Jun 6, 2022
How urban and marine archaeology allows us to dive into
international commerce.
In this episode of the Medieval Grad Podcast, Lucie Laumonier
interviews Jeroen Oosterbaan, who is doing a PhD in Archaeology at
the University of Leiden. Jeroen studies casks and barrels found in
shipwrecks and in urban settings to investigate the networks of
trade in the premodern Low Countries. More specifically, Jeroen
looks at the residues inside of the barrels to identify their
content and at the barrels themselves to know where they came from.
Our guest walks us through the science behind his research and
tells us about his preliminary findings. Who would have known that
old casks had so many secrets?!