Radiocarbon as a Tool for Modeling the Diachronic Analysis of the Occupation Phases at the Velzeke Site (Belgium)
Mark Van Strydonck|Guy De Mulder|Johan Deschieter
The oldest traces of Velzeke go back to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, followed by a Gallo-Roman settlement later medieval village. Although excavations document history site in general, radiocarbon was used clarify successive phases within each feature. results showed that ditches at Roman neighboring temple area were already during Age. filling up could be 14 C correlated occupation phase. Christian cemetery church predates construction an important Carolingian stone building (9th 10th centuries.). stratigraphically lowest sediments ditches, surrounding church, are synchronous with latest fill ditch. According historical top-onymical sources ditch becomes time part agricultural field system.
Radiocarbon