia. At least a few centuries before the estuary at Bergen closed, Bronze Age habitation appeared, both on sanded up creek ridges and on the low lying clay areas adjacent to, and between the creek ridges. The extent of habitation appears to be on ...
[PDF]The Westfrisian Bronze Age: a view from Enkhuizen-Kadijken
The eastern part of West Frisia, in the northwest of the Netherlands, was densely inhabited in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. - BC). Forty years ago large-scale excavations were carried out in the region and extensive settlement areas were investigated. None of these excavations are fully published, but nevertheless a model for Bronze Age habitation of West Frisia was presented in the s. In , and a total area of ha to the northwest of the town of Enkhuizen was excavated. The results of these excavations present us with an opportunity to evaluate some current ideas about the wide distribution and development of the settlements, the house building traditions and economic aspects of Bronze Age farmers in West Frisia. At least a few centuries before the estuary at Bergen closed, Bronze Age habitation appeared, both on sanded up creek ridges and on the low lying clay areas adjacent to, and between the creek ridges. The extent of habitation appears to be on a much wider scale than was previously suggested. House plans are remarkably similar, but there is substantially less repairing and rebuilding than previously thought. Also, there are new considerations about the generality of changes in subsistence strategy, the presumed landscape openness and the way the habitation came to an end just before the start of the Iron Age. If it is not a higher groundwater level that caused the inhabitants to build the 'terps' in the second half of the Late Bronze Age, it may well have been inundations, though not necessarily of a marine origin.