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Project

A tenth-century grave necropolis in Ghent : bioanthropological and historical reconstruction of life, kinship, and identity of 7 elite graves in St. Peter's Square
Code
365K07823
Duration
25 January 2022 → 31 August 2024
Funding
Funding by bilateral agreement (private and foundations)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Bioarchaeology
    • Medieval history
Keywords
Middle Ages Anthropology
 
Project description
 

This multidisciplinary project uses state-of-the-art archaeometric methods to determine the anthropological profile of 7 individuals whose graves were found in 2006 in the abbey church on Sint-Pietersplein, Ghent. Together with simultaneous historical and archaeological research, the determinations will shed new light on the profile, kinship and identity of these individuals, who presumably belonged to the first members of the burial family of Flanders.