University of Leiden (Netherlands)
The goal of the ANASTASIS project is the analysis and publication of early medieval (Merovingian) cemeteries in the Netherlands (c. A.D. 500 – 750).
At the moment ANASTASIS is working with various partners on the following cemeteries:
- Farmyard burials in the Southern Netherlands (Dommelen, Geldrop, Escharen, Venray, Sittard, Mierlo, Voerendaal) (F. Theuws)
- The cemetery of Gennep-Touwslagersgroes (F. Lippok/H. Hiddink)
- The cemetery of Oud-Leusden (M. van Haperen/M. de Haas)
- The cemetery of Lent-Lentseveld (Town of Nijmegen with our assistance)
- The cemetery of Uden-Schepersweg (ARCHOL with our assistance)
- The cemetery of Echt (RAAP, ARCHOL with our assistance)
Domain & Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium)
The museum maintains a project, Merovingian Necropoli of the Haine valley. Major excavations at Ciply in the last quarter of the 19th century uncovered some 1,200 Merovingian tombs. In 1970, Germaine Faider published a book about this remarkable collection of 2,560 objects and almost 300 skeletons. Today, new methods, studies and discoveries have called into question the conclusions of this reference work.
A collaborative research programme entitled “Men and women, multiple individualities in the High Middle Ages: a cross analysis of the tangible and archaeometric data from the Ciply Merovingian necropolis” aims to cross reference the archaeological, biological and tangible data in order to better understand the individuals, their relationships and their environments. The project, financed by the Jean-Jacques Comhaire Fund of the King Baudouin Foundation, will then be extended to all the necropoli in the Haine valley.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Research of Merovingian burial ship at Leka, Trøndelag County, Norway.
The Saint-Martin Archaeological Site (France)
Excavations carried out in the Place de la République in the heart of Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute Saône Department, between 2005 and 2015 revealed remains dating back to Antiquity and the French Revolution. These include 150 sarcophagi, the former church of Saint-Martin and the crypt of Saint Valbert. The state of preservation, rarity and density of the remains make this an exceptional and unique site!