Observing, Interpreting, and Excavating Roman Barrows. Landscape and Proto-archaeology in the Spanish Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (c. 1500–1700)

Even today, the landscape of some Belgian regions is deeply marked by the presence of dozens of Roman barrows. These mounds have survived the passage of time and have shaped the landscape, from antiquity up to the present-day. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a period characterized by the rediscovery of classical antiquity and the emergence of antiquarianism, travellers and scholars took a fresh look at these remains. The development of a proto-archaeological approach to the landscape gradually transformed the relationship between man and his surrounds, and contributed to a better u... Mehr ...