Maxime Poulain
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MSCA fellow @ University of Tübingen, unlocking the secrets of medieval aDNA 🏺 🧪
Medieval Bruges: come for the art, stay for the parasites. 🏰 Our new study of a 15th-century apothecary and Spanish traders uncovers a city brimming with global goods: silks, spices, perfume sprinklers, olives, rice… and yes, an African parasite. 📖 Open Access:
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At the Apothecary: Life in an International District in 15th-Century Bruges
IN 1996, A CESSPIT was uncovered in the backyard of Bruges’ Spanish nation house. The interdisciplinary study of this old rescue excavation sheds new light on life in the city’s international distr...
https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2025.2504289
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Tijdens 'Mapathon 1571' brachten 50 vrijwilligers een 16e-eeuwse kaart van het Brugse Vrije digitaal tot leven in het Brugse Stadsarchief. Twee dagen collectieve cartografie, nieuwsgierigheid en erfgoedpassie! Check nu alvast de video, de blog & online ontsluiting volgen dra!
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Mapathon1571_Aftermovie
Mapathon 1571: verbindt het Brugse Vrije met vandaag Op 14 en 15 maart 2025 werd de leeszaal van het Brugse Stadsarchief omgevormd tot een bruisende werkplek voor…
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✨ Verken het eeuwenoude Meetjesland! 🚶♀️🚴♂️ Wandel of fiets door deze Woeste Hoogten:
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🏡 Beleef het verleden in de Huysmanshoeve (Eeklo) via een geanimeerde maquette & reconstructietekeningen 🎧 Duik nu al in het verhaal met onze podcast:
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Yay, our research is featuring on
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Medievalist.net
7 months ago
A Medieval Brothel, a Baby’s Grave, and a New Perspective on Motherhood - research led by
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A Medieval Brothel, a Baby’s Grave, and a New Perspective on Motherhood - Medievalists.net
New research sheds light on an overlooked aspect of medieval life: the possibility of care and maternal affection within the walls of a 14th-century brothel.
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medieval-brothel-baby-motherhood/
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🏺 New research just published! 🧪 A rare case from a 14th-century brothel in Aalst reveals an infant that was likely breastfed and buried with care — challenging long-held assumptions about medieval sex workers and infanticide. 👉 Read it here in Open Access:
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🏺 New research just published! 🧪 A rare case from a 14th-century brothel in Aalst reveals an infant that was likely breastfed and buried with care — challenging long-held assumptions about medieval sex workers and infanticide. 👉 Read it here in Open Access:
rdcu.be/eh4Lj
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Thanks
@microbetv.bsky.social
for covering our research on an African parasite in medieval Bruges! 🧪🏺🐛 From 55:36 onwards:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ze...
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Umziehen – to move. A new chapter begins! 🎉 Yesterday, I started as a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Tübingen, researching medieval sex work in Flanders through aDNA analysis. Excited for the next two years—come find me at the castle! 🏰
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Goodbye ugly green floor and lovely colleagues at Ghent University 🥲 getting ready for my
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at
@unituebingen.bsky.social
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Al gehoord van Monnikerede of Hoeke? Het zijn nochtans wereldsteden, of eerder, dat waren ze. Lees alles over hun op- en ondergang en die van de andere Zwinsteden in onze bijdrage voor de 'Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen', vanaf vandaag in de boekhandel! 📚 met
@jtrachet.bsky.social
en Wim De Clercq
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Lees nu Ex Situ, het tijdschrift voor Vlaamse archeologie, met onder andere onze bijdrage over een Afrikaanse parasiet te Brugge, alsook onderzoek van
@jtrachet.bsky.social
naar de betrouwbaarheid van de 16de-eeuwse Pourbus-kaart 🏺🪱🗺🧪
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10 months ago
📣 Call for Papers 📣 On
#IKUWA8
, the International Congress for Underwater
#Archaeology
(Ostend, October 13-17), we organise the session 'Turn the Tide – Methods to unmud intertidal cultural heritage' 📎 Find our session here:
www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en/se...
📩 And submit your abstract before March 15
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Session F - Intertidal Archaeology
https://www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en/session-f-intertidal-archaeology
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Matthew Collins
10 months ago
3 year PostDoc Tuebingen (+Sam Brown)
#ZooMS
in Southern Africa Project. Deadline March 15th 2025
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Three-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week)
https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/karriere/newsfullview-stellenangebote/article/three-year-position-for-a-researcher-in-archaeo-and-palaeoproteomics-m-f-d-e-13-tv-l-395-h-week/
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP)
10 months ago
M. Poulain et al. "Born in a brothel: New perspectives on childcare with medieval sex workers"
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ArcheOs UGent
10 months ago
Maxime Poulain and
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Join us next week if you're in or around the Basque Country!
#archaeology
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🌍🔎 Doe mee aan Mapathon 1571! Help een unieke 16de-eeuwse kaart van het Brugse Vrije digitaal verbinden met het huidige landschap. 📅 14 & 15 maart 2025 📍 Stadsarchief Brugge ➡️ Info & Inschrijven via
www.mappingpourbus.ugent.be
#Cartografie
#Mapathon1571
#Erfgoed
#Burgerwetenschap
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Look who's here 👋 Give your favorite cycling archaeologist a follow 🏺
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The Fake History Hunter
10 months ago
Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.
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Ghent Archaeology Department / Archeologie Ugent
10 months ago
Collega
@sadimarechal.bsky.social
maakte een podcast over de geschiedenis van baden 🛀 Erin vertelt collega
@mpoulain.bsky.social
alles over baden in de middeleeuwen (en meer! 🌶)
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🎧 Mijn collega
@sadimarechal.bsky.social
maakte een podcast over de geschiedenis van baden 🛀 🎙 Ik vertel je er alles over baden in de middeleeuwen (en meer! 🌶)
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📜Our article "Shedding Some Light on Indoor Lighting in 15th-Century Flemish Urban Houses: An Experimental Archaeological Approach" is now online! 🧪🏺 My 50 free e-prints via:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BQDFX...
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Onderzoek van onze master-student
@archeougent.bsky.social
haalt nu ook
@vrtnws.bsky.social
, met dank aan
@wardschouppe.bsky.social
!
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Duistere middeleeuwen? Experimenteel onderzoek van UGent-student in Bokrijk bewijst tegendeel.
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Duistere middeleeuwen? Experimenteel onderzoek van UGent-student in Bokrijk bewijst tegendeel
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🥳 Yay, we won a
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prize for our experimental research into the archaeology of light in medieval houses! 🧪🏺 📜 Available soon via:
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🌍🐛 An unexpected traveler: An African parasite was discovered in a medieval cesspit in Bruges! This unique find offers insights into the spread of infectious diseases through migration and trade. Read on for details. 🧵 🏺🧪
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🌍🐛 An unexpected traveler: An African parasite was discovered in a medieval cesspit in Bruges! This unique find offers insights into the spread of infectious diseases through migration and trade. Read on for details. 🧵 🏺🧪
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