Archaeological Sites

Disclosing the invisible stages of medieval urbanisation

Our sites are distributed all over Europe.

Sites (Team Basel)

Site Period State of the art PDF Project Status
Altstadt Obertor 7/9 (Winterthur, CH)
Roman/ Medieval Core Project Site
Antikenmuseum (Basel, CH)
Late Roman
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
Antoniterstrasse 14-16 (Cologne, D)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Pümpin, Ch., Röpke, A., Schmitz, D., Rentzel, Ph., Deschler-Erb, E. (2021). Dark Earth in Köln. Ein Beispiel aus der Antoniterstrasse unter dem Mikroskop, in: Classen, E., Trier, M. (Eds.), Archäologie im Rheinland 2020. Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, Oppenheim, 151–153. Grau-Sologestoa, I. Pümpin, Ch., Röpke, A., Exaltus, R., Deschler-Erb, E., Rentzel, P., Deschler-Erb, S. (2023) Animals, Crops and Dark Earth: An Interdisciplinary Study of Urban Development from the Late Roman Period to the Early Middle Ages in Cologne (Germany). Environmental Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2182465.
 
Core Project Site
Autoeinstellhalle Löwen (Kaiseraugst, CH)
Late Roman
Pümpin, Ch. (2012). Grabung 2008.003 DH Implenia - Mühlegasse und Grabung 2009.001 Autoeinstellhalle Löwen. Resultate der mikromorphologischen Untersuchungen. Unpublizierter Vorbericht.
 
Core Project Site
DH Implenia, Mühlegasse (Kaiseraugst, CH)
Late Roman
Pümpin, Ch. (2012). Grabung 2008.003 DH Implenia - Mühlegasse und Grabung 2009.001 Autoeinstellhalle Löwen. Resultate der mikromorphologischen Untersuchungen. Unpublizierter Vorbericht.
 
Core Project Site
Fluhstrasse (Kempraten, CH)
Late Roman
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
Gasfabrik (Basel, CH)
Late Iron Age
Brönnimann, D., Rentzel, P., Röder, B., Spichtig, N., Rissanen, H., Lassau, G. (2020). The hidden midden - Geoarchaeological investigation of sedimentation processes, waste disposal practices and resource management at the Latène settlement Basel-Gasfabrik (Switzerland). Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 35, 522-544. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21787
 
Core Project Site
Heumarkt (Cologne, D)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Grau-Sologestoa, I. Pümpin, Ch., Röpke, A., Exaltus, R., Deschler-Erb, E., Rentzel, P., Deschler-Erb, S. (2023) Animals, Crops and Dark Earth: An Interdisciplinary Study of Urban Development from the Late Roman Period to the Early Middle Ages in Cologne (Germany). Environmental Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2182465
 
Core Project Site
Martinsgasse (Basel, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Pümpin Ch., Asal M., Rentzel Ph. (in press), Late Antique Basilia - a fortified settlement on the cathedral hill in Basel (Switzerland). Changes in urban land use based on archaeological and geoarchaeological evidence, in Borderie Q., Salomon F. Urban Geoarchaeology, Paris : CNRS Editions.
 
Core Project Site
Münsterplatz 1 + 2 (Basel, CH)
Roman
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
Museum der Kulturen (Basel, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
Ruine Hünenberg (Hünenberg, CH)
Medieval
Brönnimann, D. (2020). Geoarchäologische Untersuchungen, in: Meier Mohamed, G. (Ed.), Burgruine Hühnenberg im Kanton Zug. Archäologie, Geschichte und vom "Geräusch rollender Steine". Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters 48. Schweizerischer Burgenverein, Amt f r Denkmalpflege und Arch„ologie Zug, Basel, Zug, pp. 131?152.
 
Core Project Site
Spiegelgasse - UMIS (Basel, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
St. Alban Graben (Basel, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval?
Pümpin, Ch. (2019). Basel, St Albans-Graben (2018/32) Geoarchäologische Begutachtung. Feldbesuch vom 24.06.2019. Aktennotiz
 
Core Project Site
St. Arbogast (Oberwinterthur, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval?
Pümpin, Ch. (in press), Mikromorphologische Untersuchungen der sog. schwarzen Friedhofserde unter der Kirche St. Arbogast. In: M. Roth (Hrsg)
 
Core Project Site
St. Ursanne vielle ville (CH)
Medieval
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site
Zürcherstrasse 78 (Kempraten, CH)
Late Roman/ Medieval
Work in progress
 
Core Project Site

Sites (Team Brussels)

Site Period State of the art PDF Project Status
Burchtsite
Medieval
Devos, Y., Wouters, B., Vrydaghs, L., Tys, D., Bellens, T., & Schryvers, A. (2013). A soil micromorphological study on the origins of the early medieval trading centre of Antwerp (Belgium). Quaternary International, 315, 167-183.
 
