Village Formation in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages (AD 800 - 1600),Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 56,NAR 56,

As part of the ‘Archaeological Knowledge Map’ programme,1 the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands2 (RCE) initiated the ‘Valletta Harvest’ project. This research addresses one of the selected topics: ‘Village Formation in the Middle Ages ca. 800 – 1600’. The aim is to determine what a decade of archaeological (contract) research has yielded scientifically. What did we learn from all the excavations? Which of the main research questions have been answered? And what do we want to know next from our archaeological record? The assignment was to firstly assess the potential of excavated sites for the synthesis (phase 1); next to analyse and bring together new strands of knowledge (phase 2); and lastly to evaluate and update the archaeological research agenda (phase 3).