Micromorphological Study of Construction Materials and Living Floors in the Medieval Motte of Werken (West Flanders, Belgium) ; Etude micromorphologique de matériaux de construction et de surfaces d'occupation de la Motte médiévale de Werken (Flandres, Belgique)

International audience ; The "Hoge Andjoen," an early medieval motte (860-960 A.D.) is an artificial hill made up of at least eight man-made "ground raising/leveling" layers. Each layer is associated with a stabilization level and a well-preserved occupation surface with evidence such as living floors, traces of cultivation, and goat/sheep trampling. The presence of this hill generated a local rise in the original groundwater table present in the natural, buried soil of the site. In some parts of the hill, and with little relation to the sedimentary boundaries, this process generated permanent... Mehr ...