Mapping Medieval History with Broken Pots

Mapping ceramic sherds can help to explore medieval history and wide-ranging exchange networks in the Mediterranean and beyond.

Joanita Vroom • January 27, 2023

Wine trade from the Holy Land

Palestinian wines were praised and consumed across western Europe. Transport containers found in Jerusalem, likely used to carry these wines, are stored in the depot at the Faculty of Archaeology. What can these amphorae tell us about connectivity across the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages?

Vera van Heel • May 13, 2022

Tonnen en vaten: de zeecontainers van de late middeleeuwen

Wat hebben zeecontainers en middeleeuwse tonnen en vaten met elkaar gemeen? En welke rol spelen deze “verpakkingsmaterialen” in de ontwikkeling van de handelseconomie vanaf de middeleeuwen tot vandaag de dag?

Jeroen Oosterbaan • April 13, 2021

On Beads and Boats: Merovingian beads travelling through time and space

What do beads and boats have in common? In Merovingian Europe, just about everything. Just like boats, Merovingian beads travelled through time and space, across huge distances, into other worlds and back again.

Mette Langbroek • March 19, 2021

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Tonnen en vaten: de zeecontainers van de late middeleeuwen

On Beads and Boats: Merovingian beads travelling through time and space