Les Hommes Et Leurs Vecus Materiels Au Moyen Age a la Lumiere Des Sciences Et Des Techniques

These nineteen essays, forming the acts of an international colloquium held in Marche-en-Famenne in 2002, include investigations into natural science and the development of methods of detecting and recording traces of human activities in the medieval period. This period witnessed new perspectives on science and scientific techniques for studying human communities in their material context which are discussed in these question-oriented essays and case studies. The varied themes of the papers include those looking at the development of art history, archaeology and archiving historical material, palaeopathology, dendrochronology, osteology, archaeobotany, minerals and metallurgy and attitudes towards life and death. Papers are predominantly in French with a few in German and English.