The very beginning of Europe? : cultural and social dimensions of Early-Medieval migration and colonisation (5th-8th century) : archaeology in contemporary Europe : conference Brussels - May 17-19 2011

Archaeology in Contemporary Europe. Conference Brussels - May 17-19 2011. In 2007 the Flanders Heritage Agency joined the European network 'Archaeology in Contemporary Europe' along with thirteen other partner institutions from all over Europe. The ACE partners aim to promote contemporary archaeology at a European level by exchanging ideas and expertise and undertaking research, data collection and related activities along four major thematic axes. Within the framework of theme I - Researching the significance of the past, the Flanders Heritage Agency organised the international symposium 'The very beginning of Europe? Cultural and Social Dimensions of Early-Medieval Migration and Colonisation (5th-8th century)' from 17 to 19 May 2011 in Brussels. This volume of 'Relicta' contains the proceedings of this symposium on issues surrounding early medieval migration and colonization. Foreword 9 The legacy of Yann Hollevoet 11 Beyond migration and ethnicity? Introduction to the theme of "The very beginning of Europe? Cultural and Social Dimensions of Early Medieval Migration and Colonisation (5th - 8th centuries)" / Dries Tys 21 SESSION I: The Issue of Migration: theoretical approaches Archaeology and Migration: Rethinking the debate / Guy Halsall 29 The status of horses in late Avar-period society in the Carpathian Basin / Ilona Bede 41 Probable Frankish burials of the sixth century AD at Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France) / Marie-Cécile Truc 51 SESSION II: Identity and landscape Settled landscapes – a regional perspective from early Anglo-Saxon Kent / Stuart Brookes 69 Early medieval communities around the North Sea: a 'maritime culture'? / Pieterjan Deckers, Dries Tys 81 The 'Slavonisation' of the southwestern Baltic area: Preliminary report on the investigations in the Pyritz region / Sebastian Messal, Bartlomiej Rogalski 89 Forms of late antique settlement in Lusitania / Adriaan De Man 101 Continuity within change. Two sites in the borders of the former Iceni territory in East Anglia / Penelope Walton Rogers 109 SESSION III: Identity and urban centres Tournai, capitale du Bas-Empire et évolution au Haut Moyen-Âge / Raymond Brulet 125 The Late Roman and early medieval urban topography of Tongeren / Alain Vanderhoeven 135 New light on the origins, development and decline of the Middle Saxon trading settlement of Lundenwic / Lyn Blackmore 147 Barcelone, de sede regia à capitale comtale: continuités et changements / Julia Beltrán de Heredia Bercero 159 SESSION IV: Material culture. How are identities reflected in their material culture? Questioning Migration. Continuity and change in the cemetery at Rhenen (4th – 8th century AD) / Annemarieke Willemsen 187 Who were buried at the Broechem cemetery? (5th - 7th century AD, prov. of Antwerp, Belgium) / Rica Annaert 197 Céramiques et verres mérovingiens dans la vallée mosane: miroir d'une civilisation en evolution (du milieu Ve au VIIIe siècle) / Line Van Wersch 205 Hand-made pottery along the Channel coast and parallels from the Scheldt valley / Jean Soulat, Anne Bocquet-Liénard, Xavier Savary, Vincent Hincker 215 Posters Early metallic artefacts of adornment in Portugal / Andreia Arezes 227 Merovingian reuse of Bronze Age barrows at Beerse-Krommenhof (prov. of Antwerp, Belgium) / Stephan Delaruelle, Bart De Smaele, Catherina Thijs, Simon Verdegem, Sofie Scheltjens, Jef Van Doninck, Rica Annaert 237 L’établissement germanique du Bas-Empire à Baelen/Nereth, province de Liège (Belgique) / Frédéric Hanut, Claire Goffioul, Eric Goemaere 243 Cultural discontinuity and the migration hypothesis. The 6th-century Slavic migration in the light of new archaeological finds from Bohemia / Nad'a Profantová 255 The rise and fall of a Frankish intention. The early history of a frontier site between Saxons and Slavs on the river Elbe / Jens Schneeweiss 265