A medieval embankment near the lost harbour of Mude (Zeeland, the Netherlands): A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction based on palynology and diatom analysis

Mude, known today as Sint Anna ter Muiden (Zeeland, the Netherlands), was one of the outports of Bruges (northern Belgium) that developed along the Zwin tidal inlet during medieval times. The coastal plain of the medieval County of Flanders became embanked via the massive construction of dikes. Yet, little is known about the environmental conditions in which the medieval Zwin harbour region developed. Recent archaeological research allowed us to carry out the first environmental study of a complete sequence ranging from natural deposits to a raised soil associated with an embankment in the coa... Mehr ...