Core Project Site
Court of Hoogstraeten
Medieval-Modern times
Devos, Y., Nicosia, C., Vrydaghs, L., & Modrie, S. (2013). Studying urban stratigraphy: Dark Earth and a microstratified sequence on the site of the Court of Hoogstraeten (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary international, 315, 167-183. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.014
 
Core Project Site
Grote Markt
Medieval-Modern times
Wouters, B., Devos, Y., Milek, K., Vrydaghs, L., Bartholomieux, B., Tys, D., Moolhuizen, C., & van Asch, N. (2017). Medieval markets: A soil micromorphological and archaeobotanical study of the urban stratigraphy of Lier (Belgium). Quaternary International, 460, 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.002
 
Core Project Site
Impasse du Papier
Medieval
Devos, Y., Vrydaghs, L., Degraeve, A., & Modrie, S. (2011). Unravelling Urban Stratigraphy, the Study of Brussels (Belgium) Dark Earth: An Archaeopedological Perspective. Medieval and Modern Matters, 2, 51-76. doi:10.1484/J.MMM.1.102776
 
Core Project Site
Mundaneum
Medieval-Modern times
Devos, Y., Vrydaghs, L., Collette, O., Hermans, R., & Loicq, S., 2022. Understanding the formation of buried urban Anthrosols and Technosols: An integrated soil micromorphological and phytolith study of the Dark Earth on the Mundaneum site (Mons, Belgium). Catena, 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106322
 
Core Project Site
Petite Rue des Bouchers
Medieval
Devos, Y., Nicosia, C., Vrydaghs, L., Speleers, L., Van der Valk, J., Marinova, E., Claes, B., Albert, R. M., Esteban, I., Ball, T., Court-Picon, M., & Degraeve, A. (2017). An integrated study of Dark Earth from the alluvial valley of the Senne river (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary international, 460, 175-197. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.025
 
Core Project Site
Place de la Vieille-Halle-aux-Blés
Medieval
Devos, Y., Vrydaghs, L., Degraeve, A., & Modrie, S. (2011). Unravelling Urban Stratigraphy- the Study of Brussels (Belgium) Dark Earth: An Archaeopedological Perspective. Medieval and Modern Matters, 2, 51-76. doi:10.1484/J.MMM.1.102776
 
Core Project Site
Poor Claires
Medieval
Devos, Y., Nicosia, C., Vrydaghs, L., Speleers, L., Van der Valk, J., Marinova, E., Claes, B., Albert, R. M., Esteban, I., Ball, T., Court-Picon, M., & Degraeve, A. (2017). An integrated study of Dark Earth from the alluvial valley of the Senne river (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary international, 460, 175-197. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.025
 
Core Project Site
Rue de Dinant
Medieval
Devos, Y., Vrydaghs, L., Degraeve, A., & Fechner, K. (2009). An archaeopedological and phytolitarian study of the Dark Earth on the site of rue de Dinant (Brussels, Belgium). Catena, 78, 270-284. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.02.013
 
Core Project Site
Rue des Pierres
Medieval-Modern times
Devos, Y., Nicosia, C., Vrydaghs, L., Speleers, L., Van der Valk, J., Marinova, E., Claes, B., Albert, R. M., Esteban, I., Ball, T., Court-Picon, M., & Degraeve, A. (2017). An integrated study of Dark Earth from the alluvial valley of the Senne river (Brussels, Belgium). Quaternary international, 460, 175-197. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.025
 
Core Project Site
Sint-Jozefs-college
Medieval
Devos, Y., Wouters, B., Vrydaghs, L., Tys, D., Bellens, T., & Schryvers, A. (2013). A soil micromorphological study on the origins of the early medieval trading centre of Antwerp (Belgium). Quaternary International, 315, 167-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.014
 
Core Project Site
Treurenberg
Medieval
Devos, Y., Fechner, K., Vrydaghs, L., Degraeve, A., & Deligne, F. (2007). Contribution of archaeopedology to the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of (pre-)urban sites at Brussels (Belgium). The example of the Treurenberg site. In: G. Boschian (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soils and Archaeology (pp. 145- 151). Pisa: Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali. (=Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali – Memorie serie A, 112).
 
Core Project Site
Vermeulen-parking
Roman
Wouters, B., Devos, Y., Vrydaghs, L., Ball, T., De Winter, N. & Reygel, P. (2019). An integrated micromorphological and phytolith study of urban soils and sediments from the Gallo-Roman town Atuatuca Tungrorum, Belgium. Geoarchaeology, 34, 448-466. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21722
 
